By Hannah Brandt As the school year ends, young people have been on my mind. I used to teach high school social studies and have continued to work with teens over the years. Whenever I see [...] Continue Reading
Editorial
Letters to the Editor – June 2017
Coulter Woolf in response to “Eaton Plaza Is Under Threat” on fresnoalliance.com This editorial embodies an attitude that has hampered the development of downtown Fresno. In short, it argues against [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – May 2017
By Hannah Brandt On April 9, we held our annual fundraiser. This year’s theme was Growing Community Alliance. Here is the editor’s update I presented that night. Thank you all for coming! It’s so [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – May 2017
Randy Ambrose response on fresnoalliance.com to February article “Wheezing and Choking in Malaga” by Tom Franz “Great article. Good to see someone digging into where our pollution comes from. It [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – April 2017
By Hannah Brandt The last few weeks many have been focused on healthcare. In a whirlwind of brutality and incompetence, the GOP health plan/Trumpcare imploded before our eyes. It had some of the [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – April 2017
Ballot Observation News!! Emily Cameron Clovis, CA I started off as a Bernie volunteer with a mission to monitor the Registrar of Voters so our candidate would be treated fairly. What we saw was much [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – March 2017
By Hannah Brandt Only six weeks into the Trump administration we are trapped in a culture of fear. If you are a woman, an immigrant, a person of color, a member of the LGBTQ community, a person living [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – March 2017
Status Quo at the DNC By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji The expected has happened! Tom Perez was just elected to chair the Democratic National Committee. The earlier re-election of Nancy Pelosi as House [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – February 2017
By Hannah Brandt January felt like a tornado hit. In the storm, Barack Obama became the former president, Donald Trump became the current president, and the country commemorated the life of Martin [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – February 2017
The Blood of the Revolution By Akapl Kecholli When is enough going to be enough? We continue to allow our culture to be stolen, our dignity is lying in the street, leaking from our sons and daughters. [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – January 2017
By Hannah Brandt “We are not fundamentally a different country today than we were a month ago. . . The same country that elected Donald Trump, elected Barack Obama. . . This election is just another [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – January 2017
Community Alliance Lifts Spirits By Daniel Holmes Hello to you at Community Alliance. I had the good fortune to come across one of your little newsletter papers in here – Wow! You people are really [...] Continue Reading