By Michael D. Evans The recently elected California Democratic Party (CDP) chair, Rusty Hicks, has committed to focusing on traditionally underserved areas of the state including the Central [...] Continue Reading
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Fresno Residents Protest Police Killing, Call for Federal Investigation
By Vic BedoianPhotos by Peter Maiden The Fresno police force is embroiled in another shooting controversy. This time it’s over the killing two years ago of an unarmed teenage suspect shot in the [...] Continue Reading
Palast Exposes Voter Suppression
By Michael D. Evans Greg Palast, a reporter with U.K. newspaper The Guardian and author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Case of the Stolen Election, headlined the Fresno Free College [...] Continue Reading
Deportados ayudando a deportados en México
Por Eduardo Stanley Los inmigrantes indocumentados viven en estado de angustia en EE.UU. debido a la fuerte retórica anti-inmigrante del presidente Donald Trump. Si bien durante el primer trimestre [...] Continue Reading
Un Hijo del Chapo Liberado en Culiacán, México
Por Francisco Duarte Hace unas semanas un dirigente de la DEA —agencia antinarcóticos de los Estados Unidos— visitó Culiacán, Sinaloa. En opinión del analista de geopolítica Alfredo Jaliffe, esta [...] Continue Reading
Esquina Cultural
En Fresno la universidad se viste con manteles largos para darle la bienvenida la poesía y música latinoamericana. Como ya es tradición el Club Austral: Arte y Cultura hispanoamericana, estarán [...] Continue Reading
Editorial Noviembre 2019
Por Lourdes Medina Se acercan los meses de celebraciones y un nuevo año. Al dejar un siglo más en la historia, me pongo a reflexionar sobre el impacto que hemos dejado los inmigrantes [...] Continue Reading
Wild Blue Yonder Farewell
By Evo Bluestein In 1974, a fusion rock band called Wild Blue Yonder pooled their meager resources and put in a lot of elbow grease to open a music club of the same name. It was a focal point for [...] Continue Reading
Book Review: A Feast of Science
By George B. Kauffman A Feast of Science: Intriguing Morsels from the Science of Everyday Life by Dr. Joe Schwarcz. ECW Press, 665 Gerrard St. East, Toronto, Canada M4M IY2, 2018, Paperback, [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor: Ensuring Free Speech
When the Editorial Board of the Community Alliance newspaper offered me the opportunity to take over as editor, replacing my colleague and friend Elsa Mejia, I didn’t hesitate due to the respect I [...] Continue Reading
Foxes Might Leave Fresno after Winning Season
By Peter MaidenPhotos by Peter Maiden Will the Fresno FC Foxes play next season in Fresno? That’s the question on many people’s minds as the team progresses into the league playoffs. According [...] Continue Reading
California to Subsidize Growers’ Labor Camps
By David Bacon (Editor’s note: Reprinted with permission. Originally appeared in Capital and Main, Oct. 4, 2019.) In California, many farmworkers can’t find decent places to live, or even any [...] Continue Reading