By Hannah Brandt Wasan Abu-Baker, content and translation The word malak means angel in Arabic. Malak is also a six-year-old Fresno girl who was born in Aleppo, Syria in 2010. A few months before the [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
Freedom Is A Constant Struggle
By John Else [Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of an article that was originally published on BillMoyers.com and is republished with permission. [...] Continue Reading
Demonstrations and Fasting to Bring Attention to the U.S. Role in World’s Largest, Rapidly Worsening Humanitarian Crisis
By Kathy Kelly [Editor’s Note: This article has been modified from its original version with permission from the author.] On March 14, 2017, internationally renowned peace activist Kathy Kelly, of [...] Continue Reading
Get Fundraiser Tickets Here!
Please join us for our annual fundraiser to maintain the publishing of this vital independent media source in the Central Valley. Purchase tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2898748 [...] Continue Reading
‘NO BAN, NO WALL: SANCTUARY FOR ALL’
Rallies Throughout the Valley and the Nation Protest Trump’s Immigration Policies Fresno Resistance hosted No Ban, No Wall: Sanctuary for All on February 13, 2017. About 500 people of all ages from [...] Continue Reading
Review: Baldwin’s ‘Negro’ an opportunity to reflect on America
By Kamal Abu-Shamsieh “I Am Not Your Negro” is a film that documents significant events in the history of African Americans through the works of the social critic and writer James Baldwin. In his [...] Continue Reading
I’m Undocumented and I don’t Think Trump is the Problem
By Miguel Bibanco (Editor’s Note: This article was originally published at The Know Youth Media and is republished with permission.) Just a month into Trump’s presidency and the controversies [...] Continue Reading
Working with Syrian Refugees in Fresno
By Wasan Abu-Baker I was born and raised in Palestine, in a highly-educated household. My father was politically active and outspoken for the civil rights of Palestinians through non-violent [...] Continue Reading
Journalism, Fake News, and The First Amendment
By Joshua C. Shurley, Ph.D. Walter Lippman, considered by some to be the "father of modern journalism" famously wrote that "there can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which [...] Continue Reading
Former Community Alliance Editor Visits State Prison Creative Writing Guild
By Boston Woodard It was great to meet my friend of 12 years for the first time. Mike Rhodes, former editor of the Community Alliance and author of Dispatches From The War Zone, spoke to members of [...] Continue Reading
The Pachamama Alliance
By Carolyn Murphy With the world and its institutions appearing more unstable every day, it is difficult to find a place to focus our energies with any optimism. The Pachamama Alliance, founded [...] Continue Reading
Organize for a Better Future & Women’s March Unite in Fresno
For more photos from January 21, 2017 by Richard D. Iyall go to our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1548968925132133.1073741852.147659788596394&type=1&l=5767e8c2f1 [...] Continue Reading