Issue: June 19, 2014
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The feature story this week: Caution: No health care for all. Sacramento
still denies undocumented immigrants, even though most major California
cities offer medical coverage. Sasha Abramsky investigates the plight of
the region's uninsured.
Elsewhere in the issue: Lien Hoang reports on the expulsion of a gay
student from Rocklin's William Jessup University, Cosmo Garvin analyzes
the effects of the Vergara ruling on local teachers, Janelle Bitker
dives into the No Excuses battle-rap scene, Ann Martin Rolke finds a
contender for Sac's best burger at Pangaea Bier Cafe, and more.
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Sacramento still denies undocumented immigrants health care
Nearly all major metropolitan areas in California offer medical-care options even though Affordable Care Act leaves most without coverage.
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William Jessup University in Rocklin expels gay student
Meanwhile, public universities and churches in Sacramento and beyond trend oppositely and embrace LGBT community.
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Another new Rancho Cordova housing project hopes for a university
Mather South’s 3,000 new homes not fingered as sprawl even though very similar to Cordova Hills.
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Two worlds, one cup: Soccer is awesome but FIFA is terrible
It's easy to love the game, but it's also just as easy to feel outraged by FIFA and the international community's treatment of Brazil's poor.
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Letters for June 19, 2014
Our readers write in about bike thieves, affordable housing, sustainable agriculture, and Bites.
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Death: A love story
Joey advises a reader to transform grief into personal growth.
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Poverty and solutions
If you like SN&R's cover story this week, then read Sasha Abramsky's book The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives.
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Pruny skin and noseclips
Olga Molotilova’s fear of water led her to a life of synchronized swimming.
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Mexican gay bars?
This week: Mexico's eternal Madonna-whore complex and why Mexicans immigrants are more worried about how to raise thousands of dollars to cross la frontera than learning the 56 meanings of “set.”
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On the Vergara ruling and the war on teachers
Here’s the question for reasonable people who believe seniority and due process are the problem: What should they be replaced with?
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An Iraq reminder
Militarism is not the answer in Iraq. The international community needs to force the Maliki government to be more inclusive of Sunnis and Kurds.
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Time for California to regulate groundwater usage
It's time for California to do what other arid Western states have done and regulate groundwater usage.
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Beef it up!
The next No Excuses rap battle approaches, and rappers will duke it out with punchy zingers, lyrical art and self-expression.
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A party and a parade
SN&R reviews a production of The Last Sunday in June by Closet Door Theatre Company.
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'Tis Shakespeare season
SN&R previews the summer Shakespeare season.
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Stay classical, Sacramento
Music in the Mountain's SummerFest 2014 focuses on classical music, but expands into jazz and rock.
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Journey’s End
SN&R reviews a play produced by California Stage.
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The Submission
SN&R reviews a production by Big Idea Theatre.
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The art of reading
The Sacramento Library creates a series of posters encouraging the public to read.
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Doggy style
Find a new four-legged companion with this free, easy-to-use app.
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Grill meets world
The Kikkerland Portable BBQ Suitcase takes the grill on the road.
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Cult of Dylan
Bob Dylan fanatics are a different breed than their Grateful Dead, Elvis Presley and Beatles counterparts—but they’re stone-cold obsessed, nonetheless.
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Hunt out Gather
The first Gather block party in Oak Park showed a lot of promise.
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Come for the beer, stay for the food
Pangaea Bier Cafe’s food offerings are just as impressive as its beer menu.
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Viral-food alert
Sacramento is getting a waffle burger and more waffle-based food items soon when The Waffle Experience opens.
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The mac(aroon) daddy
Kris Kross’ song lyrics are used to describe the raw, vegan Snakaroons by Laughing Giraffe Organics. Yeah, it’s weird.
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Not that kind of country
The Foxtails prove that songs about girls and drinking fit almost any genre.
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Pad Thai vibes
Century Got Bars releases a new album, and Jolie Holland plays an intimate, badass set in Davis.
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Empty, frustrating, tiresome
The film practically rolls around in a pile of its own self-important bleakness.
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22 Jump Street
This seemingly pointless follow-up emerges as the best pure comedy of the year so far.
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Finding Vivian Maier
Finding Vivian Maier offers little more than you would get from a Tumblr profile and a Wikipedia page.
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Alone Yet Not Alone
This faith-based historical drama is—there's no gentle way to say it—embarrassingly bad.
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On medical marijuana and recycling
Ngaio looks at how to make recycle doob tubes, baggies and glass jars from medical-cannabis dispensaries.
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