Guest Commentary: U.S. Presidential Candidates and Media Network Refuse To Acknowledge Gun Violence
During the second U.S. Presidential debate, I heard Kamala Harris clearly say that the issues affecting Americans…
Student’s Vanguard: Stressing About Parenthood As a Twenty Year Old: U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory Says I Am Probably Not The Only One
As per an opinion piece written by the U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and published in The…
Guest Commentary: The Proposed Cindy’s Demolition
By Todd Urick Monday September 16 at 7:00 pm, the City of Davis Historical Resources Management Commission…
My View: UCD Law Professor Examines Whether New Information Can Lead to Support For Housing
A new paper this week from UC Davis Law Professor Chris Elmendorf and some colleagues explores whether…
GUEST COMMENTARY: Do Prisons Prevent Crime?
I’ve said it before, but people are very easy to influence, particularly with the stories we tell…
Dark Gardening: Deconstructing Independent Carceral Journalism Using Gwendolyn Brooks’ Poem “To Prisoners”
She’d already been gone over a month by the time the August edition of All Of Us…
Guest Commentary: Crisis of In-Custody Deaths at Sacramento County Jail
Inadequate Observation and Monitoring Are Killing Our Community Members By Malik and Gale Washington This is a…
Commentary: Housing is Declared the Top Issue in Contested City Council District
Davis, CA – We started our weekly string of council candidate questions. Two of the three districts…
Letter: Press Rights Coalition Calls on California Officials to Respect First Amendment Rights and Ensure Transparency at Homeless Encampment Sweeps
The First Amendment Coalition, Los Angeles Press Club, and National Press Photographers Association, joined by a coalition…
Keeping Tally: Imprisoned Citizen Journalist Ruminations on the Impact of the Arts and Humanities within the Carceral State
Be it handball, cards, or dominoes, “keeping tally” is one of those everyday prison parlance references you’ll…
Guest Commentary: Our Children Deserve Better
By Elena D. Riveria On September 5, 2024, at the “Rally for Action to Protect Children and…
Student’s Vanguard: The Wallowing Whims of a Window Seat
There is something immensely intriguing about the window seat. Logistically, it enables an individual to stay away…
Sunday Commentary: State Needs a More Impactful Stick to Enforce Housing Laws in Places Like Davis
Davis, CA – A Sacramento Bee opinion writer makes a pretty good point when she argues in…
My View: A Slow Process to Begin With – General Plan Off to a Slow Start
Back in February, the city announced it would start embarking on a General Plan update. At the…
Guest Commentary: New Plan to Micromanage City Commissions Isn’t Good Government (Or Legal)
Mayor Josh Chapman and Councilmember Bapu Vaitla recently began asking city commissioners for feedback on a proposal…
Guest Commentary: The Supreme Court Case on Trans Health Care, Explained
By Gillian Branstetter The court will soon hear a landmark legal challenge brought by the ACLU against…
Guest Commentary: Defend California’s Future – Support Rent Control
by Michael Weinstein California is the land of milk and honey. We are blessed with magnificent natural…
Letter: Yes on Q and T and Deos and Darrah
By Don Saylor It was my honor to serve the Davis community for 27 years on the…
Commentary: Following Up on NIMBYism
Earlier this week, I ran a piece on NIMBYism. I argued that slow growth advocates have lost…
Guest Commentary: In-Custody Deaths Still Lacking Transparency and Accountability inside Santa Rita Jail and Beyond
(Where Does the BUCK Stop?) By Malik Washington, Destination Freedom Media Group Last year around this time,…
