Essay: Make your mark
Young professionals are helping drive Sacramento’s renaissance By Megan Blackwell Sacramento is in the middle of a once-in-a-generation renaissance, and at the heart of it…
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Essay: The case for reparations
Impact of slavery lingers 150 years later By Derrell Roberts The issue of reparations has taken on a new life recently as it has become…
Essay: We protect public schools
New CTA leader, who taught in Elk Grove Unified, outlines to-do list for California teachers By Toby Boyd Public education is the cornerstone of our…
Essay: Rising from the ashes
A rabbi reflects on the 20th anniversary of the Sacramento synagogue arsons By Reuven H. Taff I will never forget Friday, June 18, 1999, when…
Essay: Police have no place in gay liberation
By J. Ama Mantey On May 31, the Sacramento LGBT Community Center took a small, yet courageous step towards justice. Given police violence towards marginalized…
Essay: The mayor’s plan for Measure U money is too risky
By Jeff Harris The original Measure U, a half-cent increase in our sales tax rate, was passed in 2012 with the promise that it would…
Essay: Time to change the book
Stephon Clark case shows need for independent investigations of police shootings By the Rev. Shane Harris Progressive California leads the nation in police shootings. This…
Essay: I’m listening and changing the city
Stephon Clark’s death revealed need to tackle generational poverty By Darrell Steinberg People who watch our City Council meetings often ask how I can sit…
SN&R’s College Essay Contest makes us think
SN&R’s annual College Essay Contest prompts questions for the rest of us.
Photo essay: Bacon & Butter's first supper
The theme for Bacon & Butter’s first-ever dinner service was, naturally, bacon and butter. OK, mostly it was bacon, in honor of the fifth annual…
ESSAY: Rev. Rick Cole and his homeless publicity stunt
By Kel Munger It’s not surprising that Capital Christian Center pastor Rick Cole decided a publicity stunt was the best way to help Sacramento’s homeless…
ESSAY: Defensive tactics, not attitude, needed to make Sacramento a biketopia
By Jacob Waters Fellow Sacramento cyclists, we need to have a talk. We all want to live in a city where biking is a safe,…
ESSAY: Additional transparency needed in state health care exchanges
By Charis Hill Implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the opportunity to enroll in Covered California came at a critical moment in my life….
Photo essay: Aftershock festival brings out metalheads, '90s nostalgia
Nice lapels, Dexter. Dexter Holland addressed the sea of sweaty bodies: “It’s fucking a million degrees here, with fucking a million dust pits, and you’re…
Read W. Kamau Bell's essay and then see him perform tonight
photo by Matthias Clamer, courtesy of FX. If you blinked, you may have missed it. Yesterday, lost amongst inane hipster listicles with titles like “Australian…
ESSAY: Tips to quench an exceptional drought
By Rudy Raya California’s thirst is real. It might be difficult to notice the effects of the water shortage when you live downtown or in…
Photo Essay: three days of Outside Lands 2014
Photo: Mike Miller The verdict’s in: Outside Lands 2014 stepped up its game in food, drink and general festival festivities. The music fell short, though…