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Farewell
I’ve made the decision to leave the Community Alliance newspaper after five years as editor. I’ve been putting off this decision for several months, but the time has come to dedicate time to [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Thanks I am so grateful for the Alliance! As a long-time progressive (actually left of left), I have been reading and then supporting your publication ever since moving to this very conservative [...] Continue Reading
MLK and His Legacy in Fresno
The September 2025 issue of Vanity Fair magazine features Bernice King’s essay entitled “The Fight to Protect MLK’s Legacy.” She begins her essay with these words: “…on March 28, 1968, I celebrated my [...] Continue Reading
Palestine: Acting Locally, Thinking Globally
Without U.S. Support It Wouldn’t Have Happened The United States under the Biden and Trump administrations has provided at least $21.7 billion in military assistance to Israel since the start of [...] Continue Reading
Starting a War with Venezuela
As of Oct. 15, the United States had attacked five small boats off the coast of Venezuela, in international waters. Six people were killed in the most recent attack (as of this writing). The first [...] Continue Reading
The Unique Publishing Career of Steve Alcala
Steve Alcala was born in Hanford, then moved to Fresno as a young child. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in southeast Fresno, and then in 1979 from Fresno State, with a major in music. “Let [...] Continue Reading
Protect Children from Hazardous Pesticides
October is Children’s Environmental Health Month in California, and there’s no better time to face a hard truth: Here in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, in counties like Fresno and Tulare, [...] Continue Reading
“No Hatred, No Bullies”—Really?
Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University. Whatever Kirk stood for, whether you’re pro or con, he didn’t deserve to be murdered like that. It was a tragic death that should [...] Continue Reading
“A Lot of Empty School Buildings”
Given the flurry of news stories that appear every day, it’s not surprising that recent developments in the Department of Education don’t often get much attention. But maybe they should. A [...] Continue Reading
Make a Wave For Gaza
On Saturday, October 4, more than two dozen people attended the “Make a Wave for Gaza” event at Broadway Parque, in downtown Fresno. Participants folded and decorated small paper boats, and some of [...] Continue Reading
Bredefeld Solidifies Role as Cock of the Walk
The Oct. 7 Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting centered on ruminations about roosters and ended with another Garry Bredefeld (District 2) crowing and squawking tirade—this time over Covid [...] Continue Reading