Submitted to the Community Alliance The Fresno County Public Library is proud to announce that the Central Library will distribute free meals to youth throughout the summer. Weekdays from June 17 to [...] Continue Reading
Columns
Local Activists Travel to Cuba
By Richard Stone The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) Pastors for Peace is again preparing for its annual breech of the U.S. embargo on trade and travel to Cuba. [...] Continue Reading
Fund-Raiser for Haiti Scheduled July 26
By Cecilia Russ One Source–Haiti is a nonprofit organized by Cecilia Russ, a former longtime resident of Fresno. She has been to Haiti twice and is in contact with teachers and families from the [...] Continue Reading
How Not To Fight Climate Change: Clearing the Air – June 2013
By Tom Frantz Our lungs are being violated by misguided climate change action in Sacramento. Simultaneously, our Valley Air Board is facilitating this environmental injustice. First, some [...] Continue Reading
A Gift of Life for Caroline
By Steve Malm It is to the enduring credit of the Community Alliance newspaper that its focus has always been equity, justice, and compassion. It is in that sense we make an appeal for the gift of [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Religion… Is Not an Oxymoron – May 2013: Bryan’s & Edie’s (Swan) Song
By David Roy Our friends in all matters progressive, Bryan and Edie Jessup, are leaving Fresno for good on June 30. Bryan has served as pastor of Fresno’s Unitarian Universalist Church for 15 years [...] Continue Reading
Central Valley Pinto Restoration and Reconnection
By Jesse C. Gonzales “Pintos” The tag or label pinto when referring to a current prison inmate has been handed down through the decades. Although of European roots, it has evolved in meaning to [...] Continue Reading
Clearing the Air – May 2013: Protecting Public Health by Promoting Polluting Projects
By Tom Frantz You have to see it to believe it. Our air district does not keep our health in its best interests. Instead, it claims new pollution is good for us. There is a Kern County power plant [...] Continue Reading
A Tribute to Louis Coombs Weller Baker
By George B. Kauffman (Author’s note: The following is a tribute to my mentor and longtime friend, Louis Coombs Weller Baker (November 24, 1921–April 15, 2003), on the 10th anniversary of his [...] Continue Reading
Cindy Sheehan’s “Tour de Peace” and “No Drones” Action in Fresno
By Cindy Sheehan and Dan Yaseen We often hear that those who protested abuses of power by President George W. Bush censor such criticisms of Obama. And with many people that’s true; some of them [...] Continue Reading
The Slow Death of Fresno State: An e-Book That Sheds Light on History
By Alex Vavoulis The Slow Death of Fresno State, written by Professor Kenneth Seib of the Fresno State College English Department in 1979, is a tribute to the people who joined the struggle for a [...] Continue Reading
Progressive Voice – April 2013: Gearing Up!
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji This month’s column is devoted to updating the community about activities and plans of the Progressive Network of Central California. Our first priority for the next few months [...] Continue Reading