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Social Justice
Refugios de Emergencia: Las Vidas de Las Personas Sin Hogar Importan
“No podría importarme menos ‘Disney on Ice’ cuando hay personas que amanecen muertas en las calles. Yo soy el que tiene que conducir a través del barrio Tower de Fresno para ver cuerpos tirados allí, [...] Continue Reading
Abuso laboral: tibios e indiferentes
(Nota del Editor: Esta nota fue originalmente publicada en www.hispanicla.com) Llegué a los Estados Unidos cuando las marchas por la reforma migratoria llenaban las calles de las grandes ciudades [...] Continue Reading
Community Unites Against Hate
Speakers at the Jan. 25 Stop the Hate Town Hall identified the path to ending the violence against marginalized communities: Report all incidents of hate crimes, increase solidarity between impacted [...] Continue Reading
Excremental Change: Public Toilets Needed Now
A livable city should have an adequate number of public toilets. Urban planners plan for public spaces, pedestrian access, good transit and parks, but they almost never plan for providing public [...] Continue Reading
Hate Is in the Air
In mid-October, two young Latino males enjoying a Friday night together in the Tower District in Fresno were brutally assaulted by a man who apparently did not like the fact that they were holding [...] Continue Reading
The January 2023 Issue of the Community Alliance
You can read the print version of the paper at the link below. This is a .pdf of the January 2023 Community Alliance newspaper. There are features that allow viewers to increase the size of the pages [...] Continue Reading
Deconstructing Antisemitism
It is shocking to watch the rise of antisemitism in America these days. As an American Jew who escaped from Nazi Europe in the 1930s, my first thought is “Not here too!” My next thought, which might [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Supports Local Independent Media
More than 100 supporters from Fresno, the San Joaquin Valley and the newly renamed Yokuts Valley came to the Community Alliance fundraiser on Dec. 3. The event was a huge success giving old [...] Continue Reading
Stopping Hate Crimes Town Hall
Hate crimes are on the rise in Fresno. Recently, a gay couple was physically assaulted in the Tower District (see page 1). A vicious and racist sign was put up near Central High School, anti-Jewish [...] Continue Reading
What would it take to solve the housing crisis?
Written by Faith in the Valley Many of the answers are in Vienna, Austria. Since 2009, Vienna has been ranked 10 times as the most livable city in the world. That’s because housing at all income [...] Continue Reading
Black Wealth Then and Now
On June 1, 2021, President Joe Biden gave a speech commemorating the 1921 Tulsa (Greenwood) Race Massacre. This incident was chronicled by Scott Ellsworth in his 1982 book, Death in a Promised Land, [...] Continue Reading