The Importance of Voting Yes on Measure B As voters peruse their ballots for the Nov. 6 election, it is really important to scan to the end of the ballot and vote Yes to renew Measure B. This measure [...] Continue Reading
Editorial
From the Editor – Oct. 2012
Last month, I walked into the Fig Garden Regional Library to deliver a stack of Community Alliance newspapers. Just as I was about to put them on the usual table, I was approached by a librarian who [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – September 2012
“Hey, if you aren’t doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.” I hear that comment frequently from people defending the City of Fresno’s use of video surveillance. But I can’t help wonder [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – August 2012
I consider myself to be pretty observant about media issues both locally and nationally. That is why I was surprised to read in the New Yorker (June 25, 2012, issue) about a development that could be [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Our Voice from Inside the Prison Industrial Complex A lot has happened in the past several months that prevented me from submitting articles to the Community Alliance about life behind prison walls [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
Community Alliance Editor Mike Rhodes took a well-deserved vacation in the weeks leading up to the publication of this month’s issue. In his stead, Michael Evans, a member of the newspaper’s Editorial [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Fire Bombing Police Cars Affects Us All As elders, we have a responsibility to teach as we were taught and to share the knowledge that we learned over the years. Nonviolence is the way to move [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
We are proud to announce the publication this month of Boston Woodard’s first book, Inside the Broken California Prison System, which is based on a series of articles written for the Community [...] Continue Reading
Fire Bombing Police Cars Affects Us All
By Mike Rhodes Fresno progressive activists are known for protesting at Shaw and Blackstone (Peace Corner), petitioning their government for grievances, or even establishing alternative institutions [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
You might have noticed that this issue of the Community Alliance newspaper is a little thinner than normal. Instead of the 24 pages that we normally run, this issue has only 20. We have also cut our [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – September 2011
Fresno Nuclear Power Plant Seems Unlikely Here is an update to the coverage of the Fresno nuke proposal by Vic Bedoian in last month’s Community Alliance. On July 26, the California Energy [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
The Revue Café, a coffee shop in Fresno’s Tower District, removed copies of the Community Alliance newspaper from its shelves and told our distributor that it no longer wanted our paper in the store. [...] Continue Reading