By Michael D. Evans Valley PBS aired a documentary miniseries titled Tapped Out: The History and Battle over Water in California’s San Joaquin Valley during May. The four-part series examined the [...] Continue Reading
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Fresno Resistance Takes on Legal Challenges
By Community Alliance staff On May 11, 2017, a press conference was held outside the Fresno courthouse calling for the city to drop the charges against activists from the group Fresno Resistance who [...] Continue Reading
Exploring the Absence of Asghar Farhadi
By Rubén Casas Editor’s note: This article was originally published by Fresno Filmworks (https://fresnofilmworks.org/blog/exploring-the-absence-of-asghar-farhadi) and is republished with [...] Continue Reading
Fundraiser 2017: Growing Community Alliance
Mandolinist Eva Scow performed during the happy hour before the program. Editorial board member Sandra Celedon-Castro was the emcee for the event. Hannah Brandt gave an editor’s update. Executive [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – May 2017
By Hannah Brandt On April 9, we held our annual fundraiser. This year’s theme was Growing Community Alliance. Here is the editor’s update I presented that night. Thank you all for coming! It’s so [...] Continue Reading
The Great Hollywood Whitewashing
By Raymart Catacutan (Editor’s note: This article was originally published by The kNOw Youth Media: http://theknowfresno.org/04/18/2017/great-hollywood-whitewashing/. Note that the article includes [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor – April 2017
By Hannah Brandt The last few weeks many have been focused on healthcare. In a whirlwind of brutality and incompetence, the GOP health plan/Trumpcare imploded before our eyes. It had some of the [...] Continue Reading
Resist Fest 2017: An Open Invitation to Join the Resistance
UPDATE: Resist Fest has been canceled and will be rescheduled for a later date. To help the resisters go here: https://www.indiegogo.com/pro…/fresno-resistance-legal-fund… Resist Fest A Letter to [...] Continue Reading
Freedom Is A Constant Struggle
By John Else [Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt of an article that was originally published on BillMoyers.com and is republished with permission. [...] Continue Reading
Demonstrations and Fasting to Bring Attention to the U.S. Role in World’s Largest, Rapidly Worsening Humanitarian Crisis
By Kathy Kelly [Editor’s Note: This article has been modified from its original version with permission from the author.] On March 14, 2017, internationally renowned peace activist Kathy Kelly, of [...] Continue Reading
Get Fundraiser Tickets Here!
Please join us for our annual fundraiser to maintain the publishing of this vital independent media source in the Central Valley. Purchase tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2898748 [...] Continue Reading
Review: Baldwin’s ‘Negro’ an opportunity to reflect on America
By Kamal Abu-Shamsieh “I Am Not Your Negro” is a film that documents significant events in the history of African Americans through the works of the social critic and writer James Baldwin. In his [...] Continue Reading