AltWeeklies Wire
You're Going Broke!new
Bankruptcy remains a vital tool for some whose finances spin out of control -- so why do Congress and credit-card companies want you to believe you can no longer file for it?
Sacramento News & Review |
R.V. Scheide |
02-24-2006 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Saving Souls, Losing Kidsnew
Two new memoirs, Jesus Land and Have You Seen My Mother? detail how religious fanaticism can affect children.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
02-24-2006 |
Nonfiction
Secrets of the Ben-Wa Sisterhoodnew
Passion Parties doesn't just sell lubes, lotions and sex toys in the suburbs -- the company's best product may be its compass for navigating the tricky legacy of the sexual revolution.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
02-10-2006 |
Sex
Viagra and the Culture of Manhoodnew
For millions of men who suffer from varying levels of impotence, Viagra has been a godsend, but for millions of others, it’s become the recreational drug of choice.
Sacramento News & Review |
R. V. Scheide |
01-13-2006 |
Sex
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
Uncomfortable White Peoplenew
Robert Jensen's new book looks at the persistence of white privilege.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
12-22-2005 |
Nonfiction
Happy Pagan Feast Day, Mr. O'Reillynew
Here's why the right chose the wrong side in the so-called "War on Christmas."
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
12-21-2005 |
Commentary
They're Tracking Younew
Big business thinks Radio Frequency Identification tags are great, but privacy-rights advocates fear the tiny chips will invite corporations and the government into our personal lives.
Sacramento News & Review |
Devanie Angel |
12-16-2005 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: domesticspying
50,000 Voltsnew
Taser guns have become a favored control device for local law-enforcement officers, but something's gone wrong with this "nonlethal" weapon. In Sacramento, as well as across the nation, the dead bodies are mounting.
Sacramento News & Review |
Sasha Abramsky |
11-17-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
First, Last, Alwaysnew
Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, winner of this year's National Book Award for nonfiction, holds nothing back.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
11-17-2005 |
Nonfiction
The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth at Craigslistnew
Craig Newmark -- the man who put the “Craigness” into online classifieds -- may unwittingly impact the future of journalism in America. Does he care? Not really.
Sacramento News & Review |
R. V. Scheide |
10-07-2005 |
Policy Issues
The Neocon's Bathtubnew
New Orleans shows what the radical oligarchs have in store for the rest of us.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
09-21-2005 |
Commentary
Dylan & Menew
A music critic spent the summer riding his bike around Sacramento, obsessing about the magic in the music of one Robert Zimmerman. He was searching for inspiration. Did he find any?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jackson Griffith |
09-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Bob Dylan
Our Man in Spacenew
Steve Robinson, recently returned from the shuttle mission, explains why humans go exploring, how there’s probably life on other planets, and what his home ground of Sacramento looks like from outer space.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
09-09-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Macho in Menew
One female writer joins the Sacramento Kings of Drag to explore the gender divide and release the masculine within.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
08-01-2005 |
Performance
Tags: performance
