By: Alan Cheah On April 17 at Fresno Pacific University, Dr. Michael Parenti will debate Dr. Victor Davis Hanson from a progressive versus conservative perspective. Michael Parenti was born of [...] Continue Reading
Local & State
The American Civil Liberties Union: Working to Defend Your Rights
By: Bill Simon February was so hectic for the Fresno Area Chapter of the ACLU that March seems like we went to sleep. We did mail the request for a pattern or practice investigation of the Fresno [...] Continue Reading
Rally for Immigration Reform
By: Stan Santos On May 1, 2006, I stood on a corner near downtown Fresno and looked east. I was suddenly moved to tears by the sight of a river of humanity flowing down Ventura, formerly Cesar Chavez [...] Continue Reading
Queer Eye
The Coming Out of Senator Ashburn By: Dan Waterhouse Bakersfield state senator Roy Ashburn, who has a deplorable voting record on queer issues, thought he could keep his public life public and his [...] Continue Reading
New Times Coming
By: Moises Lucas Sierra The March 4th Day of Action was a collective of students, faculty, staff and concerned citizens. The objective of the demonstrations was to highlight awareness of the state's [...] Continue Reading
2010 Fresno Film Festival
By: Jefferson Beavers One man risks life in prison to stop a war he helped plan in Vietnam. A novelist and his wife openly spar over the ideal notions of sex, love and commitment. The families of a [...] Continue Reading
Opinion and Analysis from the Grassroots
New Nukes in Fresno Would Endanger Public Health Joseph Mangano The recent agreement between the Fresno Nuclear Energy Group and the French company Areva SA is a step towards building new nuclear [...] Continue Reading
Outrage of the Month
By Mike Rhodes Peace Fresno organizers wanted to hold a march on the sidewalk from Roosevelt High school to the Fairgrounds just prior to the March 21 Peace Festival. They were told by the City of [...] Continue Reading
Autocratic Dregs (Abusing Power)
By: Boston Woodard (Editor's note: This is the first article Boston Woodard has sent to the Community Alliance since he was put into solitary confinement in Solano State Prison in July 2009. Since [...] Continue Reading
Rogue Festival Returns
By: Renee Newlove If you've ever been in the Tower District at the beginning of March, you might have noticed a buzz and a lot of people. That is the Rogue Festival, a nine-day independent [...] Continue Reading
The 17th Annual Cesar E. Chavez Celebration
By Mariasofia Corona and Liset Perez March 31 marks the birth of labor and civil rights leader Cesar E. Chavez. On this day, people across the United States and beyond will be celebrating [...] Continue Reading
State and Federal Government Finally Investigate Kettleman City Birth Defects
By: Vic Bedoian Kettleman City has come into the focus of national attention in recent weeks. Over a 15-month period ending in 2008, six babies here were born with birth defects. Five died. It was an [...] Continue Reading