By Leni Villagomez Reeves Bolivia: It Was a MAS Landslide Yes! Luis Arce and David Choquehuanca as the candidates from the Movement to Socialism (MAS) Party—the party of Evo Morales—won the [...] Continue Reading
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Elecciones 2020 en el Valle: Importante Participación de Jóvenes Latinos
Por Eduardo Stanley “Mis hermanos antes no mostraban mucho interés en las elecciones”, asegura Elsa Mejía, de 30 años, nacida en Fresno y residente de Madera. “Pero esta vez fue diferente, ellos [...] Continue Reading
Voters of Color Restored Democracy in America
By Sunita Sohrabji and Pilar Marrero In a country that is polarized and hurt by Covid-19 and divisive leadership, a massive turnout of voters resulted in a close election where Democrat Joe Biden [...] Continue Reading
Black Lives Matter in Fresno
By I. smiley G. Calderon On Nov. 14, before Fresno County reverted back to “purple tier” status with regard to the coronavirus, a group of local, passionate activist-artists and community members [...] Continue Reading
Will Communities Hardest Hit Get Covid-19 Vaccines?
By Sunita Sohrabji The United States is weeks away from rolling out Covid vaccines, but pandemic experts say the challenges of vaccinating people will be acute, especially in communities of [...] Continue Reading
Where Do We Go from Here?
The Trump administration appears to be sinking the country into further darkness and indignity. The unbridled attempt to reverse the results of the November elections in some states—particularly [...] Continue Reading
We Are in This Together
By Mike Rhodes The Community Alliance newspaper is here for you. We are there when you need to know, or want to participate with, who is standing up for economic, social and [...] Continue Reading
A Christian on Socialism
By Ronald Martin (Editor’s note: The following piece is the author's reaction to comments made by KMJ radio host Jim Franklin about Nora O’Donnell’s interview of Kamala Harris on 60 Minutes. The [...] Continue Reading
Pollution Trading and Environmental Justice
By Tom Frantz We are in a state of emergency regarding our warming climate. Our air quality is directly related as well. The combustion of fuel for energy has to end soon. If that happens, there is [...] Continue Reading
New Video Shows Police Violence at Homeless Encampment
By Mike Rhodes The Community Alliance newspaper has obtained body cam video from the Fresno Police Department (FPD) Homeless Task Force (HTF) that shows what happened during a homeless encampment [...] Continue Reading
Democracy Tested as Never Before
By Ruth Gadebusch We had so looked forward to the election thinking that we could return to some measure of honor and get on to dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic and other urgent matters. Alas, it [...] Continue Reading
Election 2020: Revival and Tentative Enthusiasm
By Michael D. Evans National The Biden-Harris team not only defeated Donald Trump, charitably the worst President ever, but also staved off the demise of democracy at least for another election [...] Continue Reading