Commentary: Small Gifts in a Dark Time
By Tia Will When I woke up this morning, it was to the news of 207 COVID-19…
Guest Commentary: ‘Miami-Style Smart Justice’ Is an Ugly Parody of ‘Progressive’
By Rory Fleming The National District Attorneys Association is the main professional body for American prosecutors, and…
Guest Commentary: Responsibility in the Age of Covid-19
County’s decision shifts the responsibility from government to individuals by Robin Rainwater I’ve been contemplating the rapidly…
Guest Commentary: Community Solar for Davis
By Gerald Braun Despite a storm of criticism, the City Council’s decision to lease land to BrightNight…
Guest Commentary: Cop’s Memorial Day Killing of Black Man Encouraged by Local DA Culture
by Rory Fleming Minneapolis, Memorial Day 2020. A Black man’s head lies on the asphalt, and the…
Commentary: We Need to Heavily Scrutinize the Innovation Center Fiscal Analysis
At the last Finance and Budget Commission hearing, they examined the then-Aggie Research Campus, since renamed the…
Guest Commentary: Housing Demand Is Still High, and University Commons Would Provide Relief in a Superb Location
By Don Gibson Davis has not solved the housing shortage. The best way to address this shortage,…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Is Density Our Destiny?
The University Commons Redevelopment Project is headed to the Planning Commission this week for potential recommendation that…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Local Education Then and Now
With the resignation of Cindy Pickett announced effective July 1, when the board meeting again, next week,…
Sunday Commentary: We Could Re-Open and Be Relatively Safe – but We Won’t Be, the Way People Are Acting
Anyone else feel you are watching a slow moving train wreck unfold before your eyes? Hands covering…
Guest Commentary: When a Two-Year Sentence Becomes a Death Sentence
The refusal to let pregnant people out of prison shows just how deep our mass incarceration obsession…
My View: “I, Walter ‘Arkie’ Barton, am innocent and they are executing an innocent man!”
The question out of Missouri this is week is one of the most fundamental we can ask…
Guest Commentary: H.R. 40 (Reparations) Is Not a Symbolic Act. It’s a Path to Restorative Justice
The conversation surrounding reparations is underway and the U.S. government must take a leading role. By Sheila…
Commentary: Why Davis Needs Some Jobs in Davis Itself
The point of yesterday’s commentary was to show data to the community about just how few jobs…
Commentary: Another Example of the Media Failing to Do Its Job
One of the continuing themes that has been ramped up in California and indeed across the…
Guest Commentary: Portland, Oregon’s Seismic DA Result Demands Our Attention
by Rory Fleming With the election of Mike Schmidt as Multnomah County District Attorney confirmed on May…
Commentary: Anatomy of a Conspiracy Theory
I have been through a few prolonged crises in my time at the Vanguard, and one thing…
Guest Commentary: Why Freedom of Expression and Public Health Must Coexist
By Norma Chávez-Peterson, Abdi Soltani and Hector Villagra For centuries, people in this country have assembled to…
Update on Behavioral Prevention of the Spread of Coronavirus
by Tia Will The following is a summary of recent information on the transmissibility of the coronavirus…
Guest Commentary: California Strips Incarcerated People of Complaint Rights during Pandemic
By Rory Fleming In September last year, the Prison Law Office, a nonprofit working for incarcerated people…
