# IMPORTANT READS ## [ The Bernie-Can’t-Get-the-Black-Vote Myth Continues](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17143-the-bernie-can-t-get-the-black-vote-myth-continues "The Bernie-Can’t-Get-the-Black-Vote Myth Continues") Details Earl Ofari Hutchinson [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) February 21 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/016g.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17143-the-bernie-can-t-get-the-black-vote-myth-continues) URBAN PERSPECTIVE--It was repeatedly said as fact in 2016 and it’s being said again. Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders has a big problem with black voters; namely that he can’t get many of them. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17143-the-bernie-can-t-get-the-black-vote-myth-continues) ## [ Pogoism: The Foundation of America](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17132-pogoism-the-foundation-of-america "Pogoism: The Foundation of America") Details Richard Lee Abrams [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) February 18 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/015j.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17132-pogoism-the-foundation-of-america) ONE MAN’S OPINION-Forget what they told you in kindergarten and over the next 12 years of public school and through college and grad school, the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution are not the foundation of America. We are based on Pogoism. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17132-pogoism-the-foundation-of-america) ## [ Sacrificing Greatness for Personal Ambition: An Open Letter to Turkey’s President Erdogan](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17131-sacrificing-greatness-for-personal-ambition-an-open-letter-to-turkey-s-president-erdogan "Sacrificing Greatness for Personal Ambition: An Open Letter to Turkey’s President Erdogan") Details Alon Ben-Meir [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) February 18 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/015f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17131-sacrificing-greatness-for-personal-ambition-an-open-letter-to-turkey-s-president-erdogan) PROMOTING THE ISLAMIC AGENDA-Over the past year, I had the opportunity to speak to many Turkish scholars and former government officials, the majority of whom left your country because they feared for their lives and their loved ones. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17131-sacrificing-greatness-for-personal-ambition-an-open-letter-to-turkey-s-president-erdogan) ## [ Happy Dictator’s Day](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17121-happy-dictator-s-day "Happy Dictator’s Day") Details Robert Reich [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) February 18 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/015s.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17121-happy-dictator-s-day) **HOLIDAY COLUMN**--*(Editor’s Note: This being national President’s Day, we went in search of a story that might honor the occasion. We headed for the Oval Office and found the US had experienced a change in leadership. Robert Reich explains.)* [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17121-happy-dictator-s-day) ## [ Putin’s Orders: Trigger the Right with the Words Socialism and Venezuela](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17108-putin-s-orders-trigger-the-right-with-the-words-socialism-and-venezuela "Putin’s Orders: Trigger the Right with the Words Socialism and Venezuela") Details S. Novi [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) February 14 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/014i.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17108-putin-s-orders-trigger-the-right-with-the-words-socialism-and-venezuela) MY TURN--Conservatives seem to love spreading fake news, especially when it relates to topics where they are clueless. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17108-putin-s-orders-trigger-the-right-with-the-words-socialism-and-venezuela) ## [ Why I Care What Happens to the Children of Yemen](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17107-why-i-care-what-happens-to-the-children-of-yemen "Why I Care What Happens to the Children of Yemen") Details George Cassidy Payne [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) February 14 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/014b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17107-why-i-care-what-happens-to-the-children-of-yemen) VIEW FROM HERE--For nearly six years I lived next to a family from Yemen. Today it is impossible for me to see people from that country as the nameless victims shown on TV. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17107-why-i-care-what-happens-to-the-children-of-yemen) ## [ Green New Deal: Building a ‘Bold and Unapologetic’ Political Coalition](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17104-green-new-deal-building-a-bold-and-unapologetic-political-coalition "Green New Deal: Building a ‘Bold and Unapologetic’ Political Coalition") Details Jessica Corbett [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) February 14 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/014o.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17104-green-new-deal-building-a-bold-and-unapologetic-political-coalition) CLIMATE POLITICS-Progressive organizers are mobilizing behind the Green New Deal resolution—[unveiled](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/07/major-party-backing-ocasio-cortez-and-markey-unveil-green-new-deal-outlining-wwii) last week by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)—with renewed energy to build "an unprecedented political coalition" to radically transform the nation's energy system and address the climate crisis while also facilitating a just transition to a new, greener economy. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17104-green-new-deal-building-a-bold-and-unapologetic-political-coalition) ## [ Millennial-Bashing Is Class Warfare](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17102-millennial-bashing-is-class-warfare "Millennial-Bashing Is Class Warfare") Details Mattias Lehman [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) February 14 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/014k.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17102-millennial-bashing-is-class-warfare) EXPOSED-In 2013, *Time* magazine published [an article](http://time.com/247/millennials-the-me-me-me-generation/) entitled “Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation,” which bemoaned millennials’ inability to live up to the gumption and sturdiness of baby boomers or the entrepreneurial spirit of Generation X. It had a laundry list of criticisms, but the one that stood out was that millennials were “stunted, having prolonged a life stage between teenager and adult.” [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17102-millennial-bashing-is-class-warfare) ## [ It’s Not Capitalism We Have to Save…So Why Can’t We Let It Go?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17086-it-s-not-capitalism-we-have-to-save-so-why-can-t-we-let-it-go "It’s Not Capitalism We Have to Save…So Why Can’t We Let It Go?") Details Umair Haque [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) February 11 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/013p.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17086-it-s-not-capitalism-we-have-to-save-so-why-can-t-we-let-it-go) DOLLARS AND SENSE--Every so often these days, I read it. I think the *Economist* did a cover story on it. *Bloomberg*, an article. *The Times*, an op-ed. “We have to save capitalism!” LOL — my friends, laugh gently with me. We don’t have to save capitalism. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17086-it-s-not-capitalism-we-have-to-save-so-why-can-t-we-let-it-go) ## [ Instead of Trump’s Border Wall, What Would a National Emergency Over Gun Violence Look Like?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17085-instead-of-trump-s-border-wall-what-would-a-national-emergency-over-gun-violence-look-like "Instead of Trump’s Border Wall, What Would a National Emergency Over Gun Violence Look Like?") Details Jared Keller [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) February 11 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/013s.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17085-instead-of-trump-s-border-wall-what-would-a-national-emergency-over-gun-violence-look-like) GUN POLITICS--As President Donald Trump weighed the prospect of declaring a national emergency to erect a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border without dealing with Congress, one of the survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, offered an [alternative](https://www.axios.com/david-hogg-trump-national-emergency-gun-violence-78b336e6-be09-42f3-b356-8ec0b9b5cdde.html): How about Trump declare a national emergency over gun violence instead? [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17085-instead-of-trump-s-border-wall-what-would-a-national-emergency-over-gun-violence-look-like) ## [ Starving to Death: Why Trump Didn't Mention Yemen in his SOTU](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17064-starving-to-death-why-trump-didn-t-mention-yemen-in-his-sotu "Starving to Death: Why Trump Didn't Mention Yemen in his SOTU") Details George Cassidy Payne [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) February 07 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/012e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17064-starving-to-death-why-trump-didn-t-mention-yemen-in-his-sotu) VIEW FROM HERE-According to the Government Accountability Office, President Trump's early trips to Mar-a-Lago cost 13.8 million dollars. The Defense Department and Homeland Security incurred most of those costs, approximately 8.5 and 5.1 million respectfully. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17064-starving-to-death-why-trump-didn-t-mention-yemen-in-his-sotu) ## [ Truthful Reporting in the Balkans Is Life-Threatening](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17063-truthful-reporting-in-the-balkans-is-life-threatening "Truthful Reporting in the Balkans Is Life-Threatening") Details Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) February 07 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/012d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17063-truthful-reporting-in-the-balkans-is-life-threatening) WORLD WATCH-Kosovo investigative journalist Parim Olluri knew the assailants who physically attacked him two years ago in front of his house, while the police and other security institutions remained silent. “I sent names to the Kosovo Police as well as to the Prosecutor’s Office, but none of them took any action,” says Olluri. Instead, the politicians, who were identified by the journalist to the police, sent messages to Olluri denying that they were involved in the attack. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17063-truthful-reporting-in-the-balkans-is-life-threatening) ## [ You Know What’s Not Cool Anymore? Billionaires.](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17045-you-know-what-s-not-cool-anymore-billionaires "You Know What’s Not Cool Anymore? Billionaires.") Details Emily Peck [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) February 04 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/011a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17045-you-know-what-s-not-cool-anymore-billionaires) INEQUALITY AND WEALTH-Their very existence is now the subject of political debate, sparked most recently by tax-the-rich proposals from two prominent politicians. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17045-you-know-what-s-not-cool-anymore-billionaires) ## [ Saying HELL NO to Authoritarian Takeover](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17040-saying-hell-no-to-authoritarian-takeover "Saying HELL NO to Authoritarian Takeover") Details S. Novi [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) February 04 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/011j.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17040-saying-hell-no-to-authoritarian-takeover) MY TURN--Most Americans have been placated to the point of assuming that no group or leader could ever dupe them to the point of a complete takeover. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17040-saying-hell-no-to-authoritarian-takeover) ## [ Impact of Global Warming On Thwaites Glacier Shocks Even Scientists](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17037-impact-of-global-warming-on-thwaites-glacier-shocks-even-scientists "Impact of Global Warming On Thwaites Glacier Shocks Even Scientists") Details Robert Hunziker [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) February 04 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2019/011h.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17037-impact-of-global-warming-on-thwaites-glacier-shocks-even-scientists) CLIMATE CHANGE--“It’s a disturbing discovery,” according to Pietro Milillo, a radar scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, who co-authored a recently published study: Heterogeneous Retreat and Ice Melt of Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica, Science Advances, Vol. 5, No. 1, Jan. 30, 2019. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17037-impact-of-global-warming-on-thwaites-glacier-shocks-even-scientists) ## [ Many Hurdles … Plus the Afghan Government … Ahead Before the US and the Taliban Can Put Down Their Weapons](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17026-many-hurdles-plus-the-afghan-government-ahead-before-the-us-and-the-taliban-can-put-down-their-weapons "Many Hurdles … Plus the Afghan Government … Ahead Before the US and the Taliban Can Put Down Their Weapons") Details Alon Ben-Meir [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) January 31 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/010e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17026-many-hurdles-plus-the-afghan-government-ahead-before-the-us-and-the-taliban-can-put-down-their-weapons) WORLD WATCH--The longest war in American history may come to an end following an agreement in principle between the US and the Taliban, [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17026-many-hurdles-plus-the-afghan-government-ahead-before-the-us-and-the-taliban-can-put-down-their-weapons) ## [ ACLU Sues Entire Michigan School District for Being Racist AF](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17024-aclu-sues-entire-michigan-school-district-for-being-racist-af "ACLU Sues Entire Michigan School District for Being Racist AF") Details Michael Harriot [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) January 31 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/010t.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17024-aclu-sues-entire-michigan-school-district-for-being-racist-af) DISCRIMINATION IN PLAIN SIGHT--If racism was a school-sanctioned sport, I’d love to see the white supremacy team from Covington Catholic High School MAGAts face off against the traditional powerhouse bigots of Paw Paw, Michigan because, according to the Michigan chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Paw Paw Public Schools might be one of the greatest racism training programs in America. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17024-aclu-sues-entire-michigan-school-district-for-being-racist-af) ## [ Young People are Giving Up on Capitalism Because It Has Failed Them](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17023-young-people-are-giving-up-on-capitalism-because-it-has-failed-them "Young People are Giving Up on Capitalism Because It Has Failed Them") Details Umair Haque [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) January 31 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/010a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17023-young-people-are-giving-up-on-capitalism-because-it-has-failed-them) MILLENNIAL WATCH-There’s a strange and terrible thing I’ve noticed — and you might have too. Nobody I know under the age of 40 or so can make it anymore. That applies to people over 40 as well, of course — but as we’ll see, an economy’s fate hinges in many ways on young people. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17023-young-people-are-giving-up-on-capitalism-because-it-has-failed-them) ## [ Despite a Rush to Judgement, Covington High School Students Still Bear Responsibility](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17022-despite-a-rush-to-judgement-covington-high-school-students-still-bear-responsibility "Despite a Rush to Judgement, Covington High School Students Still Bear Responsibility") Details George Cassidy Payne [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) January 31 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/010m.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17022-despite-a-rush-to-judgement-covington-high-school-students-still-bear-responsibility) VIEW FROM HERE-Needless to say, what happened in our nation’s capital with the Covington High School students has become a tinderbox. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17022-despite-a-rush-to-judgement-covington-high-school-students-still-bear-responsibility) ## [ Bulletin: End Times, Dead Ahead](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16997-bulletin-end-times-dead-ahead "Bulletin: End Times, Dead Ahead") Details Robert Hunziker [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) January 28 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/009w.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16997-bulletin-end-times-dead-ahead) CLIMATE CHANGE-“It is time we consider the implications of it being too late to avert a global environmental catastrophe in the lifetimes of people alive today.” -- Jem Bendell. In other words, the world is coming to an end. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16997-bulletin-end-times-dead-ahead) ## [ Want to Make America Great Again? Begin by Respecting Native Americans](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16979-want-to-make-america-great-again-begin-by-respecting-native-americans "Want to Make America Great Again? Begin by Respecting Native Americans") Details George Cassidy Payne [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) January 24 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2019/008b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16979-want-to-make-america-great-again-begin-by-respecting-native-americans) VIEW FROM HERE-I find something ironic about the now viral clash between a large group of MAGA hat wearing Catholic high school students and the Native American marchers at the nation's capital. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16979-want-to-make-america-great-again-begin-by-respecting-native-americans) 1. [ The Betrayal of Israel’s Historic Promise](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16976-the-betrayal-of-israel-s-historic-promise) 2. [ Is This America’s Reichstag Fire Moment?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16962-is-this-america-s-reichstag-fire-moment) 3. [ 6 Things the Left and Right Can Agree On](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16960-6-things-the-left-and-right-can-agree-on) 4. [ Republicans Are Compromised AND Crazy But Not Without Support](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16933-republicans-are-compromised-and-crazy-but-not-without-support) 5. [ Time To Dump Netanyahu](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16932-time-to-dump-netanyahu) 6. [ Trump's Shutdown is an Intentional Attack on the Federal Government](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16917-trump-s-shutdown-is-an-intentional-attack-on-the-federal-government) 7. [ Corruption in The Balkans Is Impeding EU Membership](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16897-corruption-in-the-balkans-is-impeding-eu-membership) 8. [ Fake News Works Because We Yearn to Conform](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16896-fake-news-works-because-we-yearn-to-conform) 9. [ Will the Media Finally Call Out Bernie Sanders on His Dark Past (and Present)?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16871-will-the-media-finally-call-out-bernie-sanders-on-his-dark-past-and-present) 10. 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