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Walter Scott’s Killing Is a Direct Result of the Current State of Policing in America Today

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|Date: April 10, 2015
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Walter Scott’s Killing Is a Direct Result of the Current State of Policing in America Today

By Ezekiel Edwards It’s déjà vu. And it’s also a nightmare. Police gunning down unarmed black men and boy ...

By Ezekiel Edwards It’s déjà vu. And it’s also a nightmare. Police gunning down unarmed black men and boys is an American horror film that keeps getting replayed. Except that it isn’t a movie you can ...

April 10, 2015
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Jim Crow in San Francisco

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2015
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Jim Crow in San Francisco

By Peter Santina As a deputy public defender in San Francisco, I am not shocked at the revelation there i ...

By Peter Santina As a deputy public defender in San Francisco, I am not shocked at the revelation there is a white-power network within the Police Department. “All n—–s must f—– hang,” one veteran SFP ...

March 24, 2015
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Commentary: Ferguson’s City Manager Resigns, But It Really Makes You Wonder

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 11, 2015
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Commentary: Ferguson’s City Manager Resigns, But It Really Makes You Wonder

I strangely find myself hearkening back to one of my favorite adolescent movies, Pump Up the Volume. It’s ...

I strangely find myself hearkening back to one of my favorite adolescent movies, Pump Up the Volume. It’s a movie about a loner who – alone and disaffected in the days prior to the internet – starts a ...

March 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Doth Protest Too Much About Racism

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 07, 2015
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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 Hamlet. However ...

"The lady doth protest too much, methinks" was originally a quote in Act III, Scene II of Hamlet. However, it has become part of modern usage to suggest that a person’s overly frequent and vehement ef ...

March 07, 2015
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Justice Department Will Exonerate Wilson, But Hammer Ferguson Police for Biased Policing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2015
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Justice Department Will Exonerate Wilson, But Hammer Ferguson Police for Biased Policing

Though the report is not yet finalized, the New York Times is saying that the Justice Department has near ...

Though the report is not yet finalized, the New York Times is saying that the Justice Department has nearly completed a report, highly critical of police in Ferguson for “making discriminatory traffic ...

March 03, 2015
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Community Once Again Breaks the Silence of Racism and Other Indignities

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 01, 2015
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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 occurred ...

While the third annual Breaking the Silence of Racism event did not come close to matching what occurred in 2012 when 200 people packed Davis Community Chambers, the crowd on Saturday, closer to 60, s ...

March 01, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: The End of Fair Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 25, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: The End of Fair Housing?

This week marked what would have been Martin Luther King’s 85th birthday, had he not been shot and killed ...

This week marked what would have been Martin Luther King’s 85th birthday, had he not been shot and killed nearly 47 years ago. Locally that meant the Reverend Tim Malone delivering a heart-wrenching a ...

January 25, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Mass Incarceration Is One of the Most Pressing Civil Rights Issues Today

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|Date: January 24, 2015
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Mass Incarceration Is One of the Most Pressing Civil Rights Issues Today

The disproportionate incarceration rate of minorities in general, and blacks in particular, is one of the ...

The disproportionate incarceration rate of minorities in general, and blacks in particular, is one of the most pressing civil rights issues of our time. A new EPI report argues that the United States ...

January 24, 2015
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At a Movie Comedy, A Tragedy Unfolded

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2015
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At a Movie Comedy, A Tragedy Unfolded

By Gloria Partida along with the boards of Team Davis and Davis Phoenix Coalition The merits and evils of ...

By Gloria Partida along with the boards of Team Davis and Davis Phoenix Coalition The merits and evils of Facebook will undoubtedly be debated from many perspectives for many years. Recently, this sni ...

January 12, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Violence is Not the Answer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 21, 2014
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Sunday Commentary: Violence is Not the Answer

"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields i ...

"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals." – Martin Luther King, Jr. The nation was horrified to learn that ...

December 21, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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An Open Letter to the UC Davis Community: Black Lives Matter

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|Date: December 18, 2014
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An Open Letter to the UC Davis Community: Black Lives Matter

We are calling on all members of the UC Davis community. The recent murders of Black people and the subse ...

We are calling on all members of the UC Davis community. The recent murders of Black people and the subsequent lack of justice served to their killers, which has been widely publicized within media an ...

December 18, 2014
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What’s in a Name?

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|Date: November 13, 2014
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What’s in a Name?

By Kayla Koenigshof It started with a vigil for Trayvon Martin. At some point the evening shifted into a ...

By Kayla Koenigshof It started with a vigil for Trayvon Martin. At some point the evening shifted into a discussion of the value of the lives of young men in America with black and brown skin. We list ...

November 13, 2014
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Davis City Council Unanimously Reaffirms Its Sanctuary Status

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 06, 2014
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Davis City Council Unanimously Reaffirms Its Sanctuary Status

On Wednesday night the Davis City Council reaffirmed its status as a sanctuary city. The resolution noted ...

On Wednesday night the Davis City Council reaffirmed its status as a sanctuary city. The resolution noted that “undocumented immigrants are victims of abuses related to work, housing, and access to ba ...

November 06, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Celebrating the Life of Gay Powers

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 26, 2014
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Celebrating the Life of Gay Powers

Gay Havens-Monteagle Powers, 1946 - 2014 Gay Havens-Monteagle Powers, 68, died, following a long and cour ...

Gay Havens-Monteagle Powers, 1946 - 2014 Gay Havens-Monteagle Powers, 68, died, following a long and courageous battle with cancer, on August 13, 2014 in Davis, CA. An artist in every sense of the wor ...

September 26, 2014
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Special Commentary: The Role of White America in Ending Racism

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2014
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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 a ...

Emerging out of the Ferguson, Missouri, situation has been a community discussion, not just of policing and the militarization of police, but also once again a necessary discussion of racism. Unfortun ...

September 01, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Restoring Faith in Humanity in Ferguson

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 26, 2014
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Restoring Faith in Humanity in Ferguson

In the last several weeks we have seen in many cases the worst of humanity. Anger has poured out of Fergu ...

In the last several weeks we have seen in many cases the worst of humanity. Anger has poured out of Ferguson – anger in the streets of Ferguson, distrust in the handling of the situation by police and ...

August 26, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Why We Named A Davis School After Fred Korematsu

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 28, 2014
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Why We Named A Davis School After Fred Korematsu

by Madhavi Sunder This is a story about an effort I was privileged to participate in to use the opportuni ...

by Madhavi Sunder This is a story about an effort I was privileged to participate in to use the opportunity of naming a new elementary school in Davis, California, as a teaching moment. The passage of ...

June 28, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Racist Cartoon Draws a Stir

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 25, 2014
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Racist Cartoon Draws a Stir

A cartoon published in the Davis Enterprise that seems to depict border guards in a flood of babies dress ...

A cartoon published in the Davis Enterprise that seems to depict border guards in a flood of babies dressed as what would seem to be immigrants wearing sombreros has drawn complaints from Davis Enterp ...

June 25, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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City Council to Honor Four Recipients of Thong Hy Huynh Awards

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 13, 2014
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City Council to Honor Four Recipients of Thong Hy Huynh Awards

(from city of Davis Press Release) Recipients in four categories have been selected to receive Thong Hy H ...

(from city of Davis Press Release) Recipients in four categories have been selected to receive Thong Hy Huynh awards recognizing significant contributions in addressing, improving and/or resolving civ ...

May 13, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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An Appeal For Civility

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: March 01, 2014
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An Appeal For Civility

by Matt Williams In her Sunday Special to the Enterprise Nancy Peterson covers a lot of ground, but one p ...

by Matt Williams In her Sunday Special to the Enterprise Nancy Peterson covers a lot of ground, but one passage of her column really resonated for me. The blog-fest is another topic entirely. My child ...

March 01, 2014
| by Matt Williams

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