Por Bertha Rodríguez Santos Hace tres meses, durante la visita del sacerdote Alejandro Solalinde a Los Angeles me tocó escuchar una de las confesiones más fuertes que haya escuchado en mi vida por [...] Continue Reading
Aplicación de la Ley y Comunidades de Color en el Condado de Fresno
Por Jonathan Luevanos | Traducido por Edgar Farias El 5 de Mayo, I-MERIT (Internacional, Multicultural, Educación, Investigación, Intervención y Capacitación) llevo a cabo un evento para la comunidad [...] Continue Reading
Sobre la Importancia De Votar Entrevista con Samuel Molina (Mi Familia Vota)
Por La Alianza Comunitaria En abril, la Alianza Comunitaria entrevistó Samuel Molina, el director adjunto de California con Mi Familia Vota, una “organización nacional sin fines de lucro que trabaja [...] Continue Reading
Q&A with an Ex-Con Whistleblower
By Marc Keyser Editor’s note: This is part two of a Q&A series with Marc Keyser, ex-con whistleblower and author of ANTHRAX: Shock and Awe Terror. Read part one on our Web site at [...] Continue Reading
Immigrant Lives Are Worth It
By Leoncio Vasquez Santos We are out in the streets of Fresno again this May First to continue putting in the public agenda the issue of immigration. In the 21st century, technology has advanced at [...] Continue Reading
The Sodomite Suppression Act: Absurd and Hateful
By Ernesto Saavedra In case you haven’t heard, at the end of February of this year, Matt McLaughlin, a lawyer out of Huntington Beach, submitted a proposal for a ballot initiative called the Sodomite [...] Continue Reading
May 23, 2014: THE DAY I FEARED WOULD COME
By Hannah Brandt This month marks one year since the UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) murders. That killing spree by a disturbed individual, Elliot, was an anomaly, though not as much as it should be. [...] Continue Reading
State Agencies Slapped with Civil Rights Complaint over Toxic Waste Dump Expansion
By Vic Bedoian Two environmental groups filed a civil rights complaint in April against the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Toxic Substances Control. Last May, the [...] Continue Reading
Short-Term Program to Provide Healthcare to Undocumented
By Augie G. Blancas On April 7, thanks to the hard work of community leaders, health advocates and residents, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors (BOS) agreed to provide care to undocumented [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – May 2015
By Ernesto Saavedra Oh, how time flies. A year ago, I became editor of the Community Alliance. A chance to venture into new terrain and grow in an area I was not too familiar with. Somehow I have [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – May 2015
Achievement Gap due to Systemic Inequity By Karen Humphrey Though I risk being patted on the head and addressed as “dear lady,” I take issue with Mark Arax’s patronizing attack on Ruth Gadebusch for [...] Continue Reading