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    The Community Alliance is a monthly newspaper that has been published in Fresno, California, since 1996. The purpose of the newspaper is to help build a progressive movement for social and economic justice.

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Environmentally Speaking

By Ruth Gadebusch Growing up as I did on a Georgia farm, I have always been somewhat aware of the environment, the word not often heard. We were dependent on the weather that all too often seemed to [...] Continue Reading

Covering the MLK Celebrations

 By Jonathan Luevanos Felix Against the Status Quo On Jan. 19, the Fresno Bee published an article that covered the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. The celebration that took place in downtown [...] Continue Reading

We Will Miss Les Kimber

By Mike Rhodes The progressive community in Fresno lost an important voice for peace, social and economic justice last month. Les Kimber passed away on Jan. 10 at the age of 80. While Kimber was known [...] Continue Reading

The Death of a Peaceful Warrior

By Irene Serrano The original director of the Chicano Youth Center, Alfonso Hernandez, has died at the age of 64. A native of Fresno, he graduated from Central High, attended Fresno City College and [...] Continue Reading

Pay Discrimination Is Real

By Aileen Rizo  It was July 2012 when one moment I was a math educator who was happy of my 16-year career accomplishments, and the next moment it all seemed to shatter before me. There I was sitting [...] Continue Reading

I Ate Asparagus

By Leonard Adame Edited by Richard Stone Leonard Adame is a frequent contributor to the Community Alliance, with numerous and eloquent photo essays and commentaries to his credit. Here, he expands [...] Continue Reading

Youth Film Festival on Water Crisis

By Victoria Lee ACEL Fresno Charter High School students have created a great opportunity for youth to get involved in a film festival to identify solutions to the water crisis. We have been in a [...] Continue Reading

Handmade with Love

By Abigail Janzen Has the increased commercialization of a certain holiday been getting you down? Right after Christmas I was already being bombarded with overflowing ads (in my already broken [...] Continue Reading

International Darwin Day 2015

By George B Kauffman As our nation prepares to celebrate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the entire world is preparing to celebrate the birthday of Charles Darwin, who is ranked alongside our [...] Continue Reading