AltWeeklies Wire
Young and Uninformednew
David T.Z. Mindich looks at why young people are tuning out the news.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
12-30-2004 |
Nonfiction
Gary Webb Remembered in Others' Words and His Ownnew
History, supporters believe, will continue to reveal the importance of the work of the late Gary Webb, whose series and book, Dark Alliance, explored the ties among the CIA, the Nicaraguan contras, Los Angeles street gangs and the explosion of crack cocaine.
Sacramento News & Review |
Bill Forman and Melinda Walsh |
12-17-2004 |
Media
Army's New Plan Is to Combat Stress at the Frontnew
A counselor at the Sacramento Veterans Center, Sandra Moreno, just did a tour in Iraq as part of a “combat stress company.” The new military program tries to help soldiers handle stress while they’re still serving with their companies.
Sacramento News & Review |
Chrisanne Beckner |
12-16-2004 |
War
Marine Reservist Feels Aftershocks From Iraqnew
Richard Sandoval still hears ringing in his ears from the rockets that flew overhead in Iraq. "The hardest thing for me was..." he begins again and again, describing so many hard things.
Sacramento News & Review |
Chrisanne Beckner |
12-14-2004 |
War
Taguba's Revenge?new
Sacramento Sgt. Marc Guzman accuses the Iraq-prison-scandal hero of threatening soldiers.
Sacramento News & Review |
Michael Pulley |
11-26-2004 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Censorship by Hard Drivenew
Full disclosure of government activity is the only solution when conspiracy theories and rumors abound.
Sacramento News & Review |
Editors |
11-10-2004 |
Commentary
Just the Flunew
John M. Barry's exhaustive history of the the 1918 influenza epidemic provides a very timely context.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
11-05-2004 |
Nonfiction
The Rationale Against Bush: 10 Reasons Not to Re-elect
Sacramento News & Review's editors have boiled all the spin down to this: there are ten simple reasons why George W. Bush should not get a second term.
Sacramento News & Review |
Editors |
10-13-2004 |
Commentary
The Killing Gamenew
For young men, first-person shooters are the hottest computer games around. That’s why the Army’s spent $10 million making one of its own. But there’s a catch. Big Brother gets to watch you play. The Army knows who the best video players are, and Uncle Sam could be calling on them soon.
Sacramento News & Review |
Gary Webb |
10-13-2004 |
War
October Surprise!new
Sacramento News & Review readers suggest scenarios for a late-election season bombshell.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
10-08-2004 |
Commentary
Patient Narrates His Own Brain Surgerynew
Joel Davis gets inside his own head by writing about what it's like to be conscious during brain surgery. The surgery is one more move in an ongoing effort to live as normal a life as is possible with Parkinson's disease.
Sacramento News & Review |
Joel Davis |
08-20-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Do the Governator's Reform Promises Lack Muscle?new
Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California with a historic mandate for reform, but so far he’s abandoned one political reform effort, opposed another and taken more special-interest money than the much-maligned former governor, Gray Davis.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jeff Kearns |
08-16-2004 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Journalist Recalls Months She Taught Dance in Cubanew
In "Dancing with Cuba," noted Latin American journalist Alma Guillermoprieto gives us the rhetoric-free story of her formative experiences in revolutionary Cuba.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
08-07-2004 |
Nonfiction
Barbara Boxer's Liberal Meddling Undermines a Great Statenew
Ultra-liberal California Senator Barbara Boxer must be defeated in her re-election bid, and here are the ads that can do it!
Sacramento News & Review |
Harmon Leon |
08-07-2004 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
Almond Takes His Candy Memories on the Roadnew
Steve Almond knows a thing or two about obsession. Fortunately for us, he writes about it so well that we’re invited to join him, and, like any slippery slope, we’re soon riding shotgun beside him on the premium chocolate highway.
Sacramento News & Review |
Kel Munger |
08-07-2004 |
Nonfiction
