September 2026 is our thirtieth anniversary. We started as a small newsletter responding to the AFL-CIO national office’s call to build a labor and community alliance to support immigrant workers, see [...] Continue Reading
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Here Comes the Judge
Voting for judicial candidates in local elections matters. Local judges make decisions that affect everyday life directly, from traffic tickets and misdemeanor cases to child custody, divorce and [...] Continue Reading
Map Reveals Fresno’s Unequal Voice
For 14 years, every election map printed by the Fresno County Registrar of Voters has told the same story: Affluent north Fresno turns out in large numbers to back conservative candidates and oppose [...] Continue Reading
Community Alliance Fundraiser a Huge Success
The Dec. 6 Community Alliance fundraiser filled the room with energy, diversity and optimism—and, best of all, raised enough funds to keep the newspaper in print for the foreseeable future. The [...] Continue Reading
Tower District Crime Report
On Nov. 7, Rych Withers, KFCF 88.1 FM station manager, was dropping off some mail at the Tower District Post Office when he noticed a man taking all the Community Alliance newspapers from the [...] Continue Reading
Keep Us Alive!
The Community Alliance newspaper is in a financial crisis. The worst crisis I have seen in the 28 years that I have been a part of the paper. We have reduced our expenses, staff have taken draconian [...] Continue Reading
Reliving Fresno’s Progressive Past
If we don’t want the government (particularly the Trump administration) telling us what to think, it is time for a people’s history of Fresno. The Community Alliance is doing its part by making an [...] Continue Reading