By Stan Santos Editor’s note: This is political satire. The statements made in this piece, including the quotes, are from the author and do not reflect those of the characters involved in “A Fresno [...] Continue Reading
Politics
Letters to the Editor – November 2014
California Prison Officials Retaliate against Inmates Who File Staff Complaints As I’m sure you all know, filing a grievance against correctional officers under the eyes of the law is a form of [...] Continue Reading
Biden Visit to Bakersfield
By Richard D. Iyall On Oct. 7, a political rally at California State University, Bakersfield, featured Vice President Joe Biden. State Senator Alex Padilla (D–Pacoima), candidate for California [...] Continue Reading
Will the Real Progressive Please Stand Up
By Mike Rhodes The battle is on for the Fresno City Council District 1 seat, and both candidates want the vote of Community Alliance newspaper readers. Both claim to be the true progressive in [...] Continue Reading
Measure Z Goes Rogue: Cost Overruns, Closed Door Meetings, Soaring Payroll
By Kevin Hall Ten years ago, Community Alliance readers read the first and only warnings about Measure Z: $100 million in taxes slated to be controlled by a private corporation not subject to [...] Continue Reading
Collaboration and Contradictions: Can Progressive Groups Work Together?
By Richard Stone On Aug. 21, a meeting was co-hosted by the Fresno Partnership and Fresno Metro Ministry to explore possibilities of wider collaboration. An expansive array of groups was [...] Continue Reading
National Chemistry Week
By George B. Kauffman Although the right-wing climate change, evolution and science deniers, the creationists and other fanatics of their ilk are Although the right-wing climate change, evolution and [...] Continue Reading
Virak Ou: Fresno’s Adopted Son, Cambodia’s Hope
By Hannah Brandt Most Fresnans do not know that an internationally renowned human rights activist spent many years among us as a classmate, colleague, and neighbor. I certainly did not until I went [...] Continue Reading
“CARA: Who Are We?”
By Gene Roza CARA (California Alliance for Retired Americans): Who are we? We are not the AARP, although many of us belong to the AARP. CARA is a statewide organization that unites retired workers [...] Continue Reading
How Fresno Became a World Class City
By Mike Rhodes In the not too distant future (or maybe a parallel universe)... Ashley Swearengin, Lee Brand and Steve Brandau were defeated but not surprised as they fell from political power. The [...] Continue Reading
Mideast Extremism Requires New Progressive Response
By Paul Pierce, Patience Milrod and Darrow Pierce As we write this, it is Saturday evening, July 26. Earlier today, Israel extended a 12-hour ceasefire by four hours. Hamas has responded by firing [...] Continue Reading