Project Censored dispatch: Exposing gaps in corporate control over news
By Andy Lee Roth Editor’s Note: This Dispatch is adapted from State of the Free Press 2025, edited by Mickey Huff, Shealeigh Voitl, and Andy…
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A lost journalist, an absent friend: Here’s to the memory of a great breaking news photographer
I could tell you stories about Bill Lavallie, the beloved photojournalist from the Gold Country who just passed away. Sitting in a bar with some…
Essay: Why early sport specialization could be sabotaging your child’s athletic future
By Dr. Brian Hainline Sixty million children in America participate in organized sports annually. More than 26% of those kids “specialize” before puberty, meaning they…
Analysis: The U.S. Senate could help—or significantly harm—press freedoms
By Jimmy Boegle As the 118th Congress enters its final weeks, I am very closely following two pieces of legislation—one of which would be a…
Project Censored dispatch: Unsolved text campaign targets female law faculty and students
By Project Censored Since January 2024, female law school professors, deans, and students across the country have been subjected to anonymous online harassment based on…
The last frontier: an art haven in the Sacramento Delta
By Angie Eng Artists are probably the most resourceful people when it comes to housing. To avoid high rents, they squat in abandoned buildings, live…
Essay: Vote With the League of Women Voters – a guide to the organization’s views on upcoming ballot measures
The League of Women Voters of Sacramento County, in accord with the state and national organizations, shares a single-minded mission – Making Democracy Work! LWVSC…
Project Censored dispatch: Freed between the lines
By Mickey Huff Forty-two years ago, on the heels of a landmark Supreme Court decision protecting intellectual freedom in Board of Education, Island Trees Union…
Essay: Surviving cancer isn’t luck– it’s early detection and advocacy
By Courtney Quinn At the age of 37, my life took an unexpected turn. I felt what I thought was a bruise from our dogs…
Why ‘Sing Sing’ matters in the Sacramento region
By Scott Thomas Anderson Last week, The Tower Theater began showing a new movie called “Sing Sing,” which tells the true story of a live…
Project Censored dispatch: The corporate press (finally) sounds the alarm on Project 2025
But omits warnings for journalism and media communication By Mischa Geracoulis After months of expert legal and public policy analysis, advocacy group warnings, and independent…
Essay: Remembering the good times and not why they ended, 20 years after losing my best friend
By Helen Harlan Andrew Cochrane had a catchphrase: “Can we talk about me now?” He used it often and was mostly joking when he did….
Essay: New lawsuit reform legislation’s passage is a huge win in Sacramento
By Tom Scott In recent weeks, California’s legislative leaders came together, worked with the Governor, and agreed to pass much needed reforms to the Private Attorney…
The city of yesterday. The city of tomorrow.
By Scott Thomas Anderson Sometimes my fellow Gen X-ers lament Sacramento losing the uniquely eccentric vibe that defined it in the 1990s and early 2000s,…
Project Censored dispatch: Free people read freely
Growing resistance to book banning signals diminished public support for censorship. By Nancy Kranich People have challenged books for centuries. But following the pandemic, newly…
Essay: Understanding environmental justice in Sacramento
By Jennifer Junghans For many middle-class and affluent communities with resources, political power and representation, a day at the local park among mature trees, a…
Our land of light, sound and soul
By Scott Thomas Anderson California remains the world’s fifth-largest economy and one of the most culturally diverse places on earth. Our north side of the…