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
Opinion & Analysis
Columbus and the Crouching Beggar at the Donut Shop
By Leonard Adame The young Asian man in the picture, soiled, hungry, shaking a Styrofoam cup at me so that I’d drop some change in it, crouched at the donut shop’s doorway. He hadn’t bathed or [...] Continue Reading
Keeping It Real with Dallas Rivera: Don’t Count Him Out
By Jean Kennedy I am 3,000 miles away from the KFCF studio, and Dallas Rivera, my engineer, finds a way to get our show, Keeping It Real (KIR), on the air every Tuesday at 9 p.m. Pacific time [...] Continue Reading
Tribal Spirit
By Sister Occupy In July, the other Sister Occupy traveled with me from Merced to Fresno to attend the marvelous (and tragic) annual picnic that celebrates the lives and honors the passing of those [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – September 2012
Will This Be the Death of Occupy Fresno? This for those who follow the Occupy movement and encampment in Fresno. In the beginning, our numbers at times were approximately 300. Our GAs [General [...] Continue Reading
Arguably the Most Important
By Ruth Gadebusch Buried deep in the ballot coming to you in a few weeks will be school board elections. Don’t be misled by that placement or by the many who belittle that job as of little [...] Continue Reading
Corporate Wealth Trashing Vital Human Needs
By Doug Page On Aug. 9, the Fresno County Planning Commission voted 6-1 to approve a corporate agribusiness application that will permanently destroy 880 acres of peach and nectarine farm in the [...] Continue Reading
State-Sanctioned Torture in Pelican Bay SHU
By Daniel Treglia Located just a few miles from the Oregon border is a prison tucked into the redwood forest known as Pelican Bay. It’s said that Pelican Bay was designed to house the “worst of the [...] Continue Reading
The Greek Debt Crisis
By Dr. Alex Vavoulis Writer N.J. Slabbert, creator of the multimedia Sword of Zeus ProjectTM about Greece's role in WWII, says the Greek debt crisis is not only an economic event but also has [...] 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
Opinion and Analysis From The Grassroots
Mixed Emotions and Painful Choices By Ruth Gadebusch Without a doubt, Occupy Wall Street, the 99%, our own Courthouse Park campers or whatever the title, have legitimate causes; however, difficulties [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
The Autumn of Awakening By Wendy Russell We moved from Fresno to Costa Rica (a country that has had no army since 1948) for many reasons, but paramount for me was the feeling that our beloved United [...] Continue Reading