Essay: the PCT Effect, or healing and inspiration on the Sierra’s greatest trail
One of SN&R’s contributing writers contemplates what the great outdoors can do for a couple overcoming a health battle By Mark Heckey I was breathing…
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Essay: Sacramento Poor People’s Campaign demands filibuster end for the sake of local families
By Faye Wilson Kennedy and Dr. Pamela Anderson If our democracy is to survive, the filibuster must end now. Since 1841, the filibuster has been…
Essay: Folsom’s ‘Negro Bar’ should be renamed, but the contributions of Black pioneers shouldn’t be forgotten
In 2018, Phaedra Jones did not know much about Folsom. She accepted a delivery assignment from her employer, UberEATS, bringing food from Stockton to the…
Essay: CEQA can increase affordable housing in Sacramento while protecting communities
By Ralph Propper, President of the Environmental Council of Sacramento The City of Sacramento signed a deal this summer to build a U.C. Davis campus…
Essay: The window dressing of environmental justice in the state’s Delta tunnel planning
By Tim Stroshane, policy analyst for Restore the Delta If the California Department of Water Resources says it, it must be official: “Most of the Delta…
Editorial: U.C. Davis’s muzzling of KDVS personalities is another major red flag
By Scott Thomas Anderson There has been a lot of recent fretting about whether universities still represent America’s “market place of ideas.” Most of these…
Essay: During virus surge, Sac City Unified failed its most vulnerable students
Delta variant clearly upended the District’s plans, showing a lack of preparedness – and that no one’s at the helm Last Thursday, Sept. 2, was…
Letters: Newspaper nostalgia, political landmines, lost innovators and holding U.C. Davis accountable
Nothing stays the same Re: “Greenlight: A new library is coming to North Sacramento” by Jeff vonKaenel (Voices, July 29) A bittersweet story. I have…
Essay: The Sacramento region’s small farmers are on the frontline of a water crisis
By Judith Redmond Sometimes when I’m selling at the farmers market, people ask if our tomatoes are dry farmed. No, they aren’t. Dry farming is…
Essay: Sacramento could revolutionize its livability by giving artists a stipend to focus on their work
The models and the funds are already there – if we step back from a narrow picture frame By Waverly Hampton III Pope Julius II…
Greenlight: A new library is coming to North Sacramento
On Tuesday July 27th, the Sacramento City Council approved a purchase of the 19,000 square foot Sacramento News & Review building, slated to become the…
Letters: Property-takers, trailblazers and the Dems’ fate in the upcoming mid-terms
Kill the filibuster before it’s too late Re: “Greenlight: Joe Biden is no radical, but …” by Jeff vonKaenel (Voices, July 22) I read your…
Greenlight: How I drove over 100 miles per hour without getting a speeding ticket
I won my first two drag car races at age 70. While the Tesla engine was totally quiet, I cannot say the same for my…
Greenlight: Joe Biden is No Radical, But …
His proposals are ambitious and visionary The analysis by SN&R publisher Jeff vonKaenel also appeared in Moonshine Ink. President Joe Biden is not a socialist…
Analysis: As California reopens, a brutal ‘normal’ awaits many
For millions in the Golden State, economic inequality brings a different kind of peril to daily life. By Danny Feingold This story is produced by…
Analysis: graft and disaffection hits California’s state workers union
by Jonah Paul Jonah Paul is a member of SEIU Local 1000 and veteran housing advocate in Sacramento. This analysis first appeared on Strike Wave….
Greenlight: Is The Bee failing to report the misdeeds of its hedge fund bosses?
On June 1, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Politico and other news organizations reported on the…