UNDER THE COVER: What separates good police from the bad?
When I was working on last week’s cover story about how to build a perfect cop, one of the questions I struggled with is, How…
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School of hard knocks
Joey advises a reader to educate herself on relationships.
Sovaldi, the $84,000 drug
Pharmaceutical company pirates hold Californians hostage.
UNDER THE COVER: How did cops go from big heroes to society's big bad?
It was one of those grip-and-grin ceremonies us “serious” journalists don’t care about. Bunched into the far corner of a meeting room paved with deep…
Sexcapades and everything in between
Joey advises a reader that it's not cheating if you've already ended the relationship.
Announcing the Sacramento NIMBY awards
Shining a light on Sacramento's “Not In My Back Yard” lawsuits.
K.J.: A love letter
Joey pens an open love letter to Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson.
Sacramento Urban Debate League students score a win
What the Sacramento Urban Debate League does for students is not debatable. The kids win.
Commit to honesty
Joey advises a reader to be a standard-bearer for truth.
It’s about inequality
Fight diabetes, asthma, obesity, mental illness and hundreds of other diseases by fighting poverty.
Brother or bother?
Joey advises a reader to help her brother—but not let him control her.
We shall overcome?
This year's MLK day a reminder that justice is long overdue.
Sleep less in Seattle—a half-assed travelogue
It was when the male flight attendant in the Seahawks jersey shrieked his fourth bird call into the P.A. that I thought, Success ruins everything….
Answer the big questions
Joey advises readers to look at the big picture—not micromanage the pesky details.
Oh, mother
Joey advises a reader not to trust her friends’ maternal instincts.
Trapped in a holiday hell
Joey advises a reader to ditch the horrible family vacations.
Focus on Sacramento County
Sacramento County will have big issues to sort out in the coming year.