Vicki Larson
Marin IJ
California, United States
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Vicki Larson: Evidently, we can’t all get along
Rodney King famously asked after his beating by the Los Angeles police in 1991 lead to massive riots, "Can we all get along?" Given all the hatred in the world right now, I'm not sure we can. → Read More
Vicki Larson: The holidays may no longer be the most wonderful time of the year
Our beloved holiday traditions are helping to kill our planet. → Read More
Vicki Larson: When your child falls far from the tree
Parenting is never easy, and the pandemic has made it more challenging than ever. Parenting a child with a rare disease or special needs adds an extra layer of financial, emotional and often physical stress. And there are few if any safety nets for those parents and their children. → Read More
Vicki Larson: You can’t ‘pro’ your way out of being ‘anti’ something
Anti-vax and anti-mask mandate candidates running in Marin this November should own what they are. → Read More
Vicki Larson: The problem with being White during COVID
A disturbing new study indicates what I was observing the past two-plus years in the county, which is more than 80% White -- once White people discovered that COVID was more likely to sicken and kill people of color than White people, they became indifferent. → Read More
Vicki Larson: Affordable housing, a great way to stick it to Putin
Imagine if low-income people could afford to live closer to their workplace, maybe even a walkable or bikeable distance. Imagine what that would do for everyone's quality of life ... and for our planet. → Read More
Vicki Larson: What real oppression and real freedom look like
You’re not being oppressed if you have to wear a mask or get vaccinated to enter a business or school, or to stay employed. → Read More
Vicki Larson: Marin’s marijuana desires are still just a pipe dream
If Marin overwhelmingly supported making pot legal then it doesn’t make much sense to make it nearly impossible to buy. → Read More
Six-word stories: Tell the IJ a short tale about when your heart was broken
The red and green we saw everywhere throughout the holiday season has made way for the colors of a different “holiday,” Valentine’s Day, which keeps the red but ditches the green and replaces it wi… → Read More
Vicki Larson: Goodbye, racist single-family housing; I won’t miss you
Even if we are curious enough to understand and acknowledge how single-family housing zoning has hurt many in our county, nothing will change if we don't actually work toward welcoming multi-housing units into our neighborhoods. → Read More
Vicki Larson: This is my opinion on Marin’s anti-vaxxers; yours may differ
I don’t hate the unvaccinated; I’m exhausted by them, and so are many others. → Read More
Unvaccinated? You’re not welcome in Marin
The more unvaccinated people in a community, the more virus transmission, experts say, and more virus transmission leads to more sickness. → Read More
A new year brings new resolutions for Marin
We’re in the final days of 2021 -- a hard year that followed a hard year, and with the omicron variant looming, 2022 isn't looking all that much easier. We're going t need each other more than ever. → Read More
When kids aren’t the problem, but the parents are
What is a parent supposed to do if the loss of 10 days of income to stay home with a sick child means they can't afford food, or heat, or rent, or transportation to get to and from work, or all of that and much more? → Read More
What I’ll be thinking about this Thanksgiving. – Marin Independent Journal
I have been accused of being negative about Marin in this column, and I'll admit that sometimes I am -- not because I don't like it here, but because I love my county and I want it to be better for everyone, not just the White and the wealthy. → Read More
Remember Marin, rock can never die
We were promised it can never die (thanks, Neil Young) but it seems to be on life support in Marin. → Read More
Berkeley’s Savala Nolan explores ‘in-between’ life in book on race, gender, body
Savala Nolan, director of UC Berkeley’s Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, writes on race, gender and body image. → Read More
Berkeley’s Savala Nolan explores ‘in-between’ life in book on race, gender, body
Savala Nolan, director of UC Berkeley’s Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, writes on race, gender and body image. → Read More
Who gets to tell Marin’s history?
Americans have been very good at ignoring and dismissing our brutal history. Marin has wrestled with that in recent years. And now Mill Valley is about celebrate its storied past with a handful of historical signs scattered around the city. Will tthe signs tell the truth? → Read More
Marin paved paradise and put up a parking lot; let’s bring paradise back
If the ultimate goal is to get us to rely less on our fossil-fuel-burning cars -- and it's clear we must -- then we need to stop making it so easy to use them → Read More