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America’s Pretrial System Is Broken

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|Date: April 06, 2019
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America’s Pretrial System Is Broken

By Andrea Woods and Portia Allen-Kyle Every year, millions of people are arrested, required to pay money ...

By Andrea Woods and Portia Allen-Kyle Every year, millions of people are arrested, required to pay money bail they cannot afford, separated from their families and loved ones, or subjected to long per ...

April 06, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Citizens Are Calling for City to Revert Mace, but Slow Down Here

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 01, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Citizens Are Calling for City to Revert Mace, but Slow Down Here

The city has gotten an earful on Mace – some of that may be justified, but there are still a lot of quest ...

The city has gotten an earful on Mace – some of that may be justified, but there are still a lot of questions that seem to need to be addressed. The neighbors and residents along Mace and South Mace, ...

April 01, 2019
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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Front and Center in the 2020 Presidential Race

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|Date: April 01, 2019
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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Front and Center in the 2020 Presidential Race

By Ronald Newman Jose Ivan Parga is a member of a multi-status, Mexican-immigrant family in Minnesota. Ev ...

By Ronald Newman Jose Ivan Parga is a member of a multi-status, Mexican-immigrant family in Minnesota. Even though he is a citizen, every day he witnesses the fear and uncertainty that his extended fa ...

April 01, 2019
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My View: Some Are Saying the Council is Out of Step – Let’s Have a Look

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 30, 2019
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My View: Some Are Saying the Council is Out of Step – Let’s Have a Look

Critics of the council are charging that the council is out of step with the community on a variety of bi ...

Critics of the council are charging that the council is out of step with the community on a variety of big issues: Parking, Roads, Housing and the Claw. But let's take a look because it seems like a s ...

March 30, 2019
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Commentary: City Looking at Taking Steps to Address the Traffic Mess on Mace

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 29, 2019
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Commentary: City Looking at Taking Steps to Address the Traffic Mess on Mace

This traffic situation on Mace is bad and getting worse – that’s the message received by the city, mayor ...

This traffic situation on Mace is bad and getting worse – that’s the message received by the city, mayor and councilmembers on Thursday evening at a community meeting. The easy part was acknowledging ...

March 29, 2019
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Commentary: Parking, Fluoridation, Green Waste – What Davis Can’t Seem to Get Right

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 27, 2019
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Commentary: Parking, Fluoridation, Green Waste – What Davis Can’t Seem to Get Right

When I started the Vanguard – 13 years ago this coming July – I had the premise of the “dark underbelly” ...

When I started the Vanguard – 13 years ago this coming July – I had the premise of the “dark underbelly” of Davis. The idea was that beneath the veneer of progressive enlightenment was this darker co ...

March 27, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does Davis Believe in Science?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Does Davis Believe in Science?

As we move toward a decision on paid parking, it is disconcerting the extent to which Davis, home of a wo ...

As we move toward a decision on paid parking, it is disconcerting the extent to which Davis, home of a world class university, ignores science and scientific methods when it serves its purpose. We ma ...

March 25, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Ace Sale Not about Parking Policies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Ace Sale Not about Parking Policies

This past week, the owners of Davis Ace announced that they would be selling their longtime store. This ...

This past week, the owners of Davis Ace announced that they would be selling their longtime store. This is of course a big deal in Davis. In the article in the Enterprise, local Jennifer Anderson sa ...

March 25, 2019
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Guest Commentary: One Simple Way To Hold Bad Prosecutors Accountable

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|Date: March 25, 2019
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Guest Commentary: One Simple Way To Hold Bad Prosecutors Accountable

By Jeff Adachi and Peter Calloway State bar organizations have the power to discipline prosecutors, but t ...

By Jeff Adachi and Peter Calloway State bar organizations have the power to discipline prosecutors, but they studiously ignore bad behavior. A man is accused of stealing a laptop. On the prosecutor’s ...

March 25, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Is Now the Time to Implement Paid Parking?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Is Now the Time to Implement Paid Parking?

One of the big questions we asked back during the Trackside debate was – even if you believe that Tracksi ...

One of the big questions we asked back during the Trackside debate was – even if you believe that Trackside should go to four stories – should it have been approved at that time or was it better to wa ...

March 24, 2019
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People Are Charged with Crimes that Waste Taxpayers’ Money and Prosecutors’ Time

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|Date: March 24, 2019
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People Are Charged with Crimes that Waste Taxpayers’ Money and Prosecutors’ Time

By Rahsaan Hall America’s growing awareness of mass incarceration and the over-incarceration of people of ...

By Rahsaan Hall America’s growing awareness of mass incarceration and the over-incarceration of people of color has sparked something nationwide: From Birmingham to Boston, voters are electing progres ...

March 24, 2019
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My View: Shenanigans or Not, We Need Workforce Housing *AND* R&D Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 23, 2019
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My View: Shenanigans or Not, We Need Workforce Housing *AND* R&D Development

I get that it is disconcerting to be called out by your councilmember, especially when it’s the affable a ...

I get that it is disconcerting to be called out by your councilmember, especially when it’s the affable and mild-mannered Will Arnold, but Councilmember Arnold got it right on Chiles Road Apartments – ...

March 23, 2019
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My View: What Purpose Did This Lawsuit Serve Other Than to Harm Struggling Students?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 23, 2019
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My View: What Purpose Did This Lawsuit Serve Other Than to Harm Struggling Students?

Lawyers for Susan Rainier argued that their client had “been harmed” by the city’s “failure to provide en ...

Lawyers for Susan Rainier argued that their client had “been harmed” by the city’s “failure to provide environmental documents that accurately and fully inform interested persons of the Project’s true ...

March 23, 2019
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Why School Psychologists Are Worried About the Mental Health of America’s Students

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|Date: March 23, 2019
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Why School Psychologists Are Worried About the Mental Health of America’s Students

By Angela Mann Earlier this month, thousands of school psychologists met in Atlanta at the annual convent ...

By Angela Mann Earlier this month, thousands of school psychologists met in Atlanta at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists. One of the hottest topics among attend ...

March 23, 2019
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ACLU Sues over Surveillance Records of Black Activists

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|Date: March 22, 2019
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ACLU Sues over Surveillance Records of Black Activists

By Nusrat Choudhury and Malkia Cyril At a time when violence by white supremacists is on the rise, the FB ...

By Nusrat Choudhury and Malkia Cyril At a time when violence by white supremacists is on the rise, the FBI appears to be targeting Black people in a secret intelligence program concerning so-called “B ...

March 22, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Downtown Entreats Council to Reject Parking Meters

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|Date: March 21, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Downtown Entreats Council to Reject Parking Meters

by Dan Urazandi The history of paid parking in Davis has unfolded outside my store window. From here, the ...

by Dan Urazandi The history of paid parking in Davis has unfolded outside my store window. From here, the center of downtown and the maelstrom of the debate on paid parking, I can see the cause of par ...

March 21, 2019
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Will Colorado Be the Next State to Abolish the Death Penalty?

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|Date: March 21, 2019
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Will Colorado Be the Next State to Abolish the Death Penalty?

By Denise Maes and Helen Griffiths In July 2012, Coloradans were devastated by the now-infamous murder of ...

By Denise Maes and Helen Griffiths In July 2012, Coloradans were devastated by the now-infamous murder of 12 moviegoers in the town of Aurora. Despite the trauma and grief that crime caused, a local j ...

March 21, 2019
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Commentary: Why the Revenue Stream Idea Could Work Better Than Traditional Affordable Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 19, 2019
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Commentary: Why the Revenue Stream Idea Could Work Better Than Traditional Affordable Housing

The message coming out of the Social Services Commission two weeks ago was clear – but at the same time e ...

The message coming out of the Social Services Commission two weeks ago was clear – but at the same time extremely flawed. As one commissioner put it: “I want affordable units built in this town. The ...

March 19, 2019
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Can Prosecutors Dismiss Jurors for Agreeing with the O.J. Simpson Verdict?

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|Date: March 19, 2019
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Can Prosecutors Dismiss Jurors for Agreeing with the O.J. Simpson Verdict?

By Cassandra Stubbs Gov. Gavin Newsom’s moratorium on executions in California has highlighted the pernic ...

By Cassandra Stubbs Gov. Gavin Newsom’s moratorium on executions in California has highlighted the pernicious role race has played in who gets the death penalty in that state. In a case now awaiting r ...

March 19, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Week Out, Perhaps Signs of Possible Ways to Compromise on Paid Parking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 18, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Week Out, Perhaps Signs of Possible Ways to Compromise on Paid Parking

We are a week a way from the continuation of the March 5 meeting on paid parking – the new meeting will b ...

We are a week a way from the continuation of the March 5 meeting on paid parking – the new meeting will be held as a continuation on Monday, March 25, at 6:30 pm. A key question will be whether a com ...

March 18, 2019
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