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Rally for Immigration Reform

By: Stan Santos On May 1, 2006, I stood on a corner near downtown Fresno and looked east. I was suddenly moved to tears by the sight of a river of humanity flowing down Ventura, formerly Cesar Chavez [...] Continue Reading

Queer Eye

The Coming Out of Senator Ashburn By: Dan Waterhouse Bakersfield state senator Roy Ashburn, who has a deplorable voting record on queer issues, thought he could keep his public life public and his [...] Continue Reading

New Times Coming

By: Moises Lucas Sierra The March 4th Day of Action was a collective of students, faculty, staff and concerned citizens. The objective of the demonstrations was to highlight awareness of the state's [...] Continue Reading

2010 Fresno Film Festival

By: Jefferson Beavers One man risks life in prison to stop a war he helped plan in Vietnam. A novelist and his wife openly spar over the ideal notions of sex, love and commitment. The families of a [...] Continue Reading

What Do Teachers Make?

The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He argued, "What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his [...] Continue Reading

Autocratic Dregs (Abusing Power)

By: Boston Woodard (Editor's note: This is the first article Boston Woodard has sent to the Community Alliance since he was put into solitary confinement in Solano State Prison in July 2009. Since [...] Continue Reading