By Cherylyn Smith Prepare for the genesis of “reality theater.” Unlike reality TV, this genre is not “dumbed down,” as demonstrated in the original play Us and Them by Deshad Cato. (The play is being [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
Fresno Resistance Takes on Legal Challenges
By Community Alliance staff On May 11, 2017, a press conference was held outside the Fresno courthouse calling for the city to drop the charges against activists from the group Fresno Resistance who [...] Continue Reading
THE LORD WAS NOT ON TRIAL: The Inside Story of the Supreme Court’s Precedent-Setting McCollum Ruling
By George B. Kauffman The Lord Was Not on Trial: The Inside Story of the Supreme Court’s Precedent-Setting McCollum Ruling. By Dannel McCollum, Americans for Religious Liberty, Box 6656, Silver [...] Continue Reading
Exploring the Absence of Asghar Farhadi
By Rubén Casas Editor’s note: This article was originally published by Fresno Filmworks (https://fresnofilmworks.org/blog/exploring-the-absence-of-asghar-farhadi) and is republished with [...] Continue Reading
Trans-E-Motion Activism and Outreach Grows in Fresno
By Hannah Brandt Fresno nonprofit organization and advocacy group Trans-E-Motion has been busy lately. On April 15, the community celebrated the annual Transgender Day of Visibility. When interviewed [...] Continue Reading
Fundraiser 2017: Growing Community Alliance
Mandolinist Eva Scow performed during the happy hour before the program. Editorial board member Sandra Celedon-Castro was the emcee for the event. Hannah Brandt gave an editor’s update. Executive [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – May 2017
By Hannah Brandt On April 9, we held our annual fundraiser. This year’s theme was Growing Community Alliance. Here is the editor’s update I presented that night. Thank you all for coming! It’s so [...] Continue Reading
Ancient Myth and Modern Life
By George B. Kauffman Book Review: Ancient Myth and Modern Life, by Gerald A. Larue, Centerline Press, 2005 Palo Verde Ave., Long Beach, CA 90815; 1988, paperback, $16.95. ix + 230 pp. [...] Continue Reading
Cuba’s Fresh Perspectives
By Bill Braun Twenty-five of us, 19 from the United States, joined together for 10 days during January in Cuba. Billed as “Fresh Perspectives,” our tour was that, plus many entirely new and somewhat [...] Continue Reading
The Great Hollywood Whitewashing
By Raymart Catacutan (Editor’s note: This article was originally published by The kNOw Youth Media: http://theknowfresno.org/04/18/2017/great-hollywood-whitewashing/. Note that the article includes [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – April 2017
By Hannah Brandt The last few weeks many have been focused on healthcare. In a whirlwind of brutality and incompetence, the GOP health plan/Trumpcare imploded before our eyes. It had some of the [...] Continue Reading
FUNDAMENTALISM ON TRIAL
By George B. Kauffman, Ph.D. Twelve Claims of the Christian Right Fall under Strict Secular Scrutiny. All are flagrant examples of “cherry picking.” Abortion: Fundamentalists say that outlawing [...] Continue Reading