I just received the article you sent that was in the Fresno Bee, a reprint from the Sacramento Bee by Charles Piller, “The Public Eye: California Prisoner’s Rights Often Trampled.” I did not read the [...] Continue Reading
Editorial
From the Editor
There are some newsstands in Fresno where we distribute 100 Community Alliance newspapers a week. Our best distribution locations are in the less affluent neighborhoods in Fresno. In fact, the further [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the editor
I want to share some of the things that annoy me in the hope there are others who feel the same way. If so, commentary via a letter to the editor for the next issue would be a good idea; so here [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
The Community Alliance newspaper has been at the forefront of defending homeless people's rights and exposing the City of Fresno's harsh and callous policies regarding the homeless. Our documentation [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
I've just finished reading the article, "Down Prison Road," by David Bacon in the Community Alliance. What an engaging, informative, well-researched and thought-out piece. I like the way he introduces [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
Last month (May), this newspaper received the "Way of Peace" award from the Fresno Center for Nonviolence. J.D. McCubbin introduced me to the overflow crowd at Margaret Hudson's barn, and I accepted [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
The progressive community in Fresno had some excitement in April, which seemed to start with whether local community groups should co-sponsor and sell tickets to the Michael Parenti/Victor Hanson [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
By: Mike Rhodes Progressive Fresno activists are working for social change on many fronts. In these pages, you will see the Community Alliance newspaper reporting on these struggles, celebrating the [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
[Editor's note: Following are letters we received from prisoners in March. We provide every prisoner who requests one a free subscription to the Community Alliance newspaper. In a recent letter, we [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
By: Mike Rhodes I think about the reasons why we publish the Community Alliance newspaper every day. On the other hand, I seldom take the time to talk or write about it. That changed on February 20 [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
By: Mike Rhodes Like most Community Alliance readers, I want to believe that our lives in Fresno are improving as we work through the many serious problems that confront us. In the past year, the [...] Continue Reading
Outrage of the Month
By: Mike Rhodes You would think that Fresno City College, like other institutions of higher learning, would do everything in its power to support academic freedom and free speech. Our faith was [...] Continue Reading