By Ruth Gadebusch It was a sweltering Aug. 18, 1920, when young Harry Burn, answering his mother’s plea, cast the deciding vote in the Tennessee legislature that made the 19th Amendment granting [...] Continue Reading
Opinion & Analysis
The Chain Reaction of History
By Leonard Adame Dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki supposedly ensured World War II’s end and the beginning of a new and secure era for American democracy. The moment the bombs’ chain [...] Continue Reading
Indigenous Communities and Comprehensive Immigration Reform
By Yenedit Valencia In the Central Valley, and throughout California, we have a large population of indigenous communities. Most often, these communities go unnoticed. As the Senate takes on [...] Continue Reading
The Way to Town
By Cecile Lusby In 1952, we moved to our grandfather’s ranch on South Fruit Avenue outside Fresno. Will Main and his wife had taken the train from Cheyenne, Wyo., where they saw fruit box labels [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – July 2013
Comfort the Afflicted and Afflict the Comfortable Bravo for the riveting Special Edition of the Community Alliance, and hats off to Mark Arax and his students for muckraking work of the highest [...] Continue Reading
The Debate about Freedom and Privacy: What’s the Impact on Social Justice? — Progressive Religion…Is Not an Oxymoron – July 2013
By David E. Roy Introduction At this unique point in time, as the magnetic pole of the Fourth of July pulls us closer while we are walking, head down, under the NSA’s watchful cloud, our nation is [...] Continue Reading
More Meaning Than Most of Us Can Imagine
By Leonard Adame Sebastian De La Cruz has huevos this big! He’s the boy who sang the National Anthem at a San Antonio Spurs playoff game. To be sure, the little singer has a resonant and confident [...] Continue Reading
Elusive Equality
By Ruth Gadebusch Those women gathered in Seneca Falls, N.Y., on that hot July day in 1848 knew that the vote was simply a symbol of equality. They expected it to open the door for eliminating [...] Continue Reading
Time to Raise the Minimum Wage
By Leticia Perez Californians have not seen a minimum wage increase since 2008. Although the Golden State is one of the most expensive places to live, it has a lower minimum wage than nearby states [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – June 2013
Fresno County Jail’s Barbaric Treatment of the Mentally Ill (Editor’s note: These are some of the comments that we received in the first two days following the distribution of our Special Edition, [...] Continue Reading
That School Board in the Capitol
By Ruth Gadebusch In his latest proposal for school finance, Governor Jerry Brown has again stirred the pot. Such a major portion of the state budget being for education will always keep the pot [...] Continue Reading
The Cost of Wrongful Convictions
By Bruce Kanter Can we afford to let wrongful convictions go uncorrected and to continue happening? Society is greatly affected when an innocent citizen is unjustly convicted and imprisoned. The [...] Continue Reading