Environmental Justice
As wildfires and a merciless pandemic convulsed California, a Sacramento conference explored 2020’s perils and how minorities are bearing the brunt of COVID-19. The Oct….
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Get Out the Vote
The long, hot summer of 2020 was unlike any Josh Harris had ever experienced. Once it began, he repeatedly took to the streets to demand…
Be Counted
Abelardo “Abe” Ruiz believes in the power of the census. The proud Sacramentan has participated in every decennial population count since 1980, when he was…
Latinx Support BLM
Three months ago, a Sacramento teen faced a decision: To be or not to be at a local march against police brutality? A young Chicano,…
Diverse Voices Ask for Change
As a newcomer to Sacramento, Katherine Moua admits to not knowing much about Mayor Darrell Steinberg – except that he wields power and influence at…
A crisis-resolution option
People of color increasingly think twice before dialing 911 to report an emergency, be it on the road or at home. This reticence reflects a…
Defunding School Resource Officers
For 20 years, some members of the Sacramento Police Department had one mission: to help provide security for the Sacramento City Unified School District in…
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…
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…
Racial Discrimination in the Time of COVID
While COVID-19 is a global pandemic, its origin in China has caused an increase in hate crimes committed against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI)….