Community Alliance Editor Mike Rhodes and his family enjoyed a trip to Europe in the weeks leading up to the publication of this month’s issue. In his stead, Associate Editor Michael Evans served as [...] Continue Reading
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Outsourcing Essential City Services Detrimental to Fresno’s Future
By Les Kimber Attempts by Mayor Ashley Swearengin to privatize the city’s solid waste department as a quick fix to the city’s budget problems are shortsighted and irresponsible. The city’s solid [...] Continue Reading
March of the Butterflies: Immigration Reform 2013
By Jamie San Andres “We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us!” chanted some of the masses last year at the May 1 march. Some may ask, what do the members of the immigrant community mean [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – May 2013
The Truth about the Fulton Mall To call the Fulton Mall a “mall” is misleading. It’s truly an urban oasis. A melting pot. It’s the only place in Fresno where the cultures get to meet and interact. As [...] Continue Reading
A Classic Case of Premature Capitulation
By Peter Cavanaugh In the frenzied world of political foreplay, there are few things that offer the same degree of collective embarrassment as a revival of premature capitulation. I just don’t get [...] Continue Reading
Democrats Get Fresno Infusion
By Community Alliance Staff The Greater Fresno Metropolitan Area greatly extended its influence within statewide Democratic organizations during the mid-April California Democratic Party (CDP) [...] Continue Reading
Fracking Lease Sale Halted by Federal Court
By Gary Lasky Fresno County is targeted for fracking—a form of oil and gas extraction in which fluids are pumped underground with sand and, frequently, toxic chemicals to release oil [...] Continue Reading
The Prison Press – May 2013: Peter B. Collins Visits San Quentin
By Boston Woodard A highly respected independent progressive recently returned to San Quentin. Peter B. Collins is an American radio host and media consultant from the San Francisco area. Collins [...] Continue Reading
Don’t Let Feds Murder Lynne Stewart
By Maria Telesco If you were in serious trouble, maybe accused of terrorism, the best court-appointed lawyer you could hope for would be Lynne Stewart. A criminal defense attorney for more than 30 [...] Continue Reading
Why AP Dropped the “Illegal” Word
By Eduardo Stanley On April 2, the Associated Press (AP), perhaps the biggest news agency in the world, announced it would no longer use the term illegal when referring to immigrants without legal [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Pinto Restoration and Reconnection
By Jesse C. Gonzales “Pintos” The tag or label pinto when referring to a current prison inmate has been handed down through the decades. Although of European roots, it has evolved in meaning to [...] Continue Reading
Love, Wagner, De Sade and Norman
By Alfonso Hernandez Marie Henri Beyle/Stendhal (1783–1825) in his work De l’Amour (On Love) presents four kinds of love: passionate, amour-passion (love-passion), self-evident or well-mannered and [...] Continue Reading