Fresno police officers brutalized Lewis Brown while he was living in a homeless encampment near Highway 180 and West Avenue. After being released by the hospital, he was charged with a variety of [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
GV Wire Sparks School Board Attack
[Editor’s note: This article has been edited for content. The original version mentioned only a 2004 donation of $4 million to build the Islamic Cultural Center as an example of the Assemi family’s [...] Continue Reading
A Peek Inside the Community Alliance
Dan Yaseen, the only advertising director we have ever had, announced last month he will be leaving the Community Alliance newspaper. Dan’s contribution to the Community Alliance has been huge. There [...] Continue Reading
If Roe v. Wade Ends, Women of Color Would Face the Most Severe Impact
More than 36 million women would lose access to safe abortion if the Supreme Court’s conservative majority guts or completely overturns the landmark Roe v Wade decision. Experts convened by Ethnic [...] Continue Reading
ICE Denies Booster Shots to Inmates, Got Sued
In February, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of the District of Columbia took action and sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for denying Covid-19 booster shots to five [...] Continue Reading
Money for Lawsuits, No Money for Warming Centers and No Empathy
As the City of Fresno continues to break up homeless encampments, refuses to keep warming centers open and fails to provide basic sanitation, the mayor, the City Council and the city attorney are [...] Continue Reading
Punishing Children
Institutions have and will continue to fail on multiple levels no matter the mission statement. This is related to our institutions having been designed within the confines of the U.S. cultural [...] Continue Reading
International Women’s Day: Another Day in the Struggle
In May 2015, in Argentina, 14-year-old Chiara Paez, pregnant, was assassinated by her boyfriend, 17-year-old Manuel Ignacio Mansilla Gallegos. He killed her by blows and buried her body in his [...] Continue Reading
Remembering the Homeless on St. Patrick’s Day
Since the ’80s, a homelessness crisis has beset our country—your advice is? Yes, the limerick’s a mistake; human lives are at stake and need hearts and minds for what the price [...] Continue Reading
From the Editor
Small Changes Bring Encouragement On Feb. 16, the Fresno City Council passed a resolution that could change the name of Kings Canyon Avenue to Cesar Chavez Avenue. The process could take up to [...] Continue Reading
The Dolores Huerta Foundation
March 2022 Sponsored Page [...] Continue Reading
Peace & Social Justice Calendar
MARCH 2022 Sponsored by the Fresno Center for Nonviolence Note: Contact the organizer for up-to-date information on whether meetings are in person or via Zoom. TUESDAY, MARCH 1 National [...] Continue Reading