President Obama Eulogizes Those Killed in Charleston
President Obama delivered the following remarks in his eulogy at the funeral of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney…
Cure the Disorder That Caused the Confederate Flag To Be Raised in the First Place
by Dennis Parker We have witnessed the removal of the Confederate battle flag from some state houses…
Commentary: Undoing the Legacy of Hate?
Of all of the fallout of last week’s shootings, the Confederate flag seems perhaps the most symbolic…
Analysis: Charleston Church Shooting Triggers A Variety of Different Reactions
The tragic shooting that killed nine people in a church in Charleston, South Carolina, has brought a…
Concern Expressed About Recurring Incidents Of Racial Harassment and Discrimination At UC Davis
On April 30, professors at the UC Davis Chicano Studies Department wrote students and community members expressing…
Target of SF Police Texting Scandal Speaks Out At Justice Event
When the racist text messages sent by at least ten members of the San Francisco Police Department…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Diversifying Environmentalism to Solve Human Suffering and Climate Change
Last week, we discussed the need for environmentalism to be able to reconcile poverty along with energy…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Police Issues in Davis and Beyond
It is hard to know exactly what to take from this. However, on one side of the…
Jim Crow in San Francisco
By Peter Santina As a deputy public defender in San Francisco, I am not shocked at the…
SF Public Defender Releases Racial Justice Recommendations
An estimated 1,000 criminal cases will be reviewed, following revelations that San Francisco police officers regularly shared…
My View: Doth Protest Too Much About Racism
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks” was originally a quote in Act III, Scene II of…
Community Once Again Breaks the Silence of Racism and Other Indignities
While the third annual Breaking the Silence of Racism event did not come close to matching what…
Commentary: Uncovering the Race-Incarceration Effect
The debate spawned by the recent officer involved killings in high profile cases in Missouri and New…
My View: The Counter-Narrative in Police Shootings
It has been pretty interesting to me to watch the give and take on the police killing…
Eye on the Courts: Gardner Diverts on Serious Issue of Race
When William Gardner, upon being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, went off…
What’s in a Name?
By Kayla Koenigshof It started with a vigil for Trayvon Martin. At some point the evening shifted…
Additional Responses on School Climate
Yesterday we posted the majority of responses on our third weekly question to school board candidates. Today…
School Board Candidates Address School Climate Issues
In the third of the Vanguard’s weekly questions to school board candidates, we ask the following: On…
Special Commentary: The Role of White America in Ending Racism
Emerging out of the Ferguson, Missouri, situation has been a community discussion, not just of policing and…
Sunday Commentary: Comments, Anonymity, Racism and Open Discussion
As I write this, the Vanguard Editorial Board has discussed a formal policy on comments twice and…