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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Why So Many Say ‘Thank You’ to a Cosby Prosecution

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on May 26 2016.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11184-why-so-many-say-thank-you-to-a-cosby-prosecution)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e0/043c-e06eefd8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11182-trump-s-not-so-secret-strategy-violent-anti-trump-protesters)Written by Ken Alpern on May 26 2016. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads).

## [Trump's Not-So-Secret Strategy: Violent Anti-Trump Protesters](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11182-trump-s-not-so-secret-strategy-violent-anti-trump-protesters)

POLITICS-Many political analysts have concluded that President Obama's campaign strategies in 2008 and 2012 stem from his use of, and relationship wi…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/043d-c00171fd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11181-the-desperate-plight-of-petro-states-oil-economies-head-for-the-unknown)### [The Desperate Plight of Petro-States … Oil Economies Head for the Unknown ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11181-the-desperate-plight-of-petro-states-oil-economies-head-for-the-unknown)

Written by Michael T. Klare on May 26 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/53/043e-534e9dd4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11180-tax-dodgin-silicon-valley-and-what-it-means-to-you-and-me)### [Tax Dodgin’ Silicon Valley and What It Means to You and Me](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11180-tax-dodgin-silicon-valley-and-what-it-means-to-you-and-me)

Written by Tony Butka on May 26 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f6/042w-f6401da3.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11165-a-commencement-address-for-the-most-indebted-class-ever)### [A Commencement Address for the Most Indebted Class Ever](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11165-a-commencement-address-for-the-most-indebted-class-ever)

Written by Chuck Collins on May 23 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bf/042e-bfa6f49b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11161-the-battle-for-the-soul-of-american-higher-education-student-protests-vs-the-corporate-university)### [The Battle for the Soul of American Higher Education: Student Protests vs. the Corporate University ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11161-the-battle-for-the-soul-of-american-higher-education-student-protests-vs-the-corporate-university)

Written by Aviva Chomsky on May 23 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/22/042p-22b65167.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11151-donald-trump-the-real-cost-of-ignorance)### [Donald Trump: The Real Cost of Ignorance](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11151-donald-trump-the-real-cost-of-ignorance)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on May 23 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9a/041e-9a67cd3d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11139-the-age-of-precarious-6-in-10-americans-living-on-the-financial-edge)### [The Age of Precarious: 6 in 10 Americans Living on the Financial Edge](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11139-the-age-of-precarious-6-in-10-americans-living-on-the-financial-edge)

Written by Deirdre Fulton on May 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f7/041h-f73750d7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11136-let-s-face-it-racism-is-alive-and-well-in-major-league-basebrawl)### [Let’s Face It: Racism is Alive and Well in Major League Basebrawl](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11136-let-s-face-it-racism-is-alive-and-well-in-major-league-basebrawl)

Written by Mark Heisler on May 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0c/041p-0c3a2df1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11128-a-cold-can-of-america)### [A Cold Can of ‘America’](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11128-a-cold-can-of-america)

Written by George Will on May 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7c/040c-7cc13062.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11120-why-donald-trump-can-lie-and-no-one-seems-to-care)### [Why Donald Trump Can Lie and No One Seems to Care](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11120-why-donald-trump-can-lie-and-no-one-seems-to-care)

Written by Neal Gabler on May 16 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/06/040d-0655e450.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11119-the-worship-of-donald-trump-ignoramus-in-chief-and-what-it-says-about-america-s-education-system)### [The Worship of Donald Trump …Ignoramus-in-Chief … and What It Says about America’s Education System](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11119-the-worship-of-donald-trump-ignoramus-in-chief-and-what-it-says-about-america-s-education-system)

Written by Ellen Lubic on May 16 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/04/040o-0457cb19.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11108-imagine-you-get-a-check-each-month-to-cover-your-basic-costs-but-don-t-have-to-work-for-it)### [Imagine: You Get a Check Each Month to Cover Your Basic Costs … but Don’t have to Work for It](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11108-imagine-you-get-a-check-each-month-to-cover-your-basic-costs-but-don-t-have-to-work-for-it)

Written by Danny Feingold on May 16 2016.

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Written by Paul Hatfield on May 16 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2f/040r-2f4267c5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11105-could-donald-trump-be-the-lesser-of-two-evils)### [Could Donald Trump be the Lesser of Two Evils?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11105-could-donald-trump-be-the-lesser-of-two-evils)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on May 16 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/be/040s-bebe7781.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11104-battle-of-the-imperial-pretenders)### [Battle of the Imperial Pretenders](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11104-battle-of-the-imperial-pretenders)

Written by Joel Kotkin on May 16 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/23/039s-23116ecf.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11099-what-does-natural-born-american-even-mean)### [What Does Natural-Born American Even Mean?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11099-what-does-natural-born-american-even-mean)

Written by Don H. Doyle on May 12 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a4/039o-a45dd402.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11085-california-government-transparency-may-see-its-way-clear-to-the-november-ballot)### [California: Government Transparency May See Its Way Clear to the November Ballot](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11085-california-government-transparency-may-see-its-way-clear-to-the-november-ballot)

Written by Ed Coghlan on May 12 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/16/038d-163d2ad6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11073-politics-move-left-americans-move-right)### [Politics Move Left, Americans Move Right](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11073-politics-move-left-americans-move-right)

Written by Joel Kotkin on May 09 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b9/038j-b96bdb1f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11067-don-t-like-trump-s-views-on-immigration-blame-california)### [Don’t like Trump’s Views on Immigration? Blame California!](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11067-don-t-like-trump-s-views-on-immigration-blame-california)

Written by Julie M. Weise on May 09 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e0/038l-e0458a71.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11065-breaking-news-there-is-no-migrant-crisis)### [Breaking News: 'There Is No Migrant Crisis'!](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11065-breaking-news-there-is-no-migrant-crisis)

Written by Deirdre Fulton on May 09 2016.

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