By Community Alliance Staff June 19, the Law Offices of Kevin G. Little announced a lawsuit against Fresno Police officers and the City of Fresno for “the lax enforcement of the laws protecting [...] Continue Reading
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From the Editor July 2015
By Ernesto Saavedra During my studies at Fresno State , I read the second edition of a book titled White Racism by sociology professors Joe R. Feagin, Hernán Vera and Pinar Batur. White Racism [...] Continue Reading
The Continuing Saga of the Trans Pacific Partnership
By Stan Santos The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has reached another milestone in its rush toward implementation of a massive restructuring of the world’s economy. It has forced a series of unusual [...] Continue Reading
The Point in Time of Smoke and Mirrors
By Ernesto Saavedra On June 15, near Church and Maple in Fresno, the bus Feliciano Franco was living in went up in flames burning him alive. He was homeless and living in the bus with permission from [...] Continue Reading
Oil Trains and Fresno Don’t Mix
By Gary Lasky Oil trains are rumbling through Fresno. They are dangerous, rolling time bombs. The U.S. Department of Transportation predicts 10 oil train derailments per year over the next decade. In [...] Continue Reading
What It Looks Like to Live in a Segregated City
By Quentin Savage Fresno is a segregated city. “How?” is a better question than “Why?” but perhaps “Where?” is the most important. Have you seen it? Have you felt it? Would you know what to look for [...] Continue Reading
A Matter of Conscience A HERITAGE OF PACIFISM
By Hannah Brandt My grandfather is 93 years old. Most nights, he forgets to take his medication unless I bug him about it: “Did you take your pills yet?” Somehow, he never manages to miss a minute of [...] Continue Reading
Thousands of Farmworkers Can’t Make a Living
By David Bacon At the end of the 1970s, California farmworkers were the highest paid in the United States, with the possible exception of Hawaii’s long-unionized sugar and pineapple workers. Today, [...] Continue Reading
Silencing the Voice of the Minority
By Cesar Campos Last month, the City of Fresno decided to censor an advertisement about park space on city buses. In a classic case of censorship, this advertisement was deemed too “political” by a [...] Continue Reading
(500) DAYS OF BUMMER
By Turbo Naturally, most people want to fall in love. Even asexuals need love. So, naturally, as a genre, romantic comedies are rather popular. Romantic notions and possibilities in combination with [...] Continue Reading
Genocide in the United States
By Norman Lambert The recent observance of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide and the denunciations of Turkey for not owning up to it raises a host of questions. While we ask Turkey to [...] Continue Reading
Blackstone Yes, but Fulton No?
By Ruth Gadebusch With my mailboxes, traditional and electronic, bulging with opportunities, I had intended to devote my column this month to praising all the good folk who support the many needs not [...] Continue Reading