##  In the News

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### [Reminder to the Red States, Turnabout is Fair Play](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395)

August 17 2026

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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)

August 20 2026

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### [California’s Empty Classrooms Are a Warning Sacramento Can’t Ignore](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33213:californias-empty-classrooms-are-a-warning-sacramento-cant-ignore&catid=378)

August 17 2026

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### [John McKinney on What Separates the City Attorney Candidates](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33224:john-mckinney-on-what-separates-the-city-attorney-candidates&catid=401)

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Why Billionaires Hate Social Security

Written by Richard Eskow on June 09 2023.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27060:why-billionaires-hate-social-security&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1b/043c-1b176574.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27013:the-death-penalty-for-homelessness&catid=9)Written by Eve Ottenberg on May 29 2023. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [The Death Penalty for Homelessness](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27013:the-death-penalty-for-homelessness&catid=9)

THE UNHOUSED - You can measure the depth of a civilization by how it treats its poor, very young, elderly and mentally ill. By any such metric, ours…

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Written by Robert C. Koehler on May 25 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/15/041e-15330bc1.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26975:power-players-problematic-playbook-for-housing&catid=9)### [Power Players’ Problematic Playbook For Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26975:power-players-problematic-playbook-for-housing&catid=9)

Written by Sharon Rushton on May 22 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ad/040h-ad45577b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26956:am-for-every-vehicle-act-introduced-in-congress&catid=9)### [AM For Every Vehicle Act Introduced in Congress](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26956:am-for-every-vehicle-act-introduced-in-congress&catid=9)

Written by Radio Ink on May 18 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e9/039n-e921c9c0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26945:senate-investigation-shows-how-gop-law-enabled-big-pharma-s-extreme-tax-avoidance&catid=9)### [Senate Investigation Shows How GOP Law Enabled Big Pharma's 'Extreme' Tax Avoidance](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26945:senate-investigation-shows-how-gop-law-enabled-big-pharma-s-extreme-tax-avoidance&catid=9)

Written by Jake Johnson on May 15 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ba/039a-ba1eb68e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26937:can-metro-move-the-masses-safely-when-homelessness-drugs-and-crime-are-on-the-rise&catid=9)### [Can Metro Move the Masses Safely when Homelessness, Drugs, and Crime are on the Rise](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26937:can-metro-move-the-masses-safely-when-homelessness-drugs-and-crime-are-on-the-rise&catid=9)

Written by Matthew Hetz on May 15 2023.

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Written by Abby Zimet on May 15 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/22/038q-229ffd4e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26917:critics-warn-biden-is-finishing-trump-s-job-with-new-attack-on-asylum-seekers&catid=9)### [Critics Warn Biden Is 'Finishing Trump's Job' With New Attack on Asylum-Seekers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26917:critics-warn-biden-is-finishing-trump-s-job-with-new-attack-on-asylum-seekers&catid=9)

Written by Kenny Stancil on May 11 2023.

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Written by Jessica Corbett on May 11 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fc/037d-fc0ef845.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26902:a-new-republican-assault-on-children-overturning-labor-laws&catid=9)### [A New Republican Assault on Children: Overturning Labor Laws](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26902:a-new-republican-assault-on-children-overturning-labor-laws&catid=9)

Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on May 08 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/01/036k-01802da1.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26893:after-the-collapse-of-two-california-banks-what-can-the-state-do&catid=9)### [After The Collapse of Two California Banks, What Can The State Do?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26893:after-the-collapse-of-two-california-banks-what-can-the-state-do&catid=9)

Written by Grace Gedye on May 04 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7d/036l-7d2d15f3.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26892:senate-finance-chief-vows-to-use-all-tools-at-his-disposal-to-get-answers-on-thomas-corruption&catid=9)### [Senate Finance Chief Vows to Use All Tools at His Disposal to Get Answers on Thomas 'Corruption'](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26892:senate-finance-chief-vows-to-use-all-tools-at-his-disposal-to-get-answers-on-thomas-corruption&catid=9)

Written by Julia Conley on May 04 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/67/036d-67157524.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26889:migrant-defenders-slam-biden-for-reckless-deployment-of-1-500-troops-to-southern-border&catid=9)### [Migrant Defenders Slam Biden for 'Reckless' Deployment of 1,500 Troops to Southern Border](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26889:migrant-defenders-slam-biden-for-reckless-deployment-of-1-500-troops-to-southern-border&catid=9)

Written by Brett Wilkins on May 04 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ab/036e-ab4f37b0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26885:if-biden-believes-journalism-is-not-a-crime-he-ll-drop-charges-against-julian-assange&catid=9)### [If Biden Believes Journalism Is Not a Crime, He'll Drop Charges Against Julian Assange](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26885:if-biden-believes-journalism-is-not-a-crime-he-ll-drop-charges-against-julian-assange&catid=9)

Written by John Nichols on May 04 2023.

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Written by Robert Hunziker on May 01 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a0/034b-a000f958.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26853:harnessing-the-power-of-ai-for-job-seekers-and-recruiters&catid=9)### [Harnessing The Power Of AI For Job Seekers And Recruiters](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26853:harnessing-the-power-of-ai-for-job-seekers-and-recruiters&catid=9)

Written by Michael Bernick on April 27 2023.

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Written by CityWatch Desk on April 27 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/83/033y-832d84dc.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26847:2023-nfl-season-how-to-spend-your-time-until-the-nation-s-pastime-is-back&catid=9)### [2023 NFL Season: How To Spend Your Time Until The Nation’s Pastime Is Back ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26847:2023-nfl-season-how-to-spend-your-time-until-the-nation-s-pastime-is-back&catid=9)

Written by CityWatch Desk on April 25 2023.

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