#  IMPORTANT READS

   ##  [ I Have A Proposal for Barack Obama](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20789-i-have-a-proposal-for-barack-obama "I Have A Proposal for Barack Obama")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 23 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/095p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20789-i-have-a-proposal-for-barack-obama)

**VIEW FROM HERE**--With President-elect Biden set to enter the White House next January, a question many people are asking is how best to use President Obama in the next administration?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20789-i-have-a-proposal-for-barack-obama)

   ##  [ The Brat](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20774-the-brat "The Brat")

      Details    Tom H. Hastings    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 19 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/094h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20774-the-brat)

**POST ELECTION BLUES**-No! No concede! Won’t! Won’t, won’t, won’t!

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20774-the-brat)

   ##  [ The Animal Rights Movement is Getting Bolder, Thanks to Direct Action Everywhere](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20772-the-animal-rights-movement-is-getting-bolder-thanks-to-direct-action-everywhere "The Animal Rights Movement is Getting Bolder, Thanks to Direct Action Everywhere")

      Details    Cassie King    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 19 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/094i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20772-the-animal-rights-movement-is-getting-bolder-thanks-to-direct-action-everywhere)

**GUEST WORDS**-Oppressive institutions routinely paint activists as “extremists.” This tells the public to fear change and helps those in power to maintain the status quo.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20772-the-animal-rights-movement-is-getting-bolder-thanks-to-direct-action-everywhere)

   ##  [ The Danger to Our Democracy Is the Republican Party](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20769-the-danger-to-our-democracy-is-the-republican-party "The Danger to Our Democracy Is the Republican Party")

      Details    Alon Ben-Meir    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 19 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/094g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20769-the-danger-to-our-democracy-is-the-republican-party)

**WORLD WATCH**-While I cheer Biden’s victory in the presidential election, I lament the state of the union Trump is leaving behind.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20769-the-danger-to-our-democracy-is-the-republican-party)

   ##  [ What is a Concerned Person to Do?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20751-what-is-a-concerned-person-to-do "What is a Concerned Person to Do?")

      Details    Marc Pilisuk    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 16 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/093f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20751-what-is-a-concerned-person-to-do)

**MAKING SENSE OUT OF CHAOS**-Students and friends sometimes ask me what can be done in the face of the flood of despairing news of the day.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20751-what-is-a-concerned-person-to-do)

   ##  [ Biden Won. But Has Trump Broken America?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20750-biden-won-but-has-trump-broken-america "Biden Won. But Has Trump Broken America?")

      Details    Umair Haque    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 16 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/093o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20750-biden-won-but-has-trump-broken-america)

**POST-ELECTION VIEW**-Biden won — so Trump seems to be attempting a coup. And meanwhile, this election has revealed just how bitterly, painfully divided America really is.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20750-biden-won-but-has-trump-broken-america)

   ##  [ Responsibility Post Trump](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20749-responsibility-post-trump "Responsibility Post Trump")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 16 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/093h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20749-responsibility-post-trump)

**VIEW FROM HERE**-I was texting with my sister the other day, and President Trump was set to make a public announcement for the first time since he lost the election.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20749-responsibility-post-trump)

   ##  [ Biden Rushes in Where Clinton Failed to Tread - The Return of the Goldilocks Apocalypse](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20748-biden-rushes-in-where-clinton-failed-to-tread-the-return-of-the-goldilocks-apocalypse "Biden Rushes in Where Clinton Failed to Tread - The Return of the Goldilocks Apocalypse")

      Details    John Feffer    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 16 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/093p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20748-biden-rushes-in-where-clinton-failed-to-tread-the-return-of-the-goldilocks-apocalypse)

**COMMENTARY**-Imagine for a moment that Hillary Clinton had won the presidential election in 2016.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20748-biden-rushes-in-where-clinton-failed-to-tread-the-return-of-the-goldilocks-apocalypse)

   ##  [ The Biden Mandate Won’t Go Away](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20739-the-biden-mandate-won-t-go-away "The Biden Mandate Won’t Go Away")

      Details    Robert C. Koehler    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 12 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/092r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20739-the-biden-mandate-won-t-go-away)

**PERSPECTIVE**--And now . . . what?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20739-the-biden-mandate-won-t-go-away)

   ##  [ Election is Far from Over](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20731-election-is-far-from-over "Election is Far from Over")

      Details    Umair Haque    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 12 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/092o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20731-election-is-far-from-over)

**ELECTORAL UNCERTAINTY**-**There are less than ten days to go now.** It’s the most crucial election in American history.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20731-election-is-far-from-over)

   ##  [ Low-Income Voters Showed Up for Biden. Now They Need Relief.](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20730-low-income-voters-showed-up-for-biden-now-they-need-relief "Low-Income Voters Showed Up for Biden. Now They Need Relief.")

      Details    Sarah Anderson & Margot Rathke    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 12 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/092j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20730-low-income-voters-showed-up-for-biden-now-they-need-relief)

**ELECTION PAYOFF**--Joe Biden is headed to the White House, and he has low-income voters to thank.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20730-low-income-voters-showed-up-for-biden-now-they-need-relief)

   ##  [ The Left Still Doesn’t Understand Trump’s Appeal](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20729-the-left-still-doesn-t-understand-trump-s-appeal "The Left Still Doesn’t Understand Trump’s Appeal")

      Details    Steve QT    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 12 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/092g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20729-the-left-still-doesn-t-understand-trump-s-appeal)

**ANALYSIS**--As I watch America wrestle with the task of un-electing an orange-tinted ball of insecurity and pettiness, I’m trying to figure out how to sum up my feelings in a way that does more than express frustration and/or despair.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20729-the-left-still-doesn-t-understand-trump-s-appeal)

   ##  [ Concede and Get the Hell Out: Anger Grows as Trump Refuses to Admit Defeat](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20720-concede-and-get-the-hell-out-anger-grows-as-trump-refuses-to-admit-defeat "Concede and Get the Hell Out: Anger Grows as Trump Refuses to Admit Defeat")

      Details    John Queally    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 09 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/091p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20720-concede-and-get-the-hell-out-anger-grows-as-trump-refuses-to-admit-defeat)

**ELECTION 2020, CONTINUED**---Mixing with the [jubilation shared by tens of millions across the U.S.](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/07/jubilant-celebrations-outside-trump-white-house-nationwide-after-bidenharris-victory) and [the world](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/08/great-news-progressives-around-world-international-applause-after-us-voters-fire) generated by President-elect Joe Biden's declared victory this weekend,

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20720-concede-and-get-the-hell-out-anger-grows-as-trump-refuses-to-admit-defeat)

   ##  [ The Pandemic Has Been a Bonanza for the Rich](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20702-the-pandemic-has-been-a-bonanza-for-the-rich "The Pandemic Has Been a Bonanza for the Rich")

      Details    Jim Hightower    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 05 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/090i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20702-the-pandemic-has-been-a-bonanza-for-the-rich)

**CORONA WATCH**-Let’s say you’re a millionaire. That’s a lot of money, right? Now let’s say you’re a billionaire. That’s a lot more money! But how much more?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20702-the-pandemic-has-been-a-bonanza-for-the-rich)

   ##  [ Why Did So Many Americans Vote for Trump? Sociologists Know the Answer](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20695-why-did-so-many-americans-vote-for-trump-sociologists-know-the-answer "Why Did So Many Americans Vote for Trump? Sociologists Know the Answer")

      Details    Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 05 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/090e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20695-why-did-so-many-americans-vote-for-trump-sociologists-know-the-answer)

**THE ELECTION, WHAT HAPPENED?** During the late 1940s, researchers, led by Theodor Adorno, studied the historical conditions that paved the way for the rise of fascist regimes in the 1920s and 1930s, World War II, and the Holocaust.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20695-why-did-so-many-americans-vote-for-trump-sociologists-know-the-answer)

   ##  [ 2020 Election Winner: Progressivism](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20693-2020-election-winner-progressivism "2020 Election Winner: Progressivism")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 05 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/090s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20693-2020-election-winner-progressivism)

**VIEW FROM HERE**--Who knows what will happen over the next couple of days.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20693-2020-election-winner-progressivism)

   ##  [ Sixty Days of Chaos Will Follow Election Day](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20692-sixty-days-of-chaos-will-follow-election-day "Sixty Days of Chaos Will Follow Election Day")

      Details    John Dean    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 05 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/090j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20692-sixty-days-of-chaos-will-follow-election-day)

**POST ELECTION 2020**-“It ain’t over til it’s over,” said [Yogi Berra](https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34324865), but the widening lead for Joe Biden in recent polls suggests it might not be too early to start thinking about what to expect in the 78 days from November 3 to January 3.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20692-sixty-days-of-chaos-will-follow-election-day)

   ##  [ Boomers Sense Big Changes in Store for America](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20679-boomers-sense-big-changes-in-store-for-america "Boomers Sense Big Changes in Store for America")

      Details    Vic Napier    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 02 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/89p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20679-boomers-sense-big-changes-in-store-for-america)

**GUEST WORDS**--Momentous change is in the air.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20679-boomers-sense-big-changes-in-store-for-america)

   ##  [ Election Night is Just the Beginning: Americans Need to Take Back All of Their Democracy](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20671-election-night-is-just-the-beginning-americans-need-to-take-back-all-of-their-democracy "Election Night is Just the Beginning: Americans Need to Take Back All of Their Democracy")

      Details    Umair Haque    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 02 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/89c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20671-election-night-is-just-the-beginning-americans-need-to-take-back-all-of-their-democracy)

**ELECTION 2020**-I have some good news — or at least some slightly better news — and I have some bad news.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20671-election-night-is-just-the-beginning-americans-need-to-take-back-all-of-their-democracy)

   ##  [ I Want My American Dream Back](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20670-i-want-my-american-dream-back "I Want My American Dream Back")

      Details    Alon Ben-Meir    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 02 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/89k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20670-i-want-my-american-dream-back)

**WORLD WATCH**--As a little Jewish boy in the streets of Baghdad I was looked upon by Arab boys my age as inferior.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20670-i-want-my-american-dream-back)

   ##  [ Dumping Fukushima’s Water into the Ocean. . .Seriously?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20667-dumping-fukushima-s-water-into-the-ocean-seriously "Dumping Fukushima’s Water into the Ocean. . .Seriously?")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 02 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/89n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20667-dumping-fukushima-s-water-into-the-ocean-seriously)

**CLIMATE POLITICS**-For nearly a decade the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has been streaming radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20667-dumping-fukushima-s-water-into-the-ocean-seriously)

1. [ Trump in a Nutshell: They Came for the Covid, But Stayed for the Hypothermia](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20650-trump-in-a-nutshell-they-came-for-the-covid-but-stayed-for-the-hypothermia)
2. [ Hubris Unending](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20642-hubris-unending)
3. [ We Need to Reconsider Packing the Court](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20635-we-need-to-reconsider-packing-the-court)
4. [ Former President Obama: Ten Ironies](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20631-former-president-obama-ten-ironies)
5. [ Trump to Seniors: Drop Dead](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20613-trump-to-seniors-drop-dead)
6. [ A Rude Awakening is Coming for Trump and His Supporters](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20611-a-rude-awakening-is-coming-for-trump-and-his-supporters)
7. [ Two White Men](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20610-two-white-men)
8. [ In the Name of Humanity: I Am My Mother's Savage Daughter](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20596-in-the-name-of-humanity-i-am-my-mother-s-savage-daughter)
9. [ As American as Apple Pie: David Perdue's Racist Attack on Kamala Harris](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20595-as-american-as-apple-pie-david-perdue-s-racist-attack-on-kamala-harris)
10. [ It’s Time to Nationalize Social Media and Big Tech](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20576-it-s-time-to-nationalize-social-media-and-big-tech)

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