By Jonathan Luevanos In the wake of the controversial presidential election of Donald Trump, many cities across the nation have recently addressed the threat of an ensuing anti-immigrant reality. [...] Continue Reading
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Wicked Gods
By George B. Kauffman Wicked Gods by Eilis Leyne, Humanist Press, Washington, DC, 2013, paperback $18.95, ISBN 978-0-931779-45-9 While recent authors like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and [...] Continue Reading
Thoughts on the 2016 Presidential Election
We have elected a person who is incompetent to perform the duties of the presidency. It is not a matter of partisan politics to observe that Hillary Clinton was probably the most qualified person [...] Continue Reading
WILPF – December 2016
WILPF ANNUAL PEACE CRAFTS FAIR Saturday, December 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Fresno City College Cafeteria, near the corner of East Weldon and College Ave. See details below. WILPF BUSINESS [...] Continue Reading
Ooooby & Food Commons Fresno Focus on Sustainability
By Camille Russell Beets from Belgium. Strawberries from Chile. Apples from New Zealand. Crazy! Madness! We live in the richest, most productive agricultural region in the world. Yet, many of the [...] Continue Reading
#IVoteBecause or #IDoNotVoteBecause
We asked you on our social media pages to tell us why you do or do not vote in national, state, and local elections. We asked if you do not vote to tell us what, if anything, would get you to do [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Votes! Election November 8, 2016: An Interview with Aida Macedo
By Hannah Brandt Aida Macedo is a busy woman. She is a lawyer with a local law firm in Fresno and volunteers doing voting rights work in the Central Valley. She has been doing non-partisan election [...] Continue Reading
OPINION: Our Elections are a Mess and Only Leftists Care Enough to Fix Them
By Emily Cameron The vehement insistence that Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary fair-and-square is unhealthy for democracy, and the narrative that Bernie Sanders supporters critiquing [...] Continue Reading
Tower District Pooch Parade
Images by Joel Perez It’s a Halloween event just for dog-lovers! The Tower District hosted the 10th annual Whitie’s Pets Pooch Parade, Canine Carnival & Costume Contest. This doggie to-do took [...] Continue Reading
ALEX VAVOULIS: A PORTRAIT
By George B. Kauffman Alex Vavoulis, the founder of free speech radio and a frequent contributor to these pages, needs no introduction to Community Alliance readers (Figure 1.) However, [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – November 2016
By Hannah Brandt (Trigger Warning for sexual assault and pregnancy loss) It makes you bite your nails. Or tap your foot. Run your fingers through your hair until you pull it out. A lot of times you [...] Continue Reading