Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Burgess Owens Pushback on Reparation is Wrong
The debate over reparations figures to be divisive. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee is sponsoring HR 40, which…
Lack of Voter Participation, Not Fraud, Real Problem in California Elections
By Christina Fletes Every four years when there is a presidential primary, many voters who decline to…
Sunday Commentary: What Message Should Council Be Sending on the Budget?
We have watched over the years the ebb and flow about the concern of the budget. In…
Sunday Commentary: Body Cameras Aren’t Having the Impact That Some Expected… But Those People Didn’t Understand Psychology
In 1991, an amateur video surfaced of police officers badly beating motorist Rodney King in Los Angeles. …
Guest Commentary: Reparations Not a Symbolic Act, It’s a Path to Restorative Justice
By Sheila Jackson Lee For nearly three decades, my former colleague Rep. John Conyers of Michigan would…
My View: Addressing Housing Issues at ARC Including the Possibility of Co-Housing Models
While we still do not have a specific housing proposal, from the Vanguard interview last week with…
My View: Clarence Thomas Once Again Not Going to Protect Us from Rogue Prosecutors
In a rare dissent, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas ignored the concerns of his colleagues in the…
As Trump Tweets Hateful Threats, States are Protecting Immigrant Rights
By Naureen Shah This week, President Trump kicked off his re-election campaign by tweeting a threat to…
Lessons from Juneteenth, Our Continued Fight for Freedom
By Abre’ Conner Two and a half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Black people…
Commentary: District Elections Coming, Like Them or Not – Here’s Why That Could Be a Good Thing
A certain columnist believes that if Davis citizens had been given a chance to vote on district…
Black Boys Aren’t “Wolf Packs” and Abusive Prosecutors Aren’t “Lone Wolves”
By Somil Trivedi and Nusrat Choudhury Ava Duvernay’s new miniseries, When They See Us, retells the harrowing…
Commentary: Can the Jury Convict on the Word of a Four-Year-Old?
The lengthy trial closed on Monday in San Francisco, and both sides agreed on basically one thing…
Commentary: Mental Illness Is a Factor, but It’s Not the Major Problem in the Homelessness Epidemic
Davis is looking to offer things like permanent supportive housing at places like Paul’s Place. As the…
Commentary: Why Wait for the State on Ethnic Studies?
The school board this week has a letter asking for Senator Connie Leyva and Assemblymember Jose Medina…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Death Penalty, Media Coverage and the Court Watch
A friend and reader pointed me over the weekend to a column from Nicholas Kristof entitled, “When…
Guest Commentary: Affordable Housing: ‘Income inequality, unaffordable housing, homelessness, are not bugs’
(c) By Mark Dempsey Special to the Vanguard Pundits, public policy mavens, and environmentalists are working overtime…
Linda Fairstein Is Canceled. Is ‘Law & Order’ Culture Next?
By the Appeal “I had stared at death before. I was way too familiar with the vagaries…
Sunday Commentary: Housing Policy as Generational Warfare for Millennials
The Atlantic in the past week wrote an article, “Why Housing Policy Feels Like Generational Warfare (To…
Guest Commentary: Introducing the Aggie Research Campus
by Dan Ramos Several years ago, Ramco Enterprises along with our partners, Buzz Oates and Reynolds &…
My View: Housing Insecurity and Homeless Numbers at UCD a Cause for Alarm
Lost in the shuffle of the new Aggie Research Campus as well as the Paul’s Place homeless…
