Essay: UC Davis’ policies are limiting its ability to attract doctors of color
By Dr. Anokh Sohal, psychiatry resident physician UC Davis is at risk of denying its community of the talented Black and Brown doctors it deserves….
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Editorial: In defense of pandemic drinking
The neo-prohibitionists are back, using COVID as a Trojan horse to sneak their proverbial bottle hatchets into our favorite spots. By Scott Thomas Anderson Even…
Essay: More death on the streets, more avoiding the harder questions
Niki Jones, Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee We are in a familiar place. More deaths of people on our streets. More die-ins and press conferences being…
Essay: As we rebuild the economy, we should recommit to diversity
By Dave Roughton By some indicators, there’s reason to hope California is on the path to recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. State revenues are performing…
Letters: Farmers’ market, Sue Frost, Anne Marie Schubert
It’s a drive Re: “Sunday Farmers’ Market on the move” by Lindsay Oxford (Dish, Feb. 22): I feel bad for all the grid folks who…
Signing off
Editor’s note: A farewell to SN&R This is not a note I wanted to write. But it’s the right time for SN&R, and for me,…
Letters: Trump cartoons, Golden 1 Center, DA Schubert
Trump’s golf game Re: “Censure culture” by Clay Jones (Editorial cartoon, Feb. 16): If we take one aspect from Trump’s era we will not see…
Shop local—it’s more important than ever
Essay: Sacramento can roar back from the COVID-19 recession if we support small businesses By Sean Loloee In the mid-19th century, Sacramento was founded on a…
Can Steinberg be recalled?
Essay: To replace Sacramento’s mayor, organizers must build clear community support and consolidate behind a candidate By James Jackson Efforts to recall Sacramento Mayor Darrell…
Letters: Twin Rivers schools, homeless, Rancho Cordova
Reference check Re: “Judge rules that Twin Rivers School District retaliated against whistle-blowing teacher” by Scott Thomas Anderson (News, Feb. 2): I have known this…
Back Black-owned businesses
Essay: If Sacramento’s Black entrepreneurs succeed through the pandemic, the entire community will thrive By Chris Logsdon As we start Black History Month, I encourage…
A colossal waste of money
Essay: The $1 billion Capitol Annex Project is not a good deal for taxpayers when the state has more pressing needs By W. Bruce Lee…
Sacramento budget battle
Editor’s note: In first major disagreement, new City Council progressives get outvoted on spending priorities It came as little surprise that the first big fight…
Sign of the times
Editor’s note: Will Sacramento give its blessing to a “Black Lives Matter” sign in a city park? “Black Lives Matter”—the phrase as well as the…
Letters: Development, jail, mental health, Biden, Trump
Lost land Re: “Rancho Cordova residents rally to save one of the city’s last pieces of open space” by Scott Thomas Anderson (News, Jan. 27):…
Thanks, SN&R
From a longtime fan, first-time letter writer My time at SN&R began like a dream. Which is to say there was no beginning. All of…
No reason to expand human cages
Essay: Instead of adding a mental health facility to Main Jail, Sacramento County should expand community treatment By Tifanei Ressl-Moyer Inside the building, it smells…