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Like everything else in the world, SN&R was shaken by the COVID-19 shutdown. But just because we hit pause on printing papers doesn’t mean we…
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Black Lives Matter
The 2018 killing of Stephon Clark by Sacramento police deeply impacted Josh Harris, an American River College student. Shocked and angry, he became an activist…
2020 and beyond
Jeff vonKaenel consults his crystal ball about the future of the News & Review It is said that journalism is the first rough draft of…
A mission 400 years in the making
Essay: The goals of The Liberation Collective for Black Sacramento go far beyond police reform By Sonia Lewis When people ask if our mission has…
The other victims
Editor’s note: “Defund the Police” has momentum. But what if cutting the Sacramento police budget means more crimes go unsolved? When the Sacramento City Council…
Heart to Art with Darby Madden Gross
Sacramento artist Darby Madden Gross explores childhood, politics, education and the human experience “I have a saying that goes, ‘Behind every large political issue, there’s…
Adaptation
Sacramento nurseries change during COVID-19 to keep customers safe—and stay in business Imagine having to totally rethink how you do business during your busiest time…
Stat of the week: Veterans and COVID-19
VA health care centers are full of vulnerable patients It’s not just nursing homes that are caring for Americans who are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19….
Legal marijuana results in illegal search
Sacramento officers needed more than defendant’s admission he possessed cannabis to search car for gun, judge rules A Sacramento County judge ruled Friday that two…
The fruits of their labor
Midtown Association splits with Unseen Heroes, a Black-owned events company that operated Midtown Farmers Market for more than 5 years On any given Saturday morning,…
Wear a mask
Editor’s note: With little enforcement, will peer pressure be enough for Californians to do the right thing? Gov. Gavin Newsom hoped that public pressure would…
Under pressure
Editor’s note: Sacramento’s mayor offered police reforms. Many Black leaders are demanding more. With no meeting this week, the City Council won’t debate police reform…
Free Will Astrology
For the week of June 18, 2020 By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): My Aries friend Lavinia told me, “The fight I’m enjoying most…
Tale of Two Cities
Sacramento, one of America’s most diverse urban areas, is fraught with racial and economic fault lines that make it a city of the haves and…
Inside an officer’s secret police file
City of Sacramento tries to block DUI defendant from accessing disciplinary record of cop who broke Latino man’s arm The city of Sacramento failed on…
Stat of the week: Nobody got divorced in April
But that doesn’t mean couples are quarantining happily ever after A funny thing happened after Sacramento County issued its first stay-at-home order on March 19:…
Justice doesn’t have to be fiction
Oblivion Comics & Coffee stands with protestors despite damage “How can we sell comics with words like ‘Justice’ or ‘Freedom’ on the covers if we…