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…
Read MoreBy Scott Thomas Anderson Last week, The Tower Theater began showing a new movie called “Sing Sing,” which tells the true story of a live…
Read MoreBut omits warnings for journalism and media communication By Mischa Geracoulis After months of expert legal and public policy analysis, advocacy group warnings, and independent…
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….
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
By Katie Knipp I am someone that really enjoys spreading positivity around. It makes life so much lovelier than spreading any kind of negativity. However,…
By Katie Valenzuela When we think of mental health providers, someone like Kenisha Campbell probably doesn’t come to mind, but she and her colleagues play…
Some confusion has engulfed the internet about where the most-historic crawdad festival in the West is happening this summer; and despite conflicting reports, the action…
As the official case against Assange stagnates, an international movement to free him has only grown stronger By Kevin Gosztola This editorial was originally published…
By Scott Thomas Anderson When I recently published a column about Google’s complacency in allowing click-baiters to gaslight the public with Artificial Intelligence – including…
By Scott Thomas Anderson A couple of months ago, newsrooms began discovering that the algorithm for Google News is now boosting articles that are plagiarized…
By Scott Thomas Anderson On the advice of SN&R’s publisher, I just read the new book “The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History…
By Lanaisha Edwards for CalMatters Fourteen years ago, my younger brother, Vinnie Edwards, was fatally shot as he left football practice at his college. Six…
Working on the crime podcast ‘Trace of the Devastation’ meant revisiting events some would rather forget. But is forgetting them even possible? “I wasn’t sure…