The annual fundraiser for the Community Alliance exceeded our expectations. We raised more than $20,000. There is a story about it by Mike Rhodes—with photos—in this issue.
The event came at the close of a rough year in America. A fascist regime is dismantling democracy, digging a hole so deep one wonders how we will climb out of it.
Yet in the pages of the Community Alliance there is an alternative. Real news about our community’s struggles and thoughtful essays about broader topics.
We see your donations as a statement of support for the quality of our reporting.
We also see support for a print newspaper. Print media here in the Central Valley, as elsewhere, is harder to come by as time goes on. The trend to online news is profitable, to a degree, but it does not mean print is less valuable, useful or enjoyable.
If there is another free monthly progressive newspaper in the country, we don’t know about it!
This month, we lead off with coverage of an important lawsuit originating in Fresno against criminalizing homelessness. We also cover the lack of warming centers in our city, including a way to contact your local representatives about it. Vic Bedoian submitted a piece on the latest iteration of urban sprawl in Fresno, the Southeast Development Area (SEDA).
In the Spanish section, we feature an article about our former editor, now City Council member in Madera, Elsa Mejía, who received the “Distinguished Mexican” award from the Mexican government, which is given to someone of Mexican origin who excels in another country.
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