While dragons have different historical and cultural characteristics—mostly in appearance—these characteristics impel societies to either revere or fear them for different reasons. Despite the [...] Continue Reading
Arts & Culture
19th Annual Rogue Festival Returns to the Tower District
By Community Alliance Staff The 2020 Rogue Festival features 250 performances by 53 performing groups in 11 Tower District venues in Fresno’s largest, craziest and most courageous performing arts [...] Continue Reading
What to Do About Teen Stress
By Ariana Mohebbi People often think that teenagers are influenced by the media to smoke, vape, drink or do drugs, but the main cause of these bad decisions is stress. School is the culprit for [...] Continue Reading
Meat on your meal? Then you need chimichurri!
By Eduardo Stanley If you plan to have a BBQ, or a good piece of meat, like a tasteful New York steak, you can get the most of it with a good salsa you can use both to marinate or just to spread it [...] Continue Reading
Syrian Recipes from Home: A Gift for Food lovers
By Eduardo Stanley This past summer, in Fresno, we assisted at the presentation of an original book of recipes, Syrian Recipes From Home, by Syrian refugee Nour Al Mshantaf, produced by the Pan [...] Continue Reading
Palast Exposes Voter Suppression
By Michael D. Evans Greg Palast, a reporter with U.K. newspaper The Guardian and author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: The Case of the Stolen Election, headlined the Fresno Free College [...] Continue Reading
Talking Points: The Desperate Fantasy of “White Culture”
By Joel D. Eis (Editor’s note: The following is the first in a series on talking points to strengthen the information base of those who seek to make others more aware and to be used to expose the [...] Continue Reading
The Joy of La Guelaguetza
By Eduardo StanleyPhotos by Peter Maiden The colorful celebration of La Guelaguetza took place on Sept. 22 at Calwa Park in Fresno with hundreds in attendance. La Guelaguetza has been organized by [...] Continue Reading
Playas de Tijuana Mural Project: A Reflection
By Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana A life of experiences, three years of fieldwork and, finally, a fellowship that would make a project come to life. The vision for the Playas de Tijuana Mural Project [...] Continue Reading
Non-White Children Still Being Separated from Their Parents
By Leni Villagomez Reeves Why is the Trump administration continuing to separate non-White children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border? 1) It is profitable. 2) It destroys culture [...] Continue Reading
California VoIP Deregulation and the “Mafia”
By Stan Santos Since the early days of print, media has served the interests and aspirations of the common people and the owners of empire. In modern days, the consolidation and weaponization of [...] Continue Reading
Cultural Immersion and Volunteer Program
By Maria Fernanda Camara Perez During the summer of 2019, the Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE; Secretary of Foreign Relations), through its Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior (IME; [...] Continue Reading