By Ernesto Saavedra Growing up, my relationship with the 4th of July was, to put it lightly, complicated. Even though school and media pumped me with reds, whites and blues, I was ambivalent [...] Continue Reading
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Medical Marijuana versus Fresno County
By Community Alliance Staff Depending on what social circle you surround yourself with, marijuana, sometimes called “weed” and/or “grass,” can be embraced with open arms or looked down upon. Whatever [...] Continue Reading
Brown at Brown: A Chicana’s Story from the Barrio to the Ivies
By Maria Ortega For many of us, obtaining a higher education has become synonymous with great sacrifice. My mom, Patricia, traveled the path thousands prior had paved in order to give her two [...] Continue Reading
It’s the Urban Sprawl of “Eat, Drink and Be Merry”
By Ruth Gadebusch Looking around Fresno, one can’t help but wonder what kind of planning we have. Granted, much of it was set in place years ago. We are now reaping the results; however, one could [...] Continue Reading
Proud Another Year at Fresno Rainbow Pride
By Dante Bellotta The June 7 Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade was a time of celebration and, just as much, a time of reflection. In the June 2014 issue of the Community Alliance, I wrote an article that [...] Continue Reading
Poetry Corner
Edited by Richard Stone Ebony Monique Easter is a survivor of child abuse and psychiatric abuse. This piece is a reflection on the periodic perception of herself as a result of these traumas she has [...] Continue Reading
The Problem in Kingsburg
By Jesse C. Gonzales “In Texas, they lynch negroes.” This line from The Great Debaters, delivered by James Farmer Jr., sends a clear message of a practice from a period in time that forever remains [...] Continue Reading
Shared Humanity
By Faith in Community There has been much press about the lists on which Fresno appears. Many of our neighborhoods suffer from the nation’s worst concentrated poverty and are most at risk in [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air: Myths and Facts about Truck Pollution
By Tom Frantz Without a doubt, a significant portion of our pollution comes from large diesel trucks. They emit about a third of all the nitrous oxide (NOx) emissions in the Valley. The oil industry, [...] Continue Reading
The Kochocracy
By Will Durst In the bad old days, medieval German lords figured out how to pocket some quick coin by charging a toll on the primitive paths meandering across their lands. The money wasn’t used to [...] Continue Reading
480-Mile California March for Democracy Demands an End to Big Money Corruption in Politics
By Curt Ries (Editor’s note: The California March for Democracy made its way to Fresno on June 6 and 7 on their way to Sacramento. For an update on how it went or for more information, contact Curt [...] Continue Reading
Low Turnout Necessitates November Turnaround
By Michael D. Evans With no excitement in most of the statewide races and no controversial ballot measures, there was little to drive turnout for the June 3 Primary Election other than the efforts of [...] Continue Reading