Community Alliance Writer Thrown in the Hole (Again) By Mike Rhodes Days before going to press we learned that our colleague Boston Woodard has been put into solitary confinement. Woodard, who writes [...] Continue Reading
Social Justice
Listening to the Ghosts of Fresno
By Paul Gilmore “Every city is full of ghosts, and learning to see some of them is one of the arts of becoming a true local.”—Rebecca Solnit Why in the last couple of months have thousands of people [...] Continue Reading
No More Stolen Lives
By Mike Rhodes Editor’s note: An important trial, particularly for those interested in police accountability issues, will begin on Dec. 6 in federal court in Fresno. The trial will look into the [...] Continue Reading
With Your Help, We Can and Shall Abolish the Death Penalty
By Maria Telesco Thanks to all for your responses to the booklet A Taxpayer’s Guide to the California Death Penalty. Now that you’ve read it and know the facts, we are preparing for the next phase. A [...] Continue Reading
Phantom OIR Report Still Eluding Scrutiny
By Gerry Bill Last month, we reported on the ongoing saga of the missing final report done by Eddie Aubrey, the former head of Fresno’s Office of Independent Review. The report is supposed to be a [...] Continue Reading
The Guilty Governor and the Prison Boom
By Catherine Campbell (Author’s note: This is part two and the last section of an article that began in the November issue of the Community Alliance. Part one covered the period of California prison [...] Continue Reading
The Interfaith Social Justice Collaborative Faith Calendar
Compiled by Susan Orovitz ISJC Mission Statement: To network and collaborate as we work to serve and promote systemic change for the common good; to educate and inspire one another to positive [...] Continue Reading
Letters to the Editor
Fire Bombing Police Cars Affects Us All As elders, we have a responsibility to teach as we were taught and to share the knowledge that we learned over the years. Nonviolence is the way to move [...] Continue Reading
What Is the City Trying to Hide by Burying the OIR Report?
By Gerry Bill The ongoing saga of the missing report of Fresno’s Office of Independent Review (OIR) just keeps getting stranger. The latest from the City Manager’s Office is that the report we keep [...] Continue Reading
“Strengthening Our Voices” Summit draws 300, provides platform for working together on progressive issues
By Timothy Savage More than 300 people from across the San Joaquin Valley gathered Oct. 1 to listen, to engage, to connect and to get fired up about the most important issues of our day at [...] Continue Reading
The Guilty Governor and the Prison Boom
By Catherine Campbell (Author’s note: This is part one of a two-part series on the history of the California prison boom. Part two will appear in the November issue of the Community Alliance.) Our [...] Continue Reading
Rockwell Didn’t Paint Guacamole and Tortillas
By Leonard Adame Indians, in my 4th grade class, killed good White people, rode pinto ponies and salivated over White damsels in distress on The Lone Ranger show. But one day, probably Dec. 11 or 12, [...] Continue Reading