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Commentary: Racism Continues to Lie Just Below the Surface

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 21, 2019
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Commentary: Racism Continues to Lie Just Below the Surface

"There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he mu ...

"There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.” - Martin Luther King The comments ma ...

January 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Critics Are Right, Kamala Harris Not a Reformer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 21, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Critics Are Right, Kamala Harris Not a Reformer

Ironically, a few moments ago the news came out – that Kamala Harris, California Senator and the second b ...

Ironically, a few moments ago the news came out – that Kamala Harris, California Senator and the second black woman to serve in the US Senate, will run for President in 2020. The NY Times said this m ...

January 21, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Why Blue Lives Matter Is a Racist Movement

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|Date: January 21, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Why Blue Lives Matter Is a Racist Movement

by multiple authors - see bottom “There is no segregation or integration problem in this community…I thin ...

by multiple authors - see bottom “There is no segregation or integration problem in this community…I think the greatest dislocated minority in America today are the police.” - LAPD Chief Bill Parker, ...

January 21, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: The End of the Greatness of DJUSD Is upon Us

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 20, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: The End of the Greatness of DJUSD Is upon Us

Why did you come to Davis? I came to Davis to get a great education at UC Davis, but I stayed at Da ...

Why did you come to Davis? I came to Davis to get a great education at UC Davis, but I stayed at Davis because we have great schools. I’m sure I’m not alone. I can’t really afford to ...

January 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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The FBI ‘Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny’ That It Monitors Your Social Media Posts

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|Date: January 20, 2019
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The FBI ‘Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny’ That It Monitors Your Social Media Posts

By Matt Cagle and Hugh Handeyside In recent years, the federal government has significantly ramped up its ...

By Matt Cagle and Hugh Handeyside In recent years, the federal government has significantly ramped up its efforts to monitor people on social media. The FBI, for one, has repeatedly acknowledged that ...

January 20, 2019
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My View: Why Natalie Corona Was the Answer to What We Need

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2019
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My View: Why Natalie Corona Was the Answer to What We Need

Friday was an interesting day with formal funeral ceremonies, touching ad hoc tributes, and an underlying ...

Friday was an interesting day with formal funeral ceremonies, touching ad hoc tributes, and an underlying current that portends a larger debate in the coming days – and there are things that will be c ...

January 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: School Board Makes Right Call on Not Charging for Inter-district Transfers

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 19, 2019
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My View: School Board Makes Right Call on Not Charging for Inter-district Transfers

One of the key innovations that the DJUSD School Board has developed is a legislative lobbying agenda. T ...

One of the key innovations that the DJUSD School Board has developed is a legislative lobbying agenda. They take advantage of a board member like Alan Fernandes and his experience working with the le ...

January 19, 2019
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Steve King Isn’t Alone on White Supremacy

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|Date: January 19, 2019
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Steve King Isn’t Alone on White Supremacy

By Jeffery Robinson Last week, U.S. Rep. Steve King, Republican from Iowa, posed a question to a New York ...

By Jeffery Robinson Last week, U.S. Rep. Steve King, Republican from Iowa, posed a question to a New York Times reporter that laid bare his racist ideology: “White nationalist, white supremacist, west ...

January 19, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Fresh Energy to Start an Exciting New Year

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|Date: January 16, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Fresh Energy to Start an Exciting New Year

By Tom Stallard and Don Saylor A new year offers a clean slate — a chance to celebrate achievements, asse ...

By Tom Stallard and Don Saylor A new year offers a clean slate — a chance to celebrate achievements, assess the challenges of the past and start the new year with fresh energy. Our biggest achievement ...

January 16, 2019
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Barr’s History on Civil Rights and Liberties Concerns Critics

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|Date: January 15, 2019
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Barr’s History on Civil Rights and Liberties Concerns Critics

William Barr was appointed by President Trump to be the next attorney general of the US. By Manar Waheed ...

William Barr was appointed by President Trump to be the next attorney general of the US. By Manar Waheed and Brian Tashman On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin hearings on William Bar ...

January 15, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: City Doesn’t Realistically Have 40-60 Years of Available Commercially Zoned Land

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 14, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: City Doesn’t Realistically Have 40-60 Years of Available Commercially Zoned Land

Going back to last week’s discussion of available land in the city, my analysis is that once we look at w ...

Going back to last week’s discussion of available land in the city, my analysis is that once we look at what's available at the ground level, we don’t have anywhere near 40 to 60 years’ worth. W ...

January 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Governor Newsom Does Not Propose New RDA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 14, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Governor Newsom Does Not Propose New RDA

Analysts have called the proposals for affordable housing a “big deal,” but while the governor proposed a ...

Analysts have called the proposals for affordable housing a “big deal,” but while the governor proposed a lot, he stopped short of the one tool that would generate ongoing money for affordable housing ...

January 14, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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What the Government Shutdown Really Means for Federal Prisoners

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|Date: January 14, 2019
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What the Government Shutdown Really Means for Federal Prisoners

By Daniel McGowan Last week, USA Today ran a hit piece on federal prisoners with the tabloid headline, “G ...

By Daniel McGowan Last week, USA Today ran a hit piece on federal prisoners with the tabloid headline, “Government shutdown: Federal inmates feast on Cornish hens, steak as prison guards labor without ...

January 14, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Trying to Make Sense of a Senseless Tragedy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 13, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Trying to Make Sense of a Senseless Tragedy

Kevin Limbaugh/ courtesy photo I have seen the comments that tragedies like this are not supposed to happ ...

Kevin Limbaugh/ courtesy photo I have seen the comments that tragedies like this are not supposed to happen in Davis. While I understand the sentiment, I’m not sure if I agree with it. In my time of ...

January 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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William Barr Was an Ardent Champion of Mass Incarceration

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|Date: January 13, 2019
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William Barr Was an Ardent Champion of Mass Incarceration

By Sagiv Galai In 1992, a little less than a year into his new job, Attorney General William P. Barr adde ...

By Sagiv Galai In 1992, a little less than a year into his new job, Attorney General William P. Barr added to the zeitgeist of “tough-on-crime” policies when he issued the Bush administration’s “24 Re ...

January 13, 2019
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Guest Commentary: U.S. Imperialism Creates Asylum Seekers Only to Then Turn Them Away

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|Date: January 12, 2019
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Guest Commentary: U.S. Imperialism Creates Asylum Seekers Only to Then Turn Them Away

By Connor Gorman, David Salkoff, KateMarie Boccone, Morganne Blais-McPherson and members of the Young Dem ...

By Connor Gorman, David Salkoff, KateMarie Boccone, Morganne Blais-McPherson and members of the Young Democratic Socialists of America at UC Davis The arrival of the much mediatized “migrant caravan” ...

January 12, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: If We Don’t Build It, They Can’t Come

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 07, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: If We Don’t Build It, They Can’t Come

In 2016, we ran a series of analyses showing Davis near the bottom in per capita retail sales – important ...

In 2016, we ran a series of analyses showing Davis near the bottom in per capita retail sales – importantly trailing other college towns in addition to regional neighbors. This weekend, we ran a ...

January 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Slow Down on Talk of More Parking Structures

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Slow Down on Talk of More Parking Structures

I read with some fascination this morning the column from Davis Enterprise Columnist Bob Dunning quoting ...

I read with some fascination this morning the column from Davis Enterprise Columnist Bob Dunning quoting from a reader who argued for a new parking structure in the Davis Downtown. Here are a few of t ...

January 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: A New Era of Reform DA’s Began This Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: A New Era of Reform DA’s Began This Week

This week I had an interesting conversation with a man who had lost in an effort to put a progressive DA ...

This week I had an interesting conversation with a man who had lost in an effort to put a progressive DA in an adjacent county this past year. His comment to me after talking about the Yolo Coun ...

January 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Ending Hunger – Compassionate Action Is Essential

Posted by Vanguard Editorial Board
|Date: January 06, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Ending Hunger – Compassionate Action Is Essential

“When we’re talking about poverty, what we’re really talking about is hunger and malnutrition.” - Yolo Co ...

“When we’re talking about poverty, what we’re really talking about is hunger and malnutrition.” - Yolo County Supervisor Don Saylor By Michael Bisch Former Davis Mayor Robb Davis once again did the co ...

January 06, 2019
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