This is a .pdf of the November 2022 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages for easier reading. Simply place your cursor over [...] Continue Reading
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New Guidance County Plans Might Not Help Unincorporated Communities
(Editor’s note: Radley Reep, who for decades has reviewed Fresno County’s General Plan, submitted a letter to the Fresno County Board of Supervisors regarding its new Guidance Document for Community [...] Continue Reading
UN Says “the U.S. Blockade of Cuba Is a Crime That Has to End”
You might be saying, “Wait a minute; the UN General Assembly vote on the blockade this year takes place in early November, and the deadline for this issue of the Community Alliance was mid-October. [...] Continue Reading
The Great Game in Ukraine Is Spinning Out of Control
Former U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski famously described Ukraine as a “geopolitical pivot” of Eurasia, central to both U.S. and Russian power. As Russia views its vital security [...] Continue Reading
War Crimes and Reinforced Concrete: Kharkiv
On Sept. 23, I witnessed law enforcement officers completing the exhumation of 447 bodies, including 425 civilians, five children and 22 servicemen, from Izium mass graves. The chief of the Kharkiv [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Residents Urge Leaders to Improve Housing
Thanks to money from the American Rescue Act of 2021, Fresno officials have targeted $40 million to improve housing in the city. But many residents, especially in less affluent parts of town, are [...] Continue Reading
Community Medical Centers Disinvestment in Fresno
History of Segregation and Disinvestment Fresno was founded in April 1872, when the robber baron (some prefer “captain of industry”) Leland Stanford designated a site for a railway station [...] Continue Reading
The September 2022 Issue of the Community Alliance
You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the August 2022 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages [...] Continue Reading
San Joaquin: An American Dream Turned into a Nightmare
The City of San Joaquin, a small incorporated city in west Fresno County, has been openly accused multiple times by various residents of scamming them. Buying your own home is part of the classic [...] Continue Reading
The August 2022 Issue of the Community Alliance
You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the August 2022 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the [...] Continue Reading
The Unspeakable Happened: Roe v. Wade Overturned
On June 24, the unspeakable happened. A government branch, not elected by the American people, stripped away rights from half the population. Many women feel an overwhelming sense of fear, [...] Continue Reading
Drinking Water or Lawn Water?
Based on numerous historical studies and predictive climate modeling, climate scientists predict that the future of the American West, and California in particular, will be one of higher daily average [...] Continue Reading