By Leni Villagomez Reeves The Murder of Berta Cáceres Roberto David Castillo Mejía, planner and instigator of the murder of Berta Cáceres in Honduras, was finally convicted in July 2021, more [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
Providing the Homeless with Reliable Covid-19 Information
The Community Alliance has dramatically increased its distribution to homeless people in Fresno. Our goal is to put truthful and reliable information about Covid-19 in the hands of our ever-growing [...] Continue Reading
Aug. 6 Demolition of a Homeless Encampment
By Mike Rhodes In early August, the Community Alliance newspaper received an ominous e-mail from the Fresno City Attorney’s Office. It was the announcement of the demolition of a homeless [...] Continue Reading
Equity Now in Redistricting
The redistricting process is well underway for several legislative bodies. At the state level, the independent Citizens Redistricting Commission has held several hearings for input on drawing new [...] Continue Reading
Critical Race Theory and the Many Contradictions about Race in America
By Dr. Malik Simba In 1965, my first job was as a copy boy at the Denver Post newspaper. My father, Theoplis T. Hogue, Sr., was a maître d’ in the Gyro Club, a private club within the segregated [...] Continue Reading
Decolonizing Public Safety
Exploring Punishment By Morghan Vélez Young (Editor’s note: “Exploring Punishment” is a new series about the U.S. fixation with punishment that will journey beyond explorations of jails and [...] Continue Reading
Like Thunder: Merrill Goodall’s Part in the Struggle
By Trudy Wischemann A recent book review, “Like Lightning: A Book for Our Time” (Community Alliance, August 2021), stressed the seminal role of Paul Taylor, the humanist Berkeley economist, in [...] Continue Reading
Following the Money for the Unhoused
By Bob McCloskey In one of the hottest summers on record, the City of Fresno continues to fail to provide housing for its most vulnerable citizens. As the mayor and City Council members tout their [...] Continue Reading
Homeless Man Brutalized by Fresno Police Has a Victory in Court
Lewis Brown, a homeless man who the Fresno police brutalized, was recently found not guilty of charges brought against him. Charges were filed against Brown after the demolition of the encampment he [...] Continue Reading
Professional Diversity Improvement Hits Fresno Unified
The Fresno Unified School District (FUSD), which is California’s third largest school district serving more than 73,000 students, has long been criticized for the absence of diversity among its [...] Continue Reading
California Approves $156 Million Fund to Combat Asian Racism
Asian Americans cheered the July 12 passage of California’s API (Asian Pacific Islander) Equity Budget, a three-year $156 million initiative that seeks to equip the AAPI (Asian American Pacific [...] Continue Reading
Anti-Asian Hate and Racism
Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have seen a rapid increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans. The mass shootings in Atlanta and Indianapolis have shocked the conscience of the [...] Continue Reading