By Dr. Joshua Shurley “Armistice Day has become Veterans’ Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans’ Day is not. So I will throw Veterans’ Day over my shoulder. Armistice Day I will keep. I don’t want [...] Continue Reading
Activism
Locals Turn Out to Support International Call for Peace
By Community Alliance Staff Every year on Sept. 21, the International Day of Peace is observed around the world. It was established in 1981 through a unanimous UN resolution and declared by the [...] Continue Reading
Rural Legal Access Summit
By Ali Huda and Andrew Kucera On Oct. 12, the San Joaquin College of Law (SJCL) will host the Second Annual Rural Legal Access Summit. The Summit brings together professors, students, lawyers, [...] Continue Reading
Clean Air Advocates Face Feds Trying to Roll Back Standards in Fresno
By Vanessa Warheit Dozens of environmental, industry and community advocates spoke at a federal hearing in Fresno on Sept. 24 in almost unanimous opposition to the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient [...] Continue Reading
Fresno in Solidarity with Women’s March
By Ken Hudson In solidarity with the national Women’s March on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 20, Fresno will hold a demonstration on the sidewalks in front of River Park the same day, [...] Continue Reading
Global Climate Summit Craters
By Kevin Hall Paris, Bonn, San Francisco. Billionaires and corporate CEOs. Heads of state from around the world. It’s enough to turn a young politician’s head. Even an old one’s. In recent years, [...] Continue Reading
Labor Day Rally Highlights Workers’ Rights
By Community Alliance Staff A noontime Labor Day rally and picnic energized a crowd of workers from a variety of industries, including county, hospital and long-term care, as well as families and [...] Continue Reading
Where is the Freedom in this Land?
By Richard D. Iyall, Cowlitz Why was this country formed, this country called United States? Did not the founders seek their freedom and their independence from a king who ruled its people with an [...] Continue Reading
Palomas Mensajeras: Families Reunited after Decades of Separation
By Elsa Mejía Many Spanish-language folk ballads make mention of it. Headlines in recent months have brought attention to it. However, it is only the immigrant who decides to leave his or her homeland [...] Continue Reading
A Workable Plan to End Homelessness
By Nancy Waidtlow I receive desperate calls from people who are homeless or on the verge of homelessness almost every day. In my post-retirement second career with the Dakota EcoGarden, I have learned [...] Continue Reading
Are You a Good Neighbor? Ask Homeless Advocates
By Paul Thomas Jackson (Editor’s note: This is the first article of a two-part series.) “As our Nation struggles to build friendship among the peoples of this world, we are mindful that the noblest [...] Continue Reading