By Tiffany A. Potter One of the most precious things I have in my home, my sanctuary from the world, is a simple plaque that hangs on the wall. On it I have painted {RUNNING} and below it holds on [...] Continue Reading
Columns
Clearing the Air: Air District Gets Caught
By Tom Frantz Since its 1991 formation as the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District (Air District), this sham of a health agency has continuously shown allegiance to big polluters and [...] Continue Reading
To Pass with Dignity
By Boston Woodard When I think of death as a prisoner, I sometimes wonder if I will make it back out into the free world for my demise or if I will take my last breath while still incarcerated. A [...] Continue Reading
May 23, 2014: THE DAY I FEARED WOULD COME
By Hannah Brandt This month marks one year since the UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) murders. That killing spree by a disturbed individual, Elliot, was an anomaly, though not as much as it should be. [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air Around High-Speed Rail
By Tom Frantz The California High-Speed Rail Authority has made many wonderful sounding promises. The 2-hour and 40-minute trip for $50 between downtown Los Angeles and downtown San Francisco by 2029 [...] Continue Reading
Q&A with an Ex-Con Whistleblower
By Marc Keyser (Editor’s note: This is part one of a Q&A series with Marc Keyser. Stay tuned for more in future publications.) Q: Your name is Marc Keyser (Kiser), however, I noticed that your [...] Continue Reading
Authentic Journalism That Challenges Empire and Its Centers of Power
Review of Andre Vltchek’s Exposing Lies of the Empire By Kim Petersen (Editor’s note: This review originally appeared March 24, 2015, and is being reprinted with permission.) Some years back, I was [...] Continue Reading
Tiffany’s Take: Fox Hole
By Tiffany A. Potter Thus far, in our months together, I have not officially explained what I do in my professional life and only alluded to it, but I will tell you now. I own my own consulting firm. [...] Continue Reading
ERRATA: An Editor’s Correction
Editor’s note: The following section of the article “Cap and Trade + High-Speed Rail = Environmental Disaster,” by Cherylyn Smith (Community Alliance, April 2015) contained some editorial errors. The [...] Continue Reading
Rainmaker
By Stephen Barile from Tulare Lake To stave off a drought in 1924, Wheat farmers in the Tulare Lake bottom Hired Hatfield the Rainmaker man And paid him a hefty fee, For he was in demand throughout [...] Continue Reading
My 10 Years with the Community Alliance
By Boston Woodard Ten years ago, I was given the opportunity by Mike Rhodes, former editor of the Community Alliance, to correspond as a journalist from behind state prison walls. Because of Ernesto [...] Continue Reading
Commemorating the Armenian Genocide: The Importance of Memory and Transformation
By Matthew Ari Jendian “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”—Spanish philosopher George Santayana (1905) In 2015, among many other things, we commemorate the 67th [...] Continue Reading