Rowenna Davis is a journalist and former Labour councillor
July 2015
Trust the people – my message to the next Labour leader
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As a defeated Labour candidate in a marginal seat, I saw first-hand how many people no longer felt welcome in the party. We need to build a sense of hope and optimism about the future
September 2014
Derby Road doesn’t want to be the immigration version of Benefits Street
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Rowenna Davis: Our community is the location for a second Channel 4 series. But immigration isn’t about entertainment. We don’t want this
February 2014
What is the real motive behind individual voter registration?
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Rowenna Davis: Conservative party proposals to make each household member register will further alienate those unlikely to vote for them
September 2013
Hampstead School's 'anarchist' blogger should not face censure
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Rowenna Davis: A headteacher's decision to report 19-year-old Kinnan Zaloom to police for a blog critical of the school stifles free thought
March 2013
You told us
Dangerous dogs policy in the wake of the terrible death of Jade Anderson
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Iraq war: 10 years on
How an anti-Iraq war handprint protest helped politicise our generation
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February 2013
Don't knock Peckham, easyJet – we're more like Paris than you'd think
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Rowenna Davis: Stelios, come to Peckham and you'll see a proud, hardworking community battling against tired old stereotypes
January 2013
Labour neglected its grassroots. But the 'ground game' is back
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Rowenna Davis: Arnie Graf has been brought in to change Labour's top-down culture – the American's approach is badly needed by the party
November 2012
Arnie Graf: The man Ed Miliband asked to rebuild Labour
'Who's Ed Miliband?' the Chicago activist asked when he was invited to carry out a radical overhaul of the Labour party. But he took the job anyway ...
August 2012
What's the alternative?
Jobseekers need a touch of humanity to stay afloat
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Rowenna Davis: What's the alternative?: Instead of linking a single person with the state, a new system helps jobseekers connect with the community
July 2012
Reducing gambling regulation will ruin more lives
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Rowenna Davis: MPs are wrong to suggest easing restrictions on an industry already causing massive damage to our communities
June 2012
One girl's school dinners campaign is enough to give us all hope
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Rowenna Davis: News that Martha Payne's local council has lifted its ban on her photographing her meals shows children can make a difference
May 2012
Why the Chinese community is a dead cert for bookies
The growing number of bookmakers' shops is compounding gambling problems in Chinatown, says campaigners
October 2011
Are Britain's art schools in crisis, as fees stifle a creative generation?
Fear of debt and not getting a job hits applicants for art and design courses
Stephen Fry leads celebrities in campaign to save Cromer's crab factory
Matthew Pinsent and Alan Titchmarsh rally to small Norfolk town's revolt against job losses
How an email hacker ruined my life and then tried to sell it back to me
Rowenna Davis tells how her identity was held hostage by an email hacker who wanted £500 to let her back into her account – and explains how it felt worse than daylight robbery
September 2011
Public Leaders viewpoint
Beware of the law when it comes to dangerous dogs
Campaigners say the Dangerous Dogs Act is 'irrational' and want the legislation to be changed. Rowenna Davis reports on a recent debate
Glasman agonised over which Miliband to support in Labour leadership contest
Blue Labour thinker was pressured by brothers to come down on one side or the other, but found he clicked better with Ed
Lord Glasman, the Blue Labour thinker who crosses party's red lines
Extracts from a new book describe how a near-destitute academic became a peer with a hotline to Ed Miliband
August 2011
UK riots: police won the battle, but a community will win the war
Southwark borough councillor Rowenna Davis says the riots revealed the truly ugly side to society, but in the same night we also saw the best of it
