I write about arts, culture and cannabis in Northern California (Sacramento). Former theater critic and music writer for 17 years at Sacramento Bee.
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Thanks to editor Blaise Zerega for the guidance and support on this piece. I feel like it is some of my best work. Paula West's Blues by Marcus Crowder via @AltaJournal altaonline.com/paula-wests-b…
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The Muslim Brotherhood question was not because there are legitimate questions about his family. You THINK it was legitimate because you BELIEVE false accusations about his family and then make him responsible for that.
Your BELIEF that the question is legitimate is EVIDENCE that his response was accurate.
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Mamdani and Abdul have exposed a level of racism and bigotry within the Democratic Party that I never thought I would see. You have people who claim to be Democrats joining MAGA in spreading racist attacks against Abdul. Sometimes, you can barely tell the difference between their tweets. It’s truly sickening.
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.@jamestalarico: I've had a lot of interviews with national media. No one's ever asked me about the cost of housing. No one's asked me about the cost of prescription drugs. The only thing the media wants to ask me about are trans athletes.
The only minority destroying this country is the billionaires. Trans people are 1% of the population. Undocumented people are 1% of the population. We are all focused on the wrong 1%.
Trans people aren't taking away our healthcare. Undocumented people aren't defunding our schools. It's the billionaires and their puppet politicians.
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A sleeping man in the outline of a car seat. A staring boy in a Tweety Bird piñata. These are some of the images that evoke the undocumented immigrant experience in Julio César Morales' work at @manettishrem, on view until Nov. 29. (By @marcuscrowder)
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#FairOaksVillage has a new amphitheater, stylish restaurants and access to the American River. Will it all come together as the buzzy tourist destination many locals desire? (By @marcuscrowder)
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WATCH: “You’re saying you revere a time when their ancestors were in bondage.”
In NC, @DavidJoy_Author — a descendant of enslavers — powerfully explains why it’s wrong to remove a “compromise plaque” without public input, and why revering the confederacy is offensive.
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“We accidentally sent a Harvard a letter threatening major consequences and we accidentally sent classified targeting data to a journalist and we accidentally cut the nuclear safety team but trust us that we’re not deporting the wrong people.”
NEW: Trump officials acknowledge that the letter the administration sent to Harvard -- that set off a tectonic battle between one of the most prestigious universities in the country and a U.S. president -- was sent by mistake. The letter has had massive consequences. The White House is standing by it. Here's how that all went down. w/@MichaelCBender nytimes.com/2025/04/18/busin…
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When I read Amiri & Amina Baraka’s 1987 *The Music: Reflections on Jazz & Blues* — published the year I began writing professionally — what most affected me were not their contemplations on Miles Davis, Max Roach, and other great artists.
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177 sexual abuse victims. That is the number of sexual abuse victims in the Ohio State Wrestling program that were victims of Dr. Richard Strauss. And allegedly Republican House member Jim Jordan for having knowledge of the sexual assault and helping cover it up. Allegedly even threatening these young men with loss of their scholarships if they turned Strauss into authorities. These 177 sexual abuse victims claim OSU coach and now House GOP Judiciary committee head Jim Jordan knew that Dr. Strauss was sexually abusing these young male athletes from his first year at Ohio State. And for the next 20 years. Jim Jordan allegedly witnesses this sexual abuse and did nothing to stop it. Now the Supreme Court has finally paved the way for these young men, who still suffer to this day from the sexual abuse allegedly witnessed by Jordan, to sue House GOP Leader Jim Jordan for his role in allowing the sexual abuse to continue. Jordan has said”No one at Ohio State knew about the sexual abuse” Really? Then why did Ohio State pay out $40.9 million dollars to settle their part of the 177 sexual abuse victims lawsuit? Now these victims can and will sue Republican Jim Jordan and we may finally know just how much Jordan was involved in the OSU sexual assault scandal. Of course Jim Jordan will find some way to blame it on Hunter and Joe Biden. @NewBlueUSA #DemVoice1
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If you like Elon Musk because he makes hypocritical liberals squirm, I got two words for: Grow up
Don’t let the people you dislike animate the dictums of your politic. Dive into your beliefs and live there. Reactionarism is a death house with no foundation
Very happy to contribute to @AltaJournal bookstore issue altaonline.com/bookstores. My entry is on Nevada's City's eccentric and welcoming Booktown.
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People can process these shootings any way they choose, and if that means saying, “When are we going to do something to stop this,” fine. But the answer is it will never stop. Just have to hope it won’t happen in your town. The only people with power to do something never will.
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Could two Twitter friends please copy and re-post this tweet to show that someone is always there? Call 1-800-273-8255 (National Suicide Prevention Lifeline US). Just two. Any two.
Got to spend some time with Dusty this spring. I’m rooting for him. sactownmag.com/dusty-baker-t…
