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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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The Guilty Governor and the Prison Boom

By Catherine Campbell (Author’s note: This is part two and the last section of an article that began in the November issue of the Community Alliance. Part one covered the period of California prison [...] Continue Reading

Postal Service Budget Crisis

Postal Service Budget Crisis Caused by 2006 Bush Law: “Pre-Pay the Post Office Pensions 50 Years Ahead” By Donna Macris The U.S. Postal Service is under attack and fighting for its life, but it isn’t [...] Continue Reading

Water Fluoridation Controversy Redux

By George B. Kauffman and Kenneth Owen (“K.O”) Crosby Since its inception, water fluoridation has been the subject of controversy. However, with the currently unstable and unfortunate political, [...] Continue Reading

The Occupy Movement Comes to Fresno

By Jesse Franz Since its beginning on Sept. 17, the Occupy Wall Street movement has spread to more than 100 cities around the country, from New York to California and Seattle to Miami. On Oct. 9, [...] Continue Reading

Peace Fresno Activists in D.C.

By Bev Fitzpatrick, Ed Castro, Nancy Waidtlow and Camille Russell Following 10 years of the immoral, unnecessary war on Afghanistan, four Peace Fresno members went to Washington, D.C., for [...] Continue Reading

From the Editor

Community Alliance Editor Mike Rhodes took a well-deserved vacation in the weeks leading up to the publication of this month’s issue. In his stead, Michael Evans, a member of the newspaper’s Editorial [...] Continue Reading

Letters to the Editor

Fire Bombing Police Cars Affects Us All As elders, we have a responsibility to teach as we were taught and to share the knowledge that we learned over the years. Nonviolence is the way to move [...] Continue Reading

“Queer Eye…” Column Ending

By Dan Waterhouse I am ending “Queer Eye…” After the Community Alliance printed a front-page story in July about an officer-involved shooting at Belmont and Peach avenues, I began hearing that [...] Continue Reading