By Timothy Savage More than 300 people from across the San Joaquin Valley gathered Oct. 1 to listen, to engage, to connect and to get fired up about the most important issues of our day at [...] Continue Reading
Activism
Clearing the Air
Valley Air Board’s InsensitivityBy Kevin Hall According to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, it was an orange flag day on a Thursday afternoon in late September, “unhealthy for [...] Continue Reading
Cuba Prioritizes Health and Education Even in Hard Economic Times
By Gerry Bill Cuba never ceases to amaze me. Here we are in the throes of an international economic crisis affecting every country in the world. Yet, amid that crisis, the Cubans manage to maintain [...] Continue Reading
The Guilty Governor and the Prison Boom
By Catherine Campbell (Author’s note: This is part one of a two-part series on the history of the California prison boom. Part two will appear in the November issue of the Community Alliance.) Our [...] Continue Reading
Rockwell Didn’t Paint Guacamole and Tortillas
By Leonard Adame Indians, in my 4th grade class, killed good White people, rode pinto ponies and salivated over White damsels in distress on The Lone Ranger show. But one day, probably Dec. 11 or 12, [...] Continue Reading
New Radio Show: Keeping It Real with Dr. Jean Kennedy
By Jean Kennedy Dr. Jean Kennedy is the host and producer of Keeping It Real, a radio show that comes to our community on KFCF-FM 88.1 on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 8 p.m. to 10 [...] Continue Reading
Glenn Beck on a Skewer: An Interview with the Author of the Roasting
By Richard Stone Radio and television show host Glenn Beck is a controversial figure. He has made his fortune from being a media pundit and propagandist. Describing himself as only “a rodeo clown” [...] Continue Reading
50 Years of Catch-22: Now Spot Fresno’s Saroyan
By Tom Moradian Published in 1961, Catch-22 sold 10 million copies by 1968. The novel’s dark humor fed the bitterness many felt about the Vietnam War. Today, many feel the same about senseless wars [...] Continue Reading
The Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Faith Calendar
Compiled by Susan Orovitz ISJC Mission Statement: To network and collaborate as we work to serve and promote systemic change for the common good; to educate and inspire one another to positive [...] Continue Reading
The Martyrdom of Troy Davis: Shariah Law and Bloodthirsty American “Justice”
By Maria Telesco In days of yore, crime victims’ families took swift revenge. If a neighbor stole your goat, they’d slaughter his entire herd in retaliation. If someone was killed, they’d massacre [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
The Autumn of Awakening By Wendy Russell We moved from Fresno to Costa Rica (a country that has had no army since 1948) for many reasons, but paramount for me was the feeling that our beloved United [...] Continue Reading
Occupy Merced
By Jason Flores Occupy Merced began on Oct. 15 at Courthouse Park in Merced. Organized and facilitated by young adults, college students and other citizens, they organized general assemblies the week [...] Continue Reading