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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

Two Tales of a City

By Richard Stone A visit to Fresno’s homeless encampments, like the ones being dismantled by the City this week as I write, is eye-opening. It is a world of its own. The structures are ramshackle, [...] Continue Reading

Clearing the Air

By Kevin Hall The Pivotal Year AheadThe coming year will prove to be pivotal in the effort to reduce Central Valley air pollution to “safe” levels any time soon. The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution [...] Continue Reading

The Occupy Movement Comes to Fresno

By Jesse Franz Since its beginning on Sept. 17, the Occupy Wall Street movement has spread to more than 100 cities around the country, from New York to California and Seattle to Miami. On Oct. 9, [...] Continue Reading

Clearing the Air

Valley Air Board’s InsensitivityBy Kevin Hall According to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, it was an orange flag day on a Thursday afternoon in late September, “unhealthy for [...] Continue Reading

Clearing the Air

By Kevin Hall The No Spin O-Zone Readers of the Fresno Bee were greeted to an amazing front-page headline a few weeks back, one that must have had many thinking they’d awakened in a parallel [...] Continue Reading

Road Warrior

By Lloyd G. Carter (Editor’s note: In Part 1 of this two-part series, which ran last month in the Community Alliance and was titled “Perdition Road,” the battle over Cascadel Road in mountainous [...] Continue Reading

Perdition Road

By Lloyd G. Carter Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series. Part two will run next month. North Fork—Madera County’s most fire-vulnerable mountain subdivision—has gotten a lot more [...] Continue Reading