Thanks to money from the American Rescue Act of 2021, Fresno officials have targeted $40 million to improve housing in the city. But many residents, especially in less affluent parts of town, are [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
Is the Fresno Police Department above the Law?
Our modern culture in America has long castigated and ignored the poor and unhoused. Many people just want the unhoused to go away, disappear or become [...] Continue Reading
The Nazi Ideology, the Past Is Back
When we think about Nazism, we normally think about something from the past, something that happened in Germany from 1933 to 1945. We think about an oppressive government that murdered millions of [...] Continue Reading
HART-less in Fresno and How the City Spent $68 Million in Two Years
The City of Fresno recently presented a workshop and report titled “Homelessness Update.” The first page of the report is a photograph of the mayor and several City Council members posing proudly with [...] Continue Reading
Community Medical Centers Disinvestment in Fresno
History of Segregation and Disinvestment Fresno was founded in April 1872, when the robber baron (some prefer “captain of industry”) Leland Stanford designated a site for a railway station [...] Continue Reading
Deadly Hospitals, Divided Houses
Are hospitals killing Fresno? Has the House of Labor split asunder? Is the Democratic Party divided? Why, yes, but that’s nothing new, it’s just much worse than anyone realized. Underlying the [...] Continue Reading
50 Years of Ethnic Studies 2.0
The academic discipline of Africana/Black studies/ethnic studies discussed in a September 2022 Community Alliance article has again expanded. This expansion is now at the high school level. The [...] Continue Reading
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
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Fresno Center for Non Violence
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Dolores Huerta Foundation
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Stir it Up
Listen to the September 2022 Community Alliance radio show, Stir it Up, with guest Camilla Chavez, Executive Director of the Dolores Huerta Foundation. Chavez talks about her life growing up - [...] Continue Reading
State AG Tells Environmentalists He Has Their Back
California Attorney General Rob Bonta made a whirlwind visit to Fresno on Aug. 9 to hear from residents living in communities that are environmentally and economically stressed. What he heard were [...] Continue Reading