By Mike Rhodes The smile on the faces of homeless people as they cashed their checks left no doubt about who was victorious in the lawsuit against the City of Fresno. The lawsuits, filed by 36 [...] Continue Reading
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Immigration Reform Movement Reaches Critical Juncture
By Stan Santos The movement for a permanent solution to the crisis confronting more than 11 million undocumented persons living in the United States has reached a critical point in its historic [...] Continue Reading
Court Ruling a Blow to Agribusiness Mogul’s Kern Water Bank
By Vic Bedoian In a ruling on March 5, a Sacramento Superior Court judge struck a blow against the operation of the Kern Water Bank. It is the most significant decision to date concerning the [...] Continue Reading
Fresno State Student Coalition Debates ASI Regarding “Students of Color”
By Lizbeth De La Cruz The Chicano Youth Conference (CYC) has been held for 40 years at Fresno State. The original purpose was to improve enrollment of Latino youths in the university, which was [...] Continue Reading
The Drone Memorial
View from “The Drone Memorial” project, as captured by Community Alliance photographer Richard Iyall. Under way since March 16 and led by artist Joseph DeLappe, the participatory memorial [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – April 2014
Valley Air Inhumane I drove from Oakland to L.A. through the San Joaquin Valley in late June 2013 and on a recent weekend. I was shocked by the severe air pollution. I remember a trip over 10 years [...] Continue Reading
The State of the Paper
By Richard Stone* Congratulations to us all, supporters and staff alike: We did it! In just a couple of months, we have gathered more than $10,000 (including $5,000-plus from Editor Emeritus Mike [...] Continue Reading
The Elected: In Conversation with Council Member Paul Caprioglio
By Richard Stone Paul Caprioglio greets me warmly even though (or maybe because) he says he is not very familiar with the Community Alliance and has not seen previously printed interviews with his [...] Continue Reading
GOP Focus on New Faces Such as Swearengin
By Eduardo Stanley Editor’s note: This article is excerpted from a piece that appeared at www.voxxi.com. What feeds conservative illusions of a comeback? They rely on “new faces” and a different [...] Continue Reading
Infrastructure Key to Turning Around U.S. Economy
By John Hernandez As I travel around the United States, it is painfully obvious that our nation needs a facelift. We have roads, bridges, buildings and other infrastructure in need of repair, [...] Continue Reading
Rambling Thoughts on Division
By Ruth Gadebusch What does it take for people to realize that we share this community, this world? “Those people over there” someplace are not in some foreign land. One cannot profit at the [...] Continue Reading
The Silos and the Mall
By Leonard Adame When we drove past the big silos on H and Palm streets, I saw mostly old men moving as if they were walking up a rocky hill. They took their time, every so often spitting out a gob [...] Continue Reading