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  • Mike Rhodes was a founder of the Community Alliance newspaper. He has also been the editor and executive director over the past 28 years. He wrote this article while on Hospice because of his diagnosis of Stage 4 lung cancer and urges you not to mourn, but to organize, when he dies. Contact him at mikerhodes@comcast.net.

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WILPF – December 2013

No WILPF meeting in December. See you at the CRAFTS FAIRE December 14. WOMEN IN BLACK December 4, (first Wednesday of each month) at noon at Fresno County Courthouse; come on the month in which your [...] Continue Reading

Gay Agenda: Holiday Edition!

By Kaylia Metcalfe Happy December! Usually around this time you start seeing the recap lists: “Best Fashion Moments of 2013!,” “Worst Moments of 2013: Politician Edition!,” “Hottest Videos of 2013,” [...] Continue Reading

Straight No Chaser

By Kaylia Metcalfe Straight No Chaser (SNC) is the 10-member a cappella group that has been making headlines and changing the way mainstream pop culture views a cappella music. Since forming as [...] Continue Reading

Violence in the Homeless Encampments

By Paul T. Jackson Peace is a basic human need; peace of mind is a mark of good health. Peace flows from within each individual out to other members of the community to which the individual belongs. [...] Continue Reading

It Is the Time of Miracles

By Leonard Adame A couple of things happened recently that made me think about Christmas much more than usual. My son’s car broke down at a gas station. It’s an electrical problem. Sometimes the car [...] Continue Reading

Grain Silo

By Chris Breedlove On Oct. 23, the City of Fresno had all contingencies methodically calculated out for its systematic destruction of the Silo Grain homeless community. Homeless advocates were also [...] Continue Reading

Public Defense in Peril

By Vic Bedoian In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been [...] Continue Reading