Editor’s note: The 99 percent
Sacramento citizens panel pushes for economic justice After watching the first three meetings of the citizens committee that will suggest how best to spend Sacramento’s…
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Review: Burger cravings
For vegans, the prospect of a restaurant where we can eat everything on the menu is dizzying. In most places, we’re lucky if there’s one…
The $21 million Miranda question
Freed after an illegal confession, Sacramento man alleges police were trained to question suspects after they requested a lawyer Tio Sessoms. (Photo by Maria Ratinova.)…
California’s ‘Un-American’ history
A unique digital exhibit unearths a dark chapter in state’s history—one that echoes today The California Un-American Activities Committee’s first red-baiting report, all 445 pages…
Editor’s note: Revolving door
Sacramento’s former cannabis chief goes to work for a cannabis company In April, Joe Devlin, the city of Sacramento’s cannabis czar, wrote an essay for…
A little frog shall lead them
Regional Water Authority hopes free moisture meters get customers to conserve How do you persuade people to save water when there isn’t a drought? That’s…
Down on the farm
One place at the State Fair stays true to agricultural roots How does a kiwi grow? What do hops look like on the vine? Can…
Death on the track
Thoroughbred racing returns to California State Fair after a spate of fatalities California horse racing has a lot riding on what happens this summer in…
Living with climate change: Get trained, volunteer
Governments and businesses can still take bold action to limit global warming, but average temperatures are already rising. As climate change worsens, extreme weather will…
In the shadow of tyrants
As tensions escalate between an incoherent Trump White House and a confrontational Islamic Republic, an Iranian-American writer considers the revolutions that shaped his destiny Dawdling…
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…
Out and alone
Three-day eviction notice puts disabled man into homelessness as city’s rental crisis intensifies By Scott Thomas Anderson Anthony Orcini says a 30% rent hike put…
Editor’s note: Name calling
Controversial developer fights for family honor at Crocker Village park Nothing is ever easy with developer Paul Petrovich’s project in Curtis Park. So why should…
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…
Editor’s note: Coming to America
When I first arrived in America in 1972, I was in fourth grade at Frances Lacy Elementary in Raleigh, N.C. My classmates were somewhat confused…
Armed and unknown
What did Sacramento police know before they went to the home of a heavily armed cop-killer? Responding to unspecified criticism against the Police Department that employed…
Perfect, except for no sex
A sex-less relationship isn’t enough.