Issue: August 04, 2005
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Un-embedded and uncut
An independent reporter seeks out the real Iraq.
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Sacramento gets Sol
A new collective dedicated to education, youth activism, social justice and multicultural arts opens on Del Paso Boulevard.
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Fighting a clampdown
The ACLU files suit against a controversial gang-suppression tactic being used in West Sacramento.
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Letters for August 4, 2005
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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On the job at the movies
Projectionist Gerry Watt views the world at 24 frames per second.
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City of peace
Bites muses on an anti-war resolution, needle exchange and the memory of a floppy-eared dog named Sissy.
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Spoon-feeding the public
Proposition 77 would end California’s legacy of “safe seats.”
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Isn’t that special?
The governor’s having a bad summer—and it’s barely August!
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Eminently necessary
Eminent domain is a necessary tool for successful redevelopment.
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Singing on the page
Dorothy Allison discusses her battles with writer’s block and the unbearable lightness of a literary breakthrough.
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Rudy and the city
Don’t miss this brilliant new biography of Rudy Giuliani.
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Back in black
A new exhibit looks back at artwork from the Black Panther Party newspapers.
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Will You Join Us
Chevron wants to talk. Is it duty or damage control?
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Getting some ink
A new nonprofit writing center gets under way.
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A fateful trip
If not for the courage of the fearless crew, the Minnow would be lost.
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Smoke signals
Let Everett and Jones cater your next backyard picnic.
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Traveling man
Ian Moore descends from Seattle to find True Love in Exile.
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Something about Mary
1970s TV jazz sounds lovely on a warm summer night.
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Swing time
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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Parents just don’t understand
With a name like The Chumscrubber, it has to be … well, interesting, at least.
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Good luck, bad luck:
Superstitions and sayings of unknown origin.
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