By Stan Santos Since the early days of print, media has served the interests and aspirations of the common people and the owners of empire. In modern days, the consolidation and weaponization of [...] Continue Reading
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Fresno County General Plan: The Struggle for Control
By Radley Reep Fresno County’s long-range land-use planning is in shambles, and local officials and county residents are sparring over how to deal with the situation. Rather than cooperating to [...] Continue Reading
Oil Production Blues
By Tom Frantz California’s 140-year-old oil company, Chevron, has been in the spotlight recently in Kern County. It is not good news. Chevron is in the process of losing a significant chunk of the [...] Continue Reading
Abandon the Babel of Labels: Assess the Facts
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji Identity wars are drowning the left in a Babel of labels. In this 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary season, it is time to ignore the candidates’ self-identification as [...] Continue Reading
Veterans for Peace Leverage Their Voices at Annual Convention
By Joshua Shurley Recently, in eastern Washington, hundreds of veterans, their families and supporters gathered—not to glorify their status or promote military service, but rather to organize to [...] Continue Reading
Cultural Immersion and Volunteer Program
By Maria Fernanda Camara Perez During the summer of 2019, the Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE; Secretary of Foreign Relations), through its Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior (IME; [...] Continue Reading
Lies, Misinformation, Theft and Threats to Our Freedom of the Press by Our Own Local Government
By Mike Rhodes In May of this year, a Community Alliance newsstand went missing on the corner of Kern and N streets, just outside a Starbucks. Peter Maiden, the newspaper’s distribution manager, [...] Continue Reading
From California to Oaxaca and Back
By Patsy Mejia Recently, I had the distinct privilege to participate in a pilot program initiated by the Mexican consulate aimed at reconnecting university students with parents or grandparents of [...] Continue Reading
Meet Kim Williams: A Progressive Challenging a Blue Dog Democrat in Rural California
By Eduardo Stanley In 2020, eight-time incumbent Rep. Jim Costa (D–Fresno), who represents Congressional District 16—which includes Merced County and parts of Madera and Fresno counties—will face [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Foxes in Second Place in USL West
By Peter Maiden The Fresno Bee reported on July 18 that the Fresno Foxes are not bringing in as big a crowd as last season, around 710 less people on average per game. Aside from Vida en el Valle, [...] Continue Reading
El paseador de Perros o El Liderazgo Consciente
Por Enrique Miembro Hace unos días, me encontraba en una ciudad a la que había viajado para tomar un taller de actualización., había manejado varias horas y después de registrarme y dejar mis cosas [...] Continue Reading
Editorial Septiembre
Celebrando mi segundo año como la editora de esta sección en español de Alianza Comunitaria y la verdad ha sido un tiempo de crecimiento y reflexión. Con el actual clima político que todo los días nos [...] Continue Reading