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
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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
Music Is Your Only Friend
By Michael D. Evans With shelter-in-place and venues being shut down, live music hasn’t been an option since the pandemic began. And YouTube concerts just aren’t the real thing, although I am [...] Continue Reading
What Is Christmas?
By Richard Iyall Our Christmas is the time of yearto be with those you love;for sights and smells, for jingle bells;the shining star above;for ice and snow, for mistletoe;for trees in all their [...] Continue Reading
La Elección del Presidente Número 46 y sus Implicaciones
Por Francisco Duarte Por variadas razones las elecciones para la presidencia de este país entre el actual presidente, el Republicano Donald Trump, y el Demócrata Joe Biden, nos dejan un panorama [...] Continue Reading