By Michael D. Evans The Fresno Partnership shook up the local political world on Jan. 25 with a Candidate Forum for candidates in Fresno City Council Districts 1 and 7. The forum was unprecedented [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
Da Rogue Returns to Fresno
By Stephen A. Mintz It all started at the Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission building about 14 years ago. Or 13. The Rogue Performance festival wasn’t much more than a few inspired [...] Continue Reading
Growing Marijuana Banned in Fresno County: The People Fight Back
By Michael Green In a move that could have statewide impact, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted to ban the cultivation of medical cannabis anywhere in the unincorporated county. Cannabis [...] Continue Reading
Obamacare: Good for the Transgender Community
By Kaylia Metcalfe Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has supporters and enemies on both sides of the aisle. But one thing is for sure—the policies are more trans-inclusive—and we should [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Religion…Is Not an Oxymoron: Facing the Many Facets of Our Troubled World— Are There Common, Underlying Causes? – Feb. 2014
By David E. Roy Like many, I have been aware for years of the large number of issues that make up the range of causes that concern deeply most progressives and, at least in some cases, a much [...] Continue Reading
Interfaith/Intercultural Day in Madera
By Carlos Anderson The Madera Coalition for Community Justice will sponsor its 18th Annual Interfaith/Intercultural Day on Jan. 23 to celebrate the diverse and numerous religious, ethnic and cultural [...] Continue Reading
The Crockford Files: A Tech Collective for the Fresno Progressive Community?
By John Crockford Though there seems to be a sufficient pool of tech people working and living in this area, I’ve recently learned that a handful of local progressive organizations have had some [...] Continue Reading
The Great Beauty Sure to Delight Audiences
By Roque Rodriguez The Great Beauty is filled with beautiful people doing beautiful things in a beautiful city. At no point does the film let excess get in the way of telling its compelling story, [...] Continue Reading
The Road to Equality, Full of Potholes
By Kaylia Metcalfe June was six months ago. The Supreme Court struck down DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) and paved the way for full equality for same sex couples—but that equality is sometimes slow [...] Continue Reading
John McCutcheon to appear in Fresno Jan. 23
John McCutcheon was last in Fresno on September 2nd for the memorial service for the “Deportees” at HolyCrossCemetery with the Archbishop Armando X. Ochoa presiding. These victims of the 1948 airplane [...] Continue Reading
Migrant Voices: A Journey of Hope and Struggle
Celebrate International Migrants Day by attending a fundraiser for migrant student scholarships & the Community Alliance newspaper, scheduled 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, at the Anvil Art [...] Continue Reading
Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Comes to Fresno
By Chip Ashley On Dec. 20, Fresno has a rare opportunity to meet Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú at the Ballroom on the Fulton Mall at the Centro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indígena [...] Continue Reading