AltWeeklies Wire
The Hidden History of UC Davis' 35-year Collaboration with Big Tobacconew
Over three decades, UC Davis researchers conducted studies that directly aided tobacco companies' ability to market their products and addict more Americans -- where does academic freedom end and public health responsibility begin?
Sacramento News & Review |
Ralph Brave |
06-25-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
It's a CalPERS Worldnew
Can the investment behemoth pursue social goals, as well as mind the bottom line for California's retirees?
Sacramento News & Review |
Ralph Brave |
05-17-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Will Congressman John T. Doolittle Do Time?new

Does the downfall of a powerful California congressman mean something more than the latest corruption of a politician?
Sacramento News & Review |
Ralph Brave and Kel Munger |
05-03-2007 |
Politics
Notes On the Have-notsnew

William T. Vollman talks about the plight of the poor, writing, the current state of the world and what he'd like to see happen to President Bush.
Sacramento News & Review |
Ralph Brave |
04-05-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Poor People, William T. Vollmann
Worst Congress Ever?new
Norman Ornstein, a Congressional analyst for the conservative American Enterprise Institute, says the 109th Congress is the worst in memory.
Sacramento News & Review |
Ralph Brave |
03-26-2007 |
Politics
Solar Sacramentonew
As California readies to unleash a giant incentive program to achieve a million solar roofs over the next decade, people and businesses are lining up to become part of the solar economy.
Sacramento News & Review |
Ralph Brave |
04-20-2006 |
Environment
Global Warming and the Fear of a Frozen Planetnew
Kim Stanley Robinson’s new novel about what happens after an abrupt climate change is an ambitious cultural weapon in the global-warming wars.
Sacramento News & Review |
Ralph Brave |
12-22-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews