By Community Alliance Staff A Region of Abundant Communities Convention for the San Joaquin Valley will be held on Nov. 16. The convention will focus on rebuilding community connections and competence [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
New Radio Show: Keeping It Real with Dr. Jean Kennedy
By Jean Kennedy Dr. Jean Kennedy is the host and producer of Keeping It Real, a radio show that comes to our community on KFCF-FM 88.1 on the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 8 p.m. to 10 [...] Continue Reading
50 Years of Catch-22: Now Spot Fresno’s Saroyan
By Tom Moradian Published in 1961, Catch-22 sold 10 million copies by 1968. The novel’s dark humor fed the bitterness many felt about the Vietnam War. Today, many feel the same about senseless wars [...] Continue Reading
The Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Faith Calendar
Compiled by Susan Orovitz ISJC Mission Statement: To network and collaborate as we work to serve and promote systemic change for the common good; to educate and inspire one another to positive [...] Continue Reading
The Martyrdom of Troy Davis: Shariah Law and Bloodthirsty American “Justice”
By Maria Telesco In days of yore, crime victims’ families took swift revenge. If a neighbor stole your goat, they’d slaughter his entire herd in retaliation. If someone was killed, they’d massacre [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Free College Foundation Annual Banquet
By Rychard Withers The Fresno Free College Foundation (FFCF) will be celebrating 43 years as a part of the Fresno community with a banquet on Nov. 6 at 5:30 p.m. The event will take place at [...] Continue Reading
Occupy Merced
By Jason Flores Occupy Merced began on Oct. 15 at Courthouse Park in Merced. Organized and facilitated by young adults, college students and other citizens, they organized general assemblies the week [...] Continue Reading
The Long Road to Justice: The Everardo Torres Police Killing in Madera
By Sal Sandoval Not a single person’s eyes were dry when Melchor Torres of Madera recounted the story of his son’s murder while in police custody on the night of Oct. 22, 2002. Melchor was an invited [...] Continue Reading
The Power of Prisoners: The Pelican Bay Hunger Strike
By Catherine Campbell This summer, prisoners in the Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit (SHU) came together and began a hunger strike that at its peak spread throughout the California prison system to [...] Continue Reading
$54 a Month for Water You Can’t Drink
By David Bacon When Mary Broad moved to Lanare in 1955, there were only four other families still living in this tiny, unincorporated community in the middle of the San Joaquin Valley, halfway [...] Continue Reading
Our Stone-Age Supervisors Out To Save Us Again
By Catherine Campbell The Needle Exchange has been ongoing in Fresno for almost two decades, providing clean needles to drug users to prevent the spread of numerous diseases. Hepatitis C and HIV are [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor: October 2011
I want to first thank Mike Rhodes for taking the time and dedication to allow the community to read about what’s being overlooked everyday. People allow themselves to be blindfolded to the truth. [...] Continue Reading