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Essay: Democrats should dismantle this “legal” drug cartel

July 8, 2025 CN&R 1

By Howard Dean Just before President Trump pushed her out at the behest of his corporate donors, former Federal Trade Commission chairwoman Lina Khan released a damning report about the most rapacious and anti-competitive actors […]

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Streetalk: What significance does the 4th of July hold for you?

July 2, 2025 CN&R 0

Asked in Lower Bidwell Park Greg Scott Retired/Former bandleader of Greg Scott Band I think of freedom and our flag and what that means to us. We’re very fortunate to live in this country. My […]

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Project censored dispatch: Insufficient press coverage on the Big Data Surveillance Complex 

July 2, 2025 CN&R 0

Corporate media erodes the public’s right to know By Mischo Geracoulis As the second Trump administration is dispatching its minions to stalk US streets, smashing citizens’ First Amendment rights, in partnership with unregulated Big Tech, […]

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Chico is a city of writers and book lovers: A newspaper’s recent A.I. debacle should be a warning about the machine-driven newsletter infiltrating Butte County  

June 26, 2025 CN&R 0

An editorial by Chico News & Review Last month, The Chicago Sun-Times, a newspaper that was founded in 1948, quietly attempted to use Artificial Intelligence to create its annual summer reading list, which then led […]

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Streetalk: What’s your summer project?

June 17, 2025 CN&R 0

Asked at the Thursday Night Market, Chico Maylynn YuPara-educatorSaving up enough to move here, I currently live in Marysville. I’ve been working with kids and doing side-gigs. Dana MooreComedy QueenMy summer project is continuing to […]

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Project censored dispatch: Marketing Mars

June 11, 2025 CN&R 1

By Zara Zimbardo If Mars Is the Answer, What Was the Question? Mars is 140 million miles away, but it has never been closer. Whether it’s Elon Musk’s relentless cheerleading, the competing plans of various […]

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Streetalk: Have you ever witnessed an incident in public where you intervened? Or wished you had?

May 27, 2025 CN&R 0

Asked in Bidwell Park, Chico Byron ToewsRemodelerThis happened back when I was a drinker, I don’t drink anymore…but I was outside a bar, smoking a cigarette, and this woman [nearby] was having an emotional episode. […]

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Essay: Why talking about mental health matters in Native communities

May 22, 2025 CN&R 0

By Angelina Hinojosa Every year when May rolls around and people “observe” Mental Health Awareness Month, it hits differently for me. Up until a few years ago, I wasn’t comfortable talking about mental health or ever asking […]

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Letters: Screeds on Chico signage, Valley’s Edge veering and a long-due punishment for PG&E

May 15, 2025 CN&R 2

Re: “Robot dogs and ‘F Newsom’ signage: The ever-stranger conversation about public safety in Chico” by Ken Magri (News)  “The sign at Down Range shows a giant white letter ‘F’ on a black background next […]

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Streetalk: What Keeps You Up At Night?

May 12, 2025 CN&R 0

Asked in downtown Chico Adrianna Wiley Owner of Adrianna’s Bakery Thinking about all the different ways I can continue to try to be a better me and grow as a person and heal. Jeremiah WalkerStudent/ServerThe […]

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Analysis: Over a century later, California may need another revolt against its utility companies

May 8, 2025 CalMatters 3

By Loretta Lynch for CalMatters Fed up with decades of powerful railroads corrupting the state board that was supposed to regulate them, California voters created the modern Public Utilities Commission in 1911. Now, some 114 […]

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Project Censored dispatch: “All governments lie”: Why we need a radical and independent free press now

April 22, 2025 CN&R 0

By Mickey Huff Media scholar Carl Jensen was deeply influenced by the independent muckraking journalists of the twentieth century—so much so that he founded Project Censored at Sonoma State University, in 1976, in the wake […]

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Streetalk: What’s your favorite (or least favorite) thing about springtime in Chico?

April 21, 2025 CN&R 0

Asked at Thursday Night Market, downtown Chico Briza PerezParalegalThe nice weather, you can go to the park. But sometimes spring weather can be temperamental. I prefer the cooler temperatures, and not when it gets hot. […]

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Streetalk: Who (or what) do you trust?

April 8, 2025 CN&R 0

Asked in downtown Chico Kitty Courcier Retired Nurse My family. They’re there for me, I’m there for them. It’s close to home, I know their intentions, and I trust them. From there on out, friends, […]

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Philanthropy in the abyss: Why we need to give when things fall apart

April 3, 2025 CN&R 0

By Angie Eng It takes a crisis to uplift us from the abyss. When despair engulfs, human kindness emerges. Contrary to a Hobbesian world vision popularized by films like “Soylent Green” or “The Road,” humans […]

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