Essay: Sacramento must be faster with surplus land and slower to give developers their wish lists
By Waverly Hampton III There are dozens of parcels of city-owned land across Sacramento waiting to be developed on, in the midst of a major…
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Essay: Democracy and déjà vu
By Janet Rechtman In the fall of 1991, my mom and I went on a Friendship Force trip to Moscow. It was six years after…
Greenlight: Sunday was a sad day for the Service Employees International Union 1000
Sunday, December 19th was a sad day for the Service Employees International Union 1000. Their Board of Directors meeting was originally planned to be held at the Sacramento Downtown…
Essay: Delving into plague stories
By Holly Calderone Having spent the entire COVID-19 pandemic engaged in hospice social work, I avoided reading plague stories. But a return from New York…
Essay: Recall rumors in Sacramento show some older democrats are living in ‘Groundhog Day’
Moves behind the scene against Katie Valenzuela are symptomatic of a party resisting its new blood By Waverly Hampton III It is physically impossible to…
Greenlight: You’ll like how you think after reading this book … I guarantee it!
Men’s Wearhouse founder George Zimmer has written a memoir “I Guarantee It,” that not only tells his amazing personal story, but much more importantly provides…
Letters: Local recalls, needed strikes, controversial climate bills and the majesty of California nature
Ignoring the majority Re: “The phantom recall: Who’s behind the push for removing Sacramento Councilmember Katie Valenzuela from office?” by Scott Thomas Anderson (News, November…
Essay: the PCT Effect, or healing and inspiration on the Sierra’s greatest trail
One of SN&R’s contributing writers contemplates what the great outdoors can do for a couple overcoming a health battle By Mark Heckey I was breathing…
Essay: Sacramento Poor People’s Campaign demands filibuster end for the sake of local families
By Faye Wilson Kennedy and Dr. Pamela Anderson If our democracy is to survive, the filibuster must end now. Since 1841, the filibuster has been…
Essay: Folsom’s ‘Negro Bar’ should be renamed, but the contributions of Black pioneers shouldn’t be forgotten
In 2018, Phaedra Jones did not know much about Folsom. She accepted a delivery assignment from her employer, UberEATS, bringing food from Stockton to the…
Essay: CEQA can increase affordable housing in Sacramento while protecting communities
By Ralph Propper, President of the Environmental Council of Sacramento The City of Sacramento signed a deal this summer to build a U.C. Davis campus…
Essay: The window dressing of environmental justice in the state’s Delta tunnel planning
By Tim Stroshane, policy analyst for Restore the Delta If the California Department of Water Resources says it, it must be official: “Most of the Delta…
Essay: During virus surge, Sac City Unified failed its most vulnerable students
Delta variant clearly upended the District’s plans, showing a lack of preparedness – and that no one’s at the helm Last Thursday, Sept. 2, was…
Letters: Newspaper nostalgia, political landmines, lost innovators and holding U.C. Davis accountable
Nothing stays the same Re: “Greenlight: A new library is coming to North Sacramento” by Jeff vonKaenel (Voices, July 29) A bittersweet story. I have…
Essay: The Sacramento region’s small farmers are on the frontline of a water crisis
By Judith Redmond Sometimes when I’m selling at the farmers market, people ask if our tomatoes are dry farmed. No, they aren’t. Dry farming is…
Essay: Sacramento could revolutionize its livability by giving artists a stipend to focus on their work
The models and the funds are already there – if we step back from a narrow picture frame By Waverly Hampton III Pope Julius II…
Greenlight: A new library is coming to North Sacramento
On Tuesday July 27th, the Sacramento City Council approved a purchase of the 19,000 square foot Sacramento News & Review building, slated to become the…