Working Class Contradiction Close to 100% of Republican legislators know that 94%–96% of Planned Parenthood funding goes to healthcare services having nothing to do with abortion. So why are they [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor – June 2018
Ensure Student Voices Are Heard I’m a recent alumnus of Fresno Unified School District’s Edison High School. Our youth feel unsafe when they are walking to school with people getting killed in their [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – May 2018
History Need Not Repeat Itself When I grew up in Fresno, went to school and learned about World War II, there was one thing I could never understand. How could the German people allow Hitler and the [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – March 2018
Fear of Death the Basis of Conservative Greed Making a nation more important (“Great Again”) to individuals and groups has its side effects. The subjugation of men to government continues as long as [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – February 2018
Understanding West Fresno I want to thank Kevin Hall (“A Fresno Epiphany,” December 2017 Community Alliance) for highlighting an issue that Black and Brown West Fresno residents have known for a long [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – January 2018
Teatro de la Tierra By Patricia Wells & Agustin Lira After living in and experiencing the great divide between the rich and the have-nots in Fresno, Patricia and I became aware of the lack of [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – December 2017
What Is a “Clean” DREAM Act? By Sonia Martinez A “clean” DREAM Act would be legislation free from harmful provisions that hurt or demonize members of the broader undocumented community. A clean [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – November 2017
Clarification of TCC Success By Candice Troutman Attn.: Downtown, Chinatown and Southwest Fresno Residents Re: Clarification on the success of TCC Proposal #5 and a Call for Celebration As many have [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – October 2017
By Steve Claassen Those who follow Emily Cameron’s blog can’t not think of her when they hear the progressive mantra—”Speak truth to power.” In September’s Community Alliance report, “Primarying Bad [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – September 2017
The Community Alliance received a lot of feedback on Facebook responding to a comment on a Fresno Bee article about the ACLU finding that the Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) misused funds meant [...] Continue Reading
Letters To The Editor – August 2017
Editor’s note: This letter was sent to the editor by Emily Brandt in response to her question below to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. I am looking at the areas that are covered [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor – July 2017
Public Voices Strong Support for Protecting Giant Sequoia National Monument On June 27, the Tulare County Supervisors voted 3-2 to approve a letter calling for the elimination of portions of the Giant [...] Continue Reading