Tikkun Olam is an ancient Hebrew phrase for which Jewish scholars don't agree on the exact meaning-is that a surprise? But its inexact meaning is to do social justice and includes not oppressing [...] Continue Reading
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Water Everywhere–But Not a Drop to Drink
Communities across the San Joaquin Valley joined together on May 4 to demand help with the drinking water crisis faced by many of the San Joaquin Valley's unincorporated towns. Events were held in [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Area Chapter ACLU
The Greater Fresno Area Chapter of the ACLU-NC covers a huge area: Madera, Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties. As I write this, it is the day after a "social meeting" at the Round Table Pizza in [...] Continue Reading
Oppliger-Gate: The Saga
By Maria Telesco Frantically fishing for flaws in our [in]justice system: Eureka! I found one! OPPLIGER-GATE! Astounded, I hastened to exhume evidence of malfeasance, blogs being my main [...] Continue Reading
Green Party Speaks to the Propositions
Proposition 13: NO There is no need for a tax break for repairs due to earthquakes in the Central Valley, where earthquakes are few and less destructive than in Los Angeles or San Francisco. The [...] Continue Reading
3,000 March in Fresno for Immigrant Rights
Stan Santos is an activist in the labor and immigrant community. Contact him at ssantos@cwa9408.org. On May 1, 2010, the undocumented turned out en masse to express their greatest dream: finding the [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
This Is How We Decide? By Ruth Gadebusch The air is alive with sound, and every bare spot is filled with signs. Of course, I refer to all the political advertisements with which we are inundated. [...] Continue Reading
June Website Poll: Comments
Our online poll question for June is: “Do you support the death penalty?" The Community Alliance invites your comments on this issue. [...] Continue Reading
The Debate over Empire and the Feud It Caused
The Fresno Pacific University Web site mentions that Fresno became part of the United States as a result of the U.S.-Mexican War.1 Although not advertised as such at the time, historians now agree [...] Continue Reading
Copley v. Accountability
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in ColorLines and was reported in collaboration with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. See: [...] Continue Reading
Nuclear Power in the Valley: Energy Reality or Speculative Myth?
Local proponents of nuclear power are leading a campaign to create a new generation of energy production based in the San Joaquin Valley. This effort seeks to build, somewhere in the west side of the [...] Continue Reading
The Chatter of Chickens, Pigs and Dogs
During a recent visit to Guanajuato, I again appreciated the conditions of life in large areas of rural Mexico. Much remains unchanged, like the adobe walls that continue to shelter life. The [...] Continue Reading