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
Editorial
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
Letters to the Editor – Dec 2016
A New Reality By Susan Schmale Sanger, CA Hi, Hannah. I wanted to email you after reading the first issue published with you as editor, but then "life happened" as usual, and I had no time. I don't [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – Dec 2016
By Hannah Brandt At the time I am writing this it has been three weeks since election night. It has been an overwhelming month. I know many people are still in shock from the results. In some ways, it [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – November 2016
By Hannah Brandt (Trigger Warning for sexual assault and pregnancy loss) It makes you bite your nails. Or tap your foot. Run your fingers through your hair until you pull it out. A lot of times you [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – November 2016
How long will California be blind? Antonio Smith. Valley State Prison, Chowchilla, Cal. I can and do agree with prison for those unsympathetic, who chooses not to change, etc . . . Now for those with [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – Oct 2016
By Hannah Brandt My dad died of pancreatic cancer 12 years ago last month. I know he’s in a better place now. If he was suddenly given the ability to come back to life in the U.S. today, I’m not 100 [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – Oct 2016
By Yezdyar S. Kaoosji Thanks to Emily Cameron for the article “Philly or Bust: Fresno Activists go to the DNC”. Reading it made me feel I was attending the convention myself. I was able to fill in the [...] Continue Reading
Against the Odds: Community Alliance Celebrates 20 Years
By Hannah Brandt According to former editor Mike Rhodes, it is amazing this newspaper he helped create and guided through many changes over nearly two decades is alive today. Indeed, he believes it is [...] Continue Reading