In this edition of the Community Alliance, readers will enjoy a special section dedicated to climate change. For this editorial effort, we teamed up with climate change activist Kevin Hall and several [...] Continue Reading
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Letters to the Editor – April 2021
March 2021 Issue The March 2021 issue of [the] Community Alliance was terrific! Thank you for continuing the tradition of challenging our community to do better, and holding public officials [...] Continue Reading
Tower to the People
By Stephen Malm For the past several weeks, casual Sunday visitors to the Tower District have been met by an animated scene of demonstrators at the corner of Wishon and Olive avenues. Signs of [...] Continue Reading
Prayer Vigil at the Tower Theatre
By Community Alliance Staff Community and religious leaders came together on March 11 to pray for the preservation of the Tower District amid the fight over the sale of the historic Tower [...] Continue Reading
Talking Points #6: A New Beginning
By Joel D. Eis This is the sixth contribution in a series of op-ed pieces that can provide talking points to strengthen the information base and action decisions of those who seek to make others [...] Continue Reading
Arias, Perez Shill for Deadly Polluters
By Kevin Hall Warning: The following quote from Fresno City Council Member Miguel Arias is hazardous to your health and that of everyone you know: “This agreement is an example that we can [...] Continue Reading
Appeal for Understanding and Reconciliation from the Gandhi-King Global Network
By Jonathan D. Greenberg and Sudarshan Kapoor On Jan. 26, the Republic Day of India, a bronze statue of Mohandas K. Gandhi that had been given to the City of Davis as a gift by the government of [...] Continue Reading
Kern County Decides to Ramp Up Future Oil Production
By Vic Bedoian The Kern County Board of Supervisors (BOS) has adopted a controversial ordinance allowing oil companies to expand production and bypass full environmental analysis, despite years of [...] Continue Reading
This Is Democracy?
By Ruth Gadebusch When asked if this nation was a republic or a democracy, Benjamin Franklin is said to have answered, “A democracy if you can keep it.” Winston Churchill is known for telling us [...] Continue Reading
Ecuador Election: Reversing a Betrayal and Restoring the Country
By Leni Villagomez Reeves First round victory—What’s next? The first round of elections in Ecuador was Feb. 7, and running mates Andrés Aráuz and Carlos Rabascall, running on a platform of largely [...] Continue Reading
Student Debt Robs Young People of Their Dreams
By Jenny Manrique Five years after graduating as an audiovisual technician from SAE Expression College in Emeryville, Gabriel Stewart has $52,000 in outstanding student loans. Promised a [...] Continue Reading
For Christ’s Sake, What the Hell Are You Thinking, Adventure Church?
By I. smiley G. Calderon By now, every Fresnan has already heard the horrible news that our city’s dear iconic Tower Theatre is being sold to a church. Who could have thought the sale of a [...] Continue Reading