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### [Remembering Ken Draper: CityWatch and Transparency Are his Legacy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12)

August 07 2025

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### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398)

August 03 2026

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### [Be Prepared to Protect Our Democracy in November From a Trumpian Plot](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9)

August 13 2026

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### [Nithya Raman Loses the Homelessness Gavel — Her Record Explains Why](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396)

August 10 2026

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 Written by Harvey Wasserman on April 27 2020. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

##  [ News Networks Must Provide Equal Time to Rebut Trump’s Daily Campaign Events ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19682:news-networks-must-provide-equal-time-to-rebut-trump-s-daily-campaign-events&catid=9)

These chaotic, embarrassing, deeply disturbing displays of presidential dishonesty and incompetence define Trump’s “state of the pandemic” addresses. They demand a regular immediate rebuttal. Some networks have considered suspendin…

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- [Long Before the Coronavirus, Anthropologist Edward T. Hall Researched the Phenomenon of Social Distancing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19581:long-before-the-coronavirus-anthropologist-edward-t-hall-researched-the-phenomenon-of-social-distancing&catid=9)

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## [The Next Coronavirus Bill Must Protect the at Risk 2020 Election](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19621:the-next-coronavirus-bill-must-protect-the-at-risk-2020-election&catid=9)

Unless, that is, Congress steps in to ensure we can vote by mail. If you’re curious what the worst case scenario is, look no further than Wisconsin, where a gerrymandered GOP legislature forced voters to the polls over the orders of the…

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Written by Elana Rabinowitz on April 16 2020.

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Written by Wim Laven on April 16 2020.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on April 09 2020.

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Written by Lois Gibbs on April 09 2020.

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Written by Sam Ben-Meir on April 09 2020.

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Written by Martina Moneke on April 06 2020.

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Written by Michael T. Klare on April 02 2020.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 02 2020.

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Written by Brian Wakamo on March 30 2020.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on March 30 2020.

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Written by Jim Hightower on March 26 2020.

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Written by Joel Segal and Harvey Wasserman on March 26 2020.

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Written by Unmair Haque on March 09 2020.

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Written by Norman Solomon on March 05 2020.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on February 27 2020.

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Written by Umair Haque on February 24 2020.

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