By Hannah Brandt “Most terrorist attacks are not carried out by Muslims or any people from the Middle East, S. Asia or Africa. In fact, Muslims and people from this part of the world are often the [...] Continue Reading
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Songs of Struggle & Hope
By Mike Rhodes Agustín Lira and Patricia Wells are world class musicians living in Fresno who are starting to get some of the recognition they deserve. Their new CD, being released this month through [...] Continue Reading
Havana, Cuba
By Santos Garcia Today I fulfilled a lifelong dream. I have always wanted to travel from Madera to Cuba. As part of a 34-member Labor delegation from California, union members from the San Joaquin [...] Continue Reading
BOYCOTT DRISCOLL’S | Farmworker Appreciation Day at Fresno State
By Hannah Brandt “Do you have brothers or sisters or someone close to you who is eight-years-old? I’m sure none of us would like a child this age to be lifting fruit for ten hours a day. In San [...] Continue Reading
Community Alliance The Next Generation Fundraiser Event
On April 16, 2016, Community Alliance newspaper held a happy hour fundraiser at the Unitarian Universalist church in Fresno. Around 100 people attended. Former editor Mike Rhodes read from and [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – May 2016
By Hannah Brandt Thanks to you, we live to fight another day! On April 16, 2016, the newspaper held Community Alliance: The Next Generation, a fundraiser to keep the newspaper going. About 100 people [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – May 2016
TENURE MUST BE PROTECTED Alex Vavoulis A Los Angeles Times article appeared in The Fresno Bee (4/18/16) with the title: “Tenure ruling a blow to reform backers.” The Appeals Court was correct to [...] Continue Reading
Before You Vote on June 7
By Chip Ashley We are in the midst of a historic presidential campaign, and the commercial media focus mostly on Donald Trump, the latest circus in the “bread and circuses” offered up as “news” to a [...] Continue Reading
Could Happen Here
By Leonard Adame The American Character What is that, exactly? To me, it is propaganda, a tale told by several idiots, all of it signifying nothing but the acquisition of power and wealth. Not nearly [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation
By Tom Frantz Recent visitors to the Sierra Mountains above the San Joaquin Valley are shocked to see the dead and dying trees of these once magnificent forests. This devastation is spreading from [...] Continue Reading
SHEDDING A TEAR
By Ruth Gadebusch Valuable rain spring has come to Fresno, but there is no joy seeing the chopped up trees and wrapped art pieces being removed from the Fulton Mall. Elsewhere in the city one can [...] Continue Reading
Gravitational Waves
By George B. Kauffman The most recent universally acclaimed science story is without doubt the discovery of gravitational waves. In a galaxy a billion light years away (a light year is more than 6 [...] Continue Reading