Ana Belén Montes was released on parole Jan. 8 after more than 20 years in U.S. prisons. She was convicted of espionage. Her actions were motivated by conscience and were uncoerced and unpaid. She [...] Continue Reading
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
January 2023 [...] Continue Reading
Voters of Color and Women Saved the Democrats from Disaster
Despite new laws to keep people from voting and gerrymandering election districts to take away the power of minority communities, the Republican “red wave” that pollsters predicted ahead of last [...] Continue Reading
The Woman King
While I was doing doctoral studies on the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its impact on African kingdoms in West Africa, it never crossed my mind that Hollywood would produce a film on this topic. [...] Continue Reading
Brilliant African Diaspora Culture in Cuba
Creating universal literacy and an environment where education is universal and free and accessible at all levels leads to a cultural flowering so extensive and deep as to be perhaps better [...] Continue Reading
United States Rebuked for Violations of Women’s Human Rights
CEDAW is the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international treaty adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly. It is an international bill of human rights [...] 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
From the Editor
Back to the Dark Ages: Roe v. Wade Overturned On June 24, the Supreme Court produced its much anticipated ruling banning women’s rights to access a safe abortion, upending the landmark Roe v. [...] Continue Reading
Madera Candidate Denounces Witches
Mark Reed, who is a candidate for Eastern Madera’s 5th District supervisor, mailed thousands of mailers with inflammatory language, explicitly naming 5 local women, including their first and last [...] Continue Reading
The June Community Alliance is now online
The June 2022 Community Alliance newspaper is being printed today and will be mailed to subscribers this afternoon. You can see the online version here: www.fresnoalliance.com [...] Continue Reading
Women’s Fight for Rights, Dignity
Almost 50 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that women had the fundamental right of choice when it came to having an abortion. Abortions were not always illegal; in fact, the first state to impose a [...] Continue Reading
As Cuba Moves Forward, the United States Moves Backward
In the United States, attacks on reproductive rights and freedoms and other aspects of healthcare for women are increasing sharply, and the courts, which for a brief period provided some protection [...] Continue Reading