The February 2026 Issue of the Community Alliance
You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the February 2026 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages [...] Continue Reading
ICE: A Chronicle of Violence and Death
“She Was an Amazing Human Being” The fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis has led to outrage and anger across the United States and around the [...] Continue Reading
Mayor Makes Controversial Remarks at MLK Event
In a speech to a crowd of 1,000 at the Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration in downtown Fresno on Jan. 19, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer, also the former police chief of the city, seemed to blame protesters [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
Two events of national and international importance shook the progressive community in January. U.S. forces kidnapped President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela on Jan. 3. Maduro might not have been the [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the editor
It’s Time for a Change Before the 2024 election, Donald Trump denied knowing about Project 2025 because it was so unpopular. He lied 30,000-plus times during his first term and continued to lie as [...] Continue Reading
When the U.S. Government Bombed Us
(Editor’s note: The narrative below is excerpted from a phone conversation between Giselle (who wanted her last name withheld), a resident of Venezuela, and Leni Villagomez Reeves, a Community [...] Continue Reading
Fresnans Speak Out on Venezuela
Through mid-January, there were three actions in Fresno protesting the U.S. attack on Venezuela: one at the intersection of Blackstone and Nees avenues on Jan. 3, one at the Federal Building on Jan. [...] Continue Reading
The End Continues
In what was supposed to be a ritual start of a new year, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors’ first meeting of 2026 on Jan. 6 was notable for feeling like the last. Resignations were announced, and [...] Continue Reading
Nancy Waidtlow’s Light Still Shines
Nancy Waidtlow: Dec. 22, 1940–Dec. 23, 2025Remembering Her Life, Recognizing Her Impact Words will never really be sufficient to describe the impact on our community, and on our world as a whole, [...] Continue Reading
Moving Fast and Breaking Lots of Things
The journey that Sarah Wynn-Williams traces in Careless People began when she came down with a severe fever—Facebook fever. In 2006, she noticed that politicians were starting to use the [...] Continue Reading
A Lonesome and Unnecessary Death
According to the recent Congressional testimony (Dec. 17, 2025) of former special prosecutor Jack Smith, Donald Trump was the “most culpable and most responsible person” for the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol [...] Continue Reading
Rogue Festival: “Uncurated, Unjuried, Uncensored”
Fresno’s special annual fringe festival—called the Rogue Festival—kicks off on Feb. 27 and continues through March 6, with six days of performances, including, as its website, fresnoroguefestival.org, [...] Continue Reading
Sierra Club Sponsored Page
February 2026 You can read the print version of the Sierra Club Sponsored Page at the link below. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier reading. Simply [...] Continue Reading
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Sponsored PageFebruary 2026 You can read the the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Sponsored Page at the link below. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of [...] Continue Reading
The Central Valley Progressive PAC
Sponsored pageFebruary, 2026 [...] Continue Reading
Orange Cove Grapples with Hydrogen Blending Plan
Orange Cove is a small Fresno County town nestled against the Sierra foothills surrounded by citrus orchards, as it has been for well over a century. The usual worries in this Valley farming are [...] Continue Reading
Resistance Is Not Futile
If it had not dawned upon us before recent events, it should be totally obvious now: Christian theocrats, white nationalists and oligarchs who never have enough money are trying to drag the United [...] Continue Reading
U.S. Incursion Strikes Venezuela
On Jan. 3, U.S. forces launched a military attack against Venezuela. The purpose was to kidnap President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores and to terrify the government and people of [...] Continue Reading
An African American Pope
Citizenship and nationality have objective legal and identity meanings. Nationality is based on where one is born. Citizenship is based on a country giving you citizenship by birth or through a legal [...] Continue Reading
Dixie Salazar Presents Impermanence
During February, Fig Tree Gallery features Dixie Salazar’s show, Impermanence. Impermanence refers to the transitory nature of all things, as the artist explores the theme of loss and [...] Continue Reading
County Supervisors Contradict Constituents on ICE
“We’re deeply concerned that Fresno County supervisors held a [Jan. 13] press conference to support ICE, while ignoring the real harm ICE raids are doing in tearing families apart across the Central [...] Continue Reading
MLK’s Radical Legacy and Lessons for Today
The Revolutionary MLK Organizing Committee of Fresno is a community-led effort focused on honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s radical legacy, especially concerning his economic justice and antiwar [...] Continue Reading
Budget Cuts Proposed for Medi-Cal
(Editor’s note: This story is a product of the Central Valley Journalism Collaborative.) Undocumented immigrants in California will bear the brunt of reductions in healthcare and nutrition programs [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
FEBRUARY 2026 CALENDAR Weekly Fort Washington Farmers Market (Sundays) 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Fort Washington Shopping Center. Local products. Sunday Jams (Sundays) 4 p.m.–7 p.m. California Catering. [...] Continue Reading
Ataque Militar Estadounidense Contra Venezuela
El 3 de enero, las fuerzas estadounidenses lanzaron un ataque militar contra Venezuela. El objetivo era secuestrar al presidente Nicolás Maduro y a la primera dama Cilia Flores, y aterrorizar al [...] Continue Reading
Residentes de Fresno se pronuncian sobre Venezuela
Durante el mes de enero, se llevaron a cabo tres manifestaciones en Fresno para protestar contra el ataque estadounidense a Venezuela: una en la intersección de las avenidas Blackstone y Nees el 3 de [...] Continue Reading
Trump y los Estados Unidos
(Nota del Editor: se reproduce este artículo con la correspondiente autorización de Hispanicla.com) La pregunta no es si Estados Unidos va a iniciar una guerra, sino dónde y cuándo. Lejos quedó [...] Continue Reading
A “Good” Girl (Una chica buena)
POR MARITZA FÉLIX (Nota del Editor: se reproduce este artículo con la correspondiente autorización de Hispanicla.com) No han pasado ni dos semanas de este 2026 y nuestro mundo se ha colapsado [...] Continue Reading