##  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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### [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)

August 17 2026

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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)

August 20 2026

#  IMPORTANT READS

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### We Need a Strong "Wealth Squad" to Counter the Endless Defenses of the Megarich

Written by Kalena Thomhave on June 06 2022.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24759:we-need-a-strong-wealth-squad-to-counter-the-endless-defenses-of-the-megarich&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/be/044m-be89206b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24735:violence-in-america-it-s-not-just-about-guns&catid=9)Written by Patrick Cockburn on June 02 2022. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Violence in America: It’s Not Just About Guns](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24735:violence-in-america-it-s-not-just-about-guns&catid=9)

Over an eight-week period, he killed four people and seriously wounded five others in 14 attacks in a 10-block area encompassing partly gentrified Mo…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/044u-3452a370.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24729:how-corporations-are-using-inflation-to-take-your-money&catid=9)### [How Corporations Are Using Inflation to Take Your Money](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24729:how-corporations-are-using-inflation-to-take-your-money&catid=9)

Written by Robert Reich on June 02 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/53/044e-53a055dd.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24716:going-backwards&catid=9)### [Human Rights: We're Going Backwards](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24716:going-backwards&catid=9)

Written by Lawrence Davidson on June 02 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/da/043l-da0a28de.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24706:the-white-christian-nationalists-leading-america-s-children-to-slaughter&catid=9)### [The White Christian Nationalists Leading America's Children to Slaughter](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24706:the-white-christian-nationalists-leading-america-s-children-to-slaughter&catid=9)

Written by Chrissy Stroop on May 30 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/38/043o-3851adfd.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24696:historical-moments-when-you-could-ve-heard-a-pin-drop&catid=9)### [Historical Moments When You Could've Heard a Pin Drop](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24696:historical-moments-when-you-could-ve-heard-a-pin-drop&catid=9)

Written by CityWatch on May 30 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/09/042r-0967b117.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24685:mass-shootings-it-s-the-masculinity-people&catid=9)### [Mass Shootings: It’s the Masculinity, People](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24685:mass-shootings-it-s-the-masculinity-people&catid=9)

Written by Rob Okun on May 26 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e9/042c-e97f2502.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24667:biden-i-am-sick-and-tired-of-it-we-have-to-act&catid=9)### [Biden: "I Am Sick and Tired of It. We Have To Act"](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24667:biden-i-am-sick-and-tired-of-it-we-have-to-act&catid=9)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on May 26 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e9/041r-e9db1e93.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24655:the-buffalo-massacre-banning-books-and-systemic-racism&catid=9)### [The Buffalo Massacre, Banning Books, and Systemic Racism](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24655:the-buffalo-massacre-banning-books-and-systemic-racism&catid=9)

Written by Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan on May 23 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1c/041l-1c12cc16.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24654:lift-the-supreme-court-s-fog-of-secrecy&catid=9)### [Lift The Supreme Court’s Fog of Secrecy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24654:lift-the-supreme-court-s-fog-of-secrecy&catid=9)

Written by Jim Hightower on May 23 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8c/040o-8ce6b909.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24625:there-s-one-simple-trick-for-making-america-s-post-pandemic-cities-great-again&catid=9)### [There’s One Simple Trick for Making America’s Post-Pandemic Cities Great Again](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24625:there-s-one-simple-trick-for-making-america-s-post-pandemic-cities-great-again&catid=9)

Written by Joel Kotkin on May 19 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b7/040k-b7c467b9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24622:the-buffalo-shooting-and-the-great-replacement&catid=9)### [The Buffalo Shooting and the Great Replacement](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24622:the-buffalo-shooting-and-the-great-replacement&catid=9)

Written by David Rosen on May 19 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/df/040u-dfa8e9f9.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24617:where-are-the-goddamn-men&catid=9)### [Where Are the Goddamn Men?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24617:where-are-the-goddamn-men&catid=9)

Written by Robert Lipsyte on May 19 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0f/039n-0f5220a4.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24588:an-ugly-new-era-of-states-rights&catid=9)### [An Ugly New Era of “States’ Rights”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24588:an-ugly-new-era-of-states-rights&catid=9)

Written by Peter Certo on May 16 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/24/039u-2453590e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24581:you-probably-aren-t-getting-paid-overtime-here-s-why&catid=9)### [You Probably Aren’t Getting Paid Overtime. Here’s Why.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24581:you-probably-aren-t-getting-paid-overtime-here-s-why&catid=9)

Written by Marcus Baram on May 16 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/42/038r-42c0e2d3.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24556:big-tech-big-lies-are-biggest-threat-to-democracy&catid=9)### [Big Tech, Big Lies Are Biggest Threat to Democracy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24556:big-tech-big-lies-are-biggest-threat-to-democracy&catid=9)

Written by Joel Kotkin on May 12 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9d/037m-9d41b0c1.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24542:for-second-generation-immigrants-the-american-dream-can-be-a-nightmare&catid=9)### [For Second Generation Immigrants, The American Dream Can Be A Nightmare](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24542:for-second-generation-immigrants-the-american-dream-can-be-a-nightmare&catid=9)

Written by Monica Grover on May 09 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bf/037n-bf069ad6.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24528:biden-could-set-millions-of-americans-free-with-executive-order&catid=9)### [Biden Could Set Millions of Americans Free With Executive Order](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24528:biden-could-set-millions-of-americans-free-with-executive-order&catid=9)

Written by Sa’iyda Shabazz on May 09 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7b/036n-7b57b3a0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24517:how-young-workers-are-unionizing-starbucks&catid=9)### [How Young Workers Are Unionizing Starbucks](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24517:how-young-workers-are-unionizing-starbucks&catid=9)

Written by SONALI KOLHATKAR on May 05 2022.

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Written by Jim Hightower on May 05 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/24/035i-24a750c3.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24466:free-speech-it-may-be-old-fashioned-but-so-is-fascist-censorship&catid=9)### [Free Speech: It May Be Old-Fashioned, But So is Fascist Censorship](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24466:free-speech-it-may-be-old-fashioned-but-so-is-fascist-censorship&catid=9)

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