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Sunday Commentary: Understanding Davis’ Racial and Ethnic Breakdown and What We Can Do

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2018
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Sunday Commentary: Understanding Davis’ Racial and Ethnic Breakdown and What We Can Do

Earlier last week on the Vanguard we had a prolonged discussion of the racial and ethnic breakdown of Dav ...

Earlier last week on the Vanguard we had a prolonged discussion of the racial and ethnic breakdown of Davis. Once we were able to see the proper Davis, it was clear that Davis is not just whiter than ...

September 16, 2018
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Commentary: Getting to the Root of Davis’ Longstanding Problem with Race

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2018
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Commentary: Getting to the Root of Davis’ Longstanding Problem with Race

This past year I read the book, The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein. He writes about a forgotten hist ...

This past year I read the book, The Color of Law, by Richard Rothstein. He writes about a forgotten history of how the government segregated America. The two most striking things about the book are ...

September 11, 2018
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More Than 60 Years after His Brutal Murder, Emmett Till Deserves Justice

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|Date: August 30, 2018
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More Than 60 Years after His Brutal Murder, Emmett Till Deserves Justice

By Dennis Parker Sixty-three years ago, Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley made the unbearably painful decision ...

By Dennis Parker Sixty-three years ago, Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley made the unbearably painful decision to have an open coffin funeral for her 14-year-old son Emmett. On Aug. 28, 1955, Emmett was tor ...

August 30, 2018
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How Black Lives Matter Changed the Way Americans Fight for Freedom

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|Date: July 16, 2018
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How Black Lives Matter Changed the Way Americans Fight for Freedom

By Frank Leon Roberts Freedom fighters around the globe commemorate July 13 as the day that three Black w ...

By Frank Leon Roberts Freedom fighters around the globe commemorate July 13 as the day that three Black women gave birth to a movement. In the five short years since #Black LivesMatter arrived on the ...

July 16, 2018
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Supreme Court’s Disingenuous Funeral Ceremony for Korematsu

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|Date: July 15, 2018
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Supreme Court’s Disingenuous Funeral Ceremony for Korematsu

By Carl Takei Over Independence Day weekend, I joined hundreds of fellow Japanese-Americans at the Tule L ...

By Carl Takei Over Independence Day weekend, I joined hundreds of fellow Japanese-Americans at the Tule Lake Pilgrimage. Held on the site of the Tule Lake Segregation Center, this pilgrimage offers a ...

July 15, 2018
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Masterpiece Supreme Court Decision: The Bakery Wins the Battle but Loses the War

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|Date: June 05, 2018
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Masterpiece Supreme Court Decision: The Bakery Wins the Battle but Loses the War

By James Esseks In the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled for a bakery that had ...

By James Esseks In the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled for a bakery that had refused to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple. It did so on grounds that are specific to ...

June 05, 2018
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Can Schools Discipline Students for Protesting?

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|Date: February 23, 2018
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Can Schools Discipline Students for Protesting?

By Vera Eidelman Students around the country are turning last week’s heartbreaking school shooting in Par ...

By Vera Eidelman Students around the country are turning last week’s heartbreaking school shooting in Parkland, Florida, into an inspiring and exemplary push for legislative change. In the last few da ...

February 23, 2018
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Justice Department Continues to Roll Back Civil Rights Protections

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|Date: November 21, 2017
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Justice Department Continues to Roll Back Civil Rights Protections

By Jesselyn McCurdy On Friday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions strongly hinted that he isn’t done trying t ...

By Jesselyn McCurdy On Friday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions strongly hinted that he isn’t done trying to roll back the civil rights gains made during the Obama administration. In a speech before the ...

November 21, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Imam Controversy Not Going Away

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Imam Controversy Not Going Away

I don’t know what the plan is and perhaps there is a lot going on behind the scenes, but what I can tell ...

I don’t know what the plan is and perhaps there is a lot going on behind the scenes, but what I can tell you right now is that it does not appear that the Imam controversy is going away any time soon. ...

August 28, 2017
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Unity Rally Brings Out Hundreds in Davis to Speak Out against Hate and President’s Comments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 17, 2017
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Unity Rally Brings Out Hundreds in Davis to Speak Out against Hate and President’s Comments

A Unity Rally on Wednesday evening at Central Park brought out several hundred people and saw headline sp ...

A Unity Rally on Wednesday evening at Central Park brought out several hundred people and saw headline speakers including Mayor Robb Davis, Congressman John Garamendi, and UC Davis’ new Chancellor Gar ...

August 17, 2017
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The Nature of Violence

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|Date: August 13, 2017
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The Nature of Violence

By Connor Gorman When most people think of violence they tend to picture physical confrontation, weapons, ...

By Connor Gorman When most people think of violence they tend to picture physical confrontation, weapons, assault, etc. but what doesn’t typically come to mind are such things as PTSD, homelessness, a ...

August 13, 2017
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Being Black in Davis Is Not a Picnic

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|Date: August 05, 2017
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Being Black in Davis Is Not a Picnic

“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride to ...

“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderat ...

August 05, 2017
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Officer Pleads Guilty in the South Carolina Death of Walter Scott

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2017
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Officer Pleads Guilty in the South Carolina Death of Walter Scott

Back in December, a Charleston jury deadlocked in the case of Michael Slager, who shot and killed Walter ...

Back in December, a Charleston jury deadlocked in the case of Michael Slager, who shot and killed Walter Scott. The jury hung 11-1 for guilt, forcing the mistrial. The case happened on April 4, 2015, ...

May 03, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Holding on to Evolution

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|Date: February 24, 2017
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Guest Commentary: Holding on to Evolution

By Gloria Partida The concept of human universal fears is beautifully demonstrated in our dreams. Across ...

By Gloria Partida The concept of human universal fears is beautifully demonstrated in our dreams. Across all boundaries the fear of falling, not being able to run, and public humiliation have manifest ...

February 24, 2017
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Guest Commentary: We Can Stop History from Repeating Itself

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|Date: February 21, 2017
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Guest Commentary: We Can Stop History from Repeating Itself

By Anupam Chander and Madhavi Sunder Two months after Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin ...

By Anupam Chander and Madhavi Sunder Two months after Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the creation of “military areas,” where any categories of persons coul ...

February 21, 2017
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Commentary: Independent Oversight of Police Needed in Taser Case

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 15, 2017
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Commentary: Independent Oversight of Police Needed in Taser Case

The hardest part of my job is to sit down with family members after the loss of their loved one and try t ...

The hardest part of my job is to sit down with family members after the loss of their loved one and try to ask questions to figure out what happened. That was what I was faced with when the mother, f ...

February 15, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Dawn of a New Era

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 23, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Dawn of a New Era

Starting on Friday and continuing over the weekend, millions of people came out to protest the new Trump ...

Starting on Friday and continuing over the weekend, millions of people came out to protest the new Trump presidency. While some have called this a historic moment – and in some ways it is – I am real ...

January 23, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Dr. King, Not Just a Holiday Remembrance

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|Date: January 18, 2017
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Dr. King, Not Just a Holiday Remembrance

“An individual has not started living fully until they can rise above the narrow confines of individualis ...

“An individual has not started living fully until they can rise above the narrow confines of individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of humanity….Every person must decide, at some point, whet ...

January 18, 2017
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Burris Receives Civil Rights Leadership Award from Legislative Black Caucus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 13, 2017
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Burris Receives Civil Rights Leadership Award from Legislative Black Caucus

On Thursday, the California Legislative Black Caucus held their annual Martin Luther King Breakfast to ho ...

On Thursday, the California Legislative Black Caucus held their annual Martin Luther King Breakfast to honor the legacy of Dr. King and the relentless commitment to community service in the black comm ...

January 13, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Justice Watch: Governor’s Budget Proposal; Court Overturns Grand Jury Prohibition in Police Shootings

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 11, 2017
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Justice Watch: Governor’s Budget Proposal; Court Overturns Grand Jury Prohibition in Police Shootings

ACLU on Gov.’s Budget Proposal: Off to Good Start to Protect California’s Most Vulnerable The governor’s ...

ACLU on Gov.’s Budget Proposal: Off to Good Start to Protect California’s Most Vulnerable The governor’s proposed budget would end license suspensions for failure to pay and provide funding for legal ...

January 11, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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