What belongs in Sacramento’s 2020 time capsule?
2020 has been such an eventful (read: traumatizing) year already that we’re predicting it’ll be pretty difficult to explain to future generations. So we asked…
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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…
Acceptance letters
Editor’s note: West Sac’s offer of community college to every high school graduate is getting attention It may have gone somewhat unnoticed, what with the…
In bad taste?
Burger Patch, Sacramento’s king of vegan fast food, has been a philanthropic force since opening last year. Its “Patch Match” program has donated a portion…
Present tense. Future still unwritten.
COVID-19 attacked our physical, mental and financial health through the loss of loved ones, favored routines and employment. But staying at home also meant we…
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…
Just getting started
Essay: During this year’s Pride month, the Sacramento LGBT Community Center is in full support of “Black Lives Matter.” By David Heitstuman Each June, the…
Slow start for ‘slow streets’
Essay: When the protests started in Sacramento, it made sense to take another look at the project. By Debra Banks It was early March when…
Where do we go from here?
Essay: Racial healing will take real work, and the first step is saying that racism is real. By Addie Ellis “Racism is not the shark,…
Letters: Defund the police, George Floyd protests
Reinvest police budget Re: “The right response to George Floyd” by Katie Valenzuela (Essay, June 4): I fully support the councilmember-elect’s call to reduce the…
Snapshots from the protests
Many protestors are wearing masks to prevent spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Elisabeth Bayard Arthur) People took to a parking deck to get a view…
Stat of the week: Who was arrested during Sacramento’s George Floyd protest marches?
Sacramento police arrested nearly 50 people during a tense three-night period of civil unrest sparked by the Memorial Day murder of George Floyd, an African-American…
Snapshots from the protests
Demonstrators headed toward the Highway 99 overpass on 12th Avenue in Oak Park. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Gomez Jr.) No justice. No peace. (Photo courtesy…
Innovation without gentrification?
The promise and pitfalls of Aggie Square in Oak Park The housing crisis came for Tanya Faison on Dec. 13. That day, the founder of…
The thick blue line
Who should investigate peace officers who take a life? California isn’t the only state to grapple with this question. As a stricter use-of-force standard navigates…