By Vanna Nauk and Gaonoucci Belle Vang The South Korean film Parasite made Oscar history when it became the first non-English film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, and the K-pop [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
Climate Change – Special Section
The Community Alliance newspaper will print a special section on climate change in April 2021. Climate activist Kevin Hall is putting together articles, photos and other illustrations because, [...] Continue Reading
Activist Scholarship: Against the Devil
By Daniel O’Connell The Devil’s Fruit: Farmworkers, Health and Environmental Justice by Dvera I. Saxton. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ, Paperback, $34.95. Although many of us are [...] Continue Reading
Death, Corruption and Ideology
The community was recently outraged by streaming video of unhoused people being put out in the cold rain on the streets of Fresno as part of the city’s Project Freeway Off-Ramp. Fresno Mayor Jerry [...] Continue Reading
Housing, not Handcuffs
The City of Fresno has a long history of treating homeless people with contempt. Forcing them to move on (with nowhere to go), taking their property and sometimes arresting them for not moving along [...] Continue Reading
Push for Legalization of Essential Workers in Covid Relief Bill
By Sunita Sohrabji Rep. Raul Ruiz (D–Palm Desert) joined several immigration advocates on Feb. 16 to push for an immediate path to legalization for more than 5 million undocumented essential [...] Continue Reading
Welcome Baskets for Crossroads Village Residents
By Beverly Fitzpatrick On Dec. 29, volunteers from Wings Advocacy Fresno (Wings) participated in a special project, providing 165 welcome baskets to those moving, at the beginning of the new year, [...] Continue Reading
The Dream Is Alive
By I. smiley G. Calderon After such a horrible, tragic and unthinkable year, it’s a breath of fresh air to finally put 2020 behind us and look earnestly upward toward a hopeful new year. And [...] Continue Reading
This Newspaper Plays an Important Role in Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley
Every time this newspaper asks for the community’s support, you come through for us. Dec. 12 was our “Where Do We Go from Here” fundraiser, and you, our readers, made this a great year to be a part [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Grand Jury Critical of Homeless Policy
By Bob McCloskey The 2019–2020 Fresno County Civil Grand Jury recently reported its findings in an investigation into the City of Fresno and County of Fresno actions addressing homelessness in the [...] Continue Reading
New Video Shows Police Violence at Homeless Encampment
By Mike Rhodes The Community Alliance newspaper has obtained body cam video from the Fresno Police Department (FPD) Homeless Task Force (HTF) that shows what happened during a homeless encampment [...] Continue Reading
Dolores Huerta: Tribute to Greatness
By Sudarshan Kapoor On Oct. 2, Fresno State celebrated the 90th birthday of Dolores Huerta (official birthday April 10 ) by planting a peace tree in her honor in the Peace Garden. Dr. Joseph I. [...] Continue Reading