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
Women Hold Up Half the Sky
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
A Day Without Childcare
Hundreds of childcare providers around the state stopped working for a day as a protest to demand better working conditions and benefits. “A Day Without Childcare” occurred on May 9. Several of [...] Continue Reading
Some Thoughts on the Abortion Issue
Basically, abortion or anti-abortion is a religious concept. Many anti-abortionists claim that a soul is present immediately upon conception. Many of those who favor abortion do not believe that there [...] Continue Reading
Las Mujeres Luchan por sus Derechos y su Dignidad
Hace casi 50 años, la Corte Suprema dictaminó que las mujeres tenían el derecho fundamental de elección cuando se trataba de abortar. Los abortos no siempre fueron ilegales, de hecho, el primer estado [...] Continue Reading
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
June 2022 [...] Continue Reading