##  In the News

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### [Democrats Finally Tell Iowa and New Hampshire: You Don’t Go First Anymore](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33229:democrats-finally-tell-iowa-and-new-hampshire-you-dont-go-first-anymore&catid=395)

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### [A Prisoner, A Peacemaker, and Israel’s Defining Choice](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33231:a-prisoner-a-peacemaker-and-israels-defining-choice&catid=375)

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### [LAUSD Demolishes Closed Schools, Wasting Public Assets and Community Hopes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33228:lausd-demolishes-closed-schools-wasting-public-assets-and-community-hopes&catid=312)

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### When They Go Low, the Squad Goes Bold

Written by Negin Owliaei & Sarah Anderson on July 25 2019.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18126:when-they-go-low-the-squad-goes-bold&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/059e-10edd7fc.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18099:trump-s-a-racist-but-we-knew-that-now-what&catid=9)Written by John Atcheson on July 22 2019. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Trump’s a Racist - But We Knew That. Now What?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18099:trump-s-a-racist-but-we-knew-that-now-what&catid=9)

They're doing everything they can to get the fact that Trump is a racist into the headlines and on the news. But really, didn't we already know this…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cf/058l-cfae1656.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18087:i-stand-with-ilhan-support-for-rep-omar-spirals-after-chant-from-trump-crowd&catid=9)### ['I Stand with Ilhan': Support for Rep. Omar Spirals after Chant from Trump Crowd](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18087:i-stand-with-ilhan-support-for-rep-omar-spirals-after-chant-from-trump-crowd&catid=9)

Written by Jake Johnson on July 18 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5e/054p-5e84150a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18003:albania-s-self-consuming-corruption-undermining-path-to-eu-accession&catid=9)### [Albania’s Self-Consuming Corruption Undermining Path to EU Accession](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18003:albania-s-self-consuming-corruption-undermining-path-to-eu-accession&catid=9)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir & Arbana Xharra on July 03 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/03/054b-03031242.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17999:our-immigrant-prisons-are-an-atrocity-children-are-dying&catid=9)### [Our Immigrant Prisons Are an Atrocity … Children are Dying](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17999:our-immigrant-prisons-are-an-atrocity-children-are-dying&catid=9)

Written by Lizet Ocampo on July 03 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ea/054j-eaeb34c1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17993:congress-loves-socialized-health-care-for-itself&catid=9)### [Congress Loves Socialized Health Care … For Itself](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17993:congress-loves-socialized-health-care-for-itself&catid=9)

Written by Jim Hightower on July 03 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/92/050z3-92566f90.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17908:celebrating-juneteenth-with-bold-new-ideas&catid=9)### [Celebrating Juneteenth With Bold New Ideas](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17908:celebrating-juneteenth-with-bold-new-ideas&catid=9)

Written by Jessicah Pierre on June 20 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/64/049e-64c4a4cd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17873:sorry-means-sometimes-having-to-admit-you-re-racist&catid=9)### [Sorry Means Sometimes Having to Admit You're Racist](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17873:sorry-means-sometimes-having-to-admit-you-re-racist&catid=9)

Written by Tony Norman on June 17 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3d/048t-3d89ce74.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17858:insidious-discrimination-against-the-roma-is-europe-s-shame&catid=9)### [Insidious Discrimination Against the Roma Is Europe’s Shame](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17858:insidious-discrimination-against-the-roma-is-europe-s-shame&catid=9)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra on June 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/84/048n-847409f7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17854:ordinary-workers-now-have-to-work-centuries-to-make-what-their-ceos-make-in-a-year&catid=9)### [Ordinary Workers Now Have to Work Centuries to Make What Their CEOs Make in a Year](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17854:ordinary-workers-now-have-to-work-centuries-to-make-what-their-ceos-make-in-a-year&catid=9)

Written by Jim Hightower on June 13 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ca/046u-caf8f543.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17811:celebrating-pride-mindfully&catid=9)### [Celebrating Pride, Mindfully](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17811:celebrating-pride-mindfully&catid=9)

Written by Jill Richardson on June 06 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/65/046w-654b90d1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17807:are-republicans-happier-than-democrats-because-they-have-fewer-choices&catid=9)### [Are Republicans Happier Than Democrats Because They Have Fewer Choices?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17807:are-republicans-happier-than-democrats-because-they-have-fewer-choices&catid=9)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on June 06 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/13/046m-13d0f2e4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17806:modernity-and-civilization-offer-no-shield-against-future-genocide&catid=9)### [Modernity and Civilization Offer No Shield Against Future Genocide](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17806:modernity-and-civilization-offer-no-shield-against-future-genocide&catid=9)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on June 06 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/24/046e-2486ea5c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17805:this-is-an-emergency-we-need-the-democrats-to-act-like-it&catid=9)### [This Is an Emergency. We Need the Democrats to Act Like It!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17805:this-is-an-emergency-we-need-the-democrats-to-act-like-it&catid=9)

Written by Jake Johnson on June 06 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/44/045a-44a7cb16.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17787:why-mueller-s-press-conference-in-fact-fell-flat&catid=9)### [Why Mueller’s Press Conference In Fact Fell Flat](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17787:why-mueller-s-press-conference-in-fact-fell-flat&catid=9)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on June 03 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f9/044f-f9ff2c25.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17763:putting-good-samaritans-behind-bars&catid=9)### [Putting Good Samaritans Behind Bars](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17763:putting-good-samaritans-behind-bars&catid=9)

Written by Jim Hightower on May 30 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/45/044g-453f9190.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17762:no-excuse-left-critics-say-mueller-can-t-wriggle-out-of-testimony-to-house&catid=9)### [No Excuse Left: Critics Say Mueller Can't Wriggle Out of Testimony to House](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17762:no-excuse-left-critics-say-mueller-can-t-wriggle-out-of-testimony-to-house&catid=9)

Written by Eoin Higgins on May 30 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4f/044z-4f00a9bd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17761:bannon-to-wolff-supporters-will-turn-when-tax-records-reveal-trump-s-just-another-scumbag&catid=9)### [Bannon to Wolff: ‘Supporters will Turn When Tax Records Reveal Trump’s Just Another Scumbag’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17761:bannon-to-wolff-supporters-will-turn-when-tax-records-reveal-trump-s-just-another-scumbag&catid=9)

Written by Travis Gettys on May 30 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/33/043q-33d7dfd6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17742:harriet-tubman-and-trump-s-racist-agenda&catid=9)### [Harriet Tubman and Trump's Racist Agenda](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17742:harriet-tubman-and-trump-s-racist-agenda&catid=9)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on May 27 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a5/042x-a5354cb5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17728:the-genius-of-i-m-pei-at-the-university-of-rochester&catid=9)### [The Genius of I.M. Pei … at the University of Rochester](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17728:the-genius-of-i-m-pei-at-the-university-of-rochester&catid=9)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on May 23 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c4/041h-c4e85e77.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17705:how-to-lobby-washington-to-death&catid=9)### [How to Lobby Washington to Death ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17705:how-to-lobby-washington-to-death&catid=9)

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