# IMPORTANT READS ## [ Watching Jeff Bezos Go to Space Was More Depressing Than Inspiring](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22137-watching-jeff-bezos-go-to-space-was-more-depressing-than-inspiring "Watching Jeff Bezos Go to Space Was More Depressing Than Inspiring") Details Caroline Framke [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 22 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/058b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22137-watching-jeff-bezos-go-to-space-was-more-depressing-than-inspiring) SPACE TRAVEL-Mere minutes after [touching the edge of space](https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-space-flight-1235023545/), [Jeff Bezos](https://variety.com/t/jeff-bezos/) and his fellow [Blue Origin](https://variety.com/t/blue-origin/) crewmates stood back on Earth, shaking champagne at the throng of cameras pointed their way with grins wide enough to see from … well, space. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22137-watching-jeff-bezos-go-to-space-was-more-depressing-than-inspiring) ## [ Moral intelligence or nuclear war](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22134-moral-intelligence-or-nuclear-war "Moral intelligence or nuclear war") Details Robert C. Koehler [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 22 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/058f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22134-moral-intelligence-or-nuclear-war) NUCLEAR STRATEGY-Let’s dance at the border! [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22134-moral-intelligence-or-nuclear-war) ## [ 'No One Is Safe': Phone Numbers of 14 World Leaders on Pegasus List](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22127-no-one-is-safe-phone-numbers-of-14-world-leaders-on-pegasus-list "'No One Is Safe': Phone Numbers of 14 World Leaders on Pegasus List") Details Kenny Stancil [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 22 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/058d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22127-no-one-is-safe-phone-numbers-of-14-world-leaders-on-pegasus-list) **The Washington Post on** Tuesday [revealed](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/20/heads-of-state-pegasus-spyware/) that three presidents, 10 prime ministers, and a king are among the more than 50,000 individuals whose phone numbers appeared on a [leaked list](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/18/data-leak-exposes-global-surveillance-plot-targeting-journalists-and-dissidents) of potential targets of Pegasus, [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22127-no-one-is-safe-phone-numbers-of-14-world-leaders-on-pegasus-list) ## [ Gross Incompetence vs. Political Sabotage?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22102-gross-incompetence-vs-political-sabotage "Gross Incompetence vs. Political Sabotage?") Details Richard Lee Abrams [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 18 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/057c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22102-gross-incompetence-vs-political-sabotage) VIEW FROM HERE-Previously, we noted how the [CDC Director Rochelle Lewinsky’s announcement](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/cw/los-angeles/21767-how-the-cdc-stabbed-joe-biden-in-the-back) that Vaxed People Need Not Wear Masks sabotaged President’s Biden’s objective to unite the center of the nation by July 4, 2021. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22102-gross-incompetence-vs-political-sabotage) ## [ 'We Are in Deep, Deep Sh\*t': Climate Experts Shocked at Severity of Floods in Germany and Belgium](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22101-we-are-in-deep-deep-sh-t-climate-experts-shocked-at-severity-of-floods-in-germany-and-belgium "'We Are in Deep, Deep Sh*t': Climate Experts Shocked at Severity of Floods in Germany and Belgium") Details Julia Conley [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 18 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/057e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22101-we-are-in-deep-deep-sh-t-climate-experts-shocked-at-severity-of-floods-in-germany-and-belgium) CLIMATE WATCH-Climate scientists on Friday were stunned by the intensity of flooding in Germany and Belgium that [**killed**](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57858829) at least 120 people and damaged tens of thousands of homes, with experts saying they did not expect such extreme weather to result from the human-caused climate crisis as rapidly as it has. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22101-we-are-in-deep-deep-sh-t-climate-experts-shocked-at-severity-of-floods-in-germany-and-belgium) ## [ Dreamers, Advocates Call for Urgent Action by Congress After Judge Rules DACA Illegal](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22097-dreamers-advocates-call-for-urgent-action-by-congress-after-judge-rules-daca-illegal "Dreamers, Advocates Call for Urgent Action by Congress After Judge Rules DACA Illegal") Details Brett Wilkins [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 18 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/057j.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22097-dreamers-advocates-call-for-urgent-action-by-congress-after-judge-rules-daca-illegal) DACA WATCH-Immigrant rights advocates on Friday called for the immediate codification of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program into law after a federal judge in Texas blocked new DACA permit approvals in a ruling asserting that former President Barack Obama exceeded his authority when he implemented the policy that has protected hundreds of thousands of so-called Dreamers from deportation. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22097-dreamers-advocates-call-for-urgent-action-by-congress-after-judge-rules-daca-illegal) ## [ Migration Is Not the Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22095-migration-is-not-the-crisis "Migration Is Not the Crisis") Details Aviva Chomsky [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 18 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/057h.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22095-migration-is-not-the-crisis) MIGRATION ECONOMICS-Earlier this month, a Honduran court [**found**](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/05/berta-caceres-assassination-roberto-david-castillo-found-guilty) David Castillo, a U.S.-trained former Army intelligence officer and the head of an internationally financed hydroelectric company, guilty of the 2016 murder of celebrated Indigenous activist Berta Cáceres. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22095-migration-is-not-the-crisis) ## [ The Forever War in Afghanistan is Far From Over](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22089-the-forever-war-in-afghanistan-is-far-from-over "The Forever War in Afghanistan is Far From Over") Details Patrick Cockburn [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 15 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/056c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22089-the-forever-war-in-afghanistan-is-far-from-over) WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS-Over the last week, I have been watching the [Taliban](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/taliban) sweep across the map of northern [Afghanistan](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/afghanistan), capturing places that I first visited in 2001 at the beginning of the [US](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/us)-backed war. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22089-the-forever-war-in-afghanistan-is-far-from-over) ## [ Imagine a Nation Like This](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22087-imagine-a-nation-like-this "Imagine a Nation Like This") Details Paul Street [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 15 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/056b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22087-imagine-a-nation-like-this) COMMENTARY-Imagine a nation so reactionary and racist that “Black Lives Matter” is considered a “radical slogan” inside its borders. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22087-imagine-a-nation-like-this) ## [ Taliban promises to brutally execute gays if it regains power in Afghanistan](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22083-taliban-promises-to-brutally-execute-gays-if-it-regains-power-in-afghanistan "Taliban promises to brutally execute gays if it regains power in Afghanistan") Details Bil Browning [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 15 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/056h.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22083-taliban-promises-to-brutally-execute-gays-if-it-regains-power-in-afghanistan) AFGHAN WITHDRAWAL--A Taliban judge is promising that Sharia law will be reinstated in Afghanistan after coalition forces have left the country and the brutal Islamic force regains power. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22083-taliban-promises-to-brutally-execute-gays-if-it-regains-power-in-afghanistan) ## [ Taking a Wrong Turn on Immigration Detention ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22081-taking-a-wrong-turn-on-immigration-detention "Taking a Wrong Turn on Immigration Detention ") Details Andrew Moss [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 15 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/056g.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22081-taking-a-wrong-turn-on-immigration-detention) IMMIGRATION POLITICS-Last month, attorneys from the Department of Justice joined with counsel for the private prison corporation, the GEO Group, to present [Oral Arguments](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-06-15/california-banned-private-prisons-immigrant-detention-centers-will-the-law-survive-court) supporting private immigration detention in California. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22081-taking-a-wrong-turn-on-immigration-detention) ## [ Why Are You So Desperate to Seize the Governorship, San Diego? ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22075-why-are-you-so-desperate-to-seize-the-governorship-san-diego "Why Are You So Desperate to Seize the Governorship, San Diego?  ") Details Joe Mathews [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 15 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/056d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22075-why-are-you-so-desperate-to-seize-the-governorship-san-diego) CONNECTING CALIFORNIA-The attempted recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom has many geographic roots. Its original proponent was a sheriff’s deputy from Yolo County. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22075-why-are-you-so-desperate-to-seize-the-governorship-san-diego) ## [ Why Is Everyone Slamming Biden’s Decision to Actually End the 20-Year Afghan War?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22068-why-is-everyone-slamming-biden-s-decision-to-actually-end-the-20-year-afghan-war "Why Is Everyone Slamming Biden’s Decision to Actually End the 20-Year Afghan War?") Details Tony Butka [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 15 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/056w.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22068-why-is-everyone-slamming-biden-s-decision-to-actually-end-the-20-year-afghan-war) EASTSIDER-By all accounts, this was a really bad (as in ill-conceived and poorly executed) war, and yet we have been there for 20 years without “winning” anything. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22068-why-is-everyone-slamming-biden-s-decision-to-actually-end-the-20-year-afghan-war) ## [ As Rich Nations Refuse to Share Vaccines, Africa Suffers 'Most Dire Pandemic Week'](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22060-as-rich-nations-refuse-to-share-vaccines-africa-suffers-most-dire-pandemic-week "As Rich Nations Refuse to Share Vaccines, Africa Suffers 'Most Dire Pandemic Week'") Details Jessica Corbett [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 12 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/055j.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22060-as-rich-nations-refuse-to-share-vaccines-africa-suffers-most-dire-pandemic-week) COVID WORLD UPDATE-Underscoring the desperate need to dramatically increase access to coronavirus vaccines on a global scale, Africa just saw its worst pandemic week yet and conditions across the continent are only expected to get worse in the weeks ahead. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22060-as-rich-nations-refuse-to-share-vaccines-africa-suffers-most-dire-pandemic-week) ## [ The Narrow Borders of Militarism ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22058-the-narrow-borders-of-militarism "The Narrow Borders of Militarism ") Details Robert C. Koehler [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 12 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/055z1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22058-the-narrow-borders-of-militarism) MILITARY WATCH**-**An end to war? It’s certainly necessary, but is it politically possible? [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22058-the-narrow-borders-of-militarism) ## [ The Myopic Bigotry of Wokerism](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22056-the-myopic-bigotry-of-wokerism "The Myopic Bigotry of Wokerism") Details Richard Lee Abrams [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 12 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/055u.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22056-the-myopic-bigotry-of-wokerism) VIEW FROM HERE-Wokerism has not been around long, at least not by that name. It refers to the Left wing anti-white racist ideology that all things white are evil and all things minority are good. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22056-the-myopic-bigotry-of-wokerism) ## [ A World of Total Illusion & Fantasy: Noam Chomsky Interview](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22053-a-world-of-total-illusion-fantasy-noam-chomsky-interview "A World of Total Illusion & Fantasy: Noam Chomsky Interview") Details Robert Hunziker [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 12 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/055x.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22053-a-world-of-total-illusion-fantasy-noam-chomsky-interview) CLIMATE POLITICS-Facing Future TV founder and executive producer Stuart Scott and co-host Dale Walkonen recently broadcast a [wide-ranging interview with Noam Chomsky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8gXe6fejew) about the state of human existence in the face of universal decadence. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22053-a-world-of-total-illusion-fantasy-noam-chomsky-interview) ## [ The New Labor Crisis is the Biggest Opportunity in a Generation](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22048-the-new-labor-crisis-is-the-biggest-opportunity-in-a-generation "The New Labor Crisis is the Biggest Opportunity in a Generation") Details Joel Kotkin [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 12 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/055m.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22048-the-new-labor-crisis-is-the-biggest-opportunity-in-a-generation) LABOR WATCH-The COVID-19 pandemic has left pain and tragedy in its wake. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22048-the-new-labor-crisis-is-the-biggest-opportunity-in-a-generation) ## [ Supreme Court decision could mean increase in labor trafficking of farmworkers](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22043-supreme-court-decision-could-mean-increase-in-labor-trafficking-of-farmworkers "Supreme Court decision could mean increase in labor trafficking of farmworkers") Details Kate Cimini [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 12 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/055r.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22043-supreme-court-decision-could-mean-increase-in-labor-trafficking-of-farmworkers) LABOR TRAFFICKING-In June of 2018, two Monterey County site inspectors visited a Salinas cannabis farm, where they encountered a small group of farmworkers who they suspected had been trafficked. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22043-supreme-court-decision-could-mean-increase-in-labor-trafficking-of-farmworkers) ## [ The Differences Between Fascism and Trump(ism)](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22042-the-differences-between-fascism-and-trump-ism "The Differences Between Fascism and Trump(ism)") Details CJ Polychroniou [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 12 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/055f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22042-the-differences-between-fascism-and-trump-ism) POLITICAL ANALYSIS-Donald Trump will go down in history as the president responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of Americans due to the criminal negligence in his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and for pushing the world closer to a precipice with his denialism of our climate crisis; [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22042-the-differences-between-fascism-and-trump-ism) ## [ Target’s Bullseye on Black Youth](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22041-target-s-bullseye-on-black-youth "Target’s Bullseye on Black Youth") Details Marjaan Sirdar [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) July 12 2021 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2021/055h.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22041-target-s-bullseye-on-black-youth) RACIAL RECKONINGS-On June 30, the New York Times published an article, [**Target Store Closings Show Limits of Pledge to Black Communities**](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/business/target-baltimore-store-closings.html), about Target closing 13 stores and divesting in some Black communities. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22041-target-s-bullseye-on-black-youth) 1. [ America’s Accountability Problem](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22038-karen-greenberg-the-age-of-unaccountability) 2. [ President Biden Appoints the First Lesbian to Ambassador-Level Position in History ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22024-president-biden-appoints-the-first-lesbian-to-ambassador-level-position-in-history) 3. [ Heritage Defense: On the Lost Cause, One Nation Under God, the Ubiquity of Slavery, and Those Pesky Socialists Claiming There's Anybody Here Except White Men ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22018-heritage-defense-on-the-lost-cause-one-nation-under-god-the-ubiquity-of-slavery-and-those-pesky-socialists-claiming-there-s-anybody-here-except-white-men) 4. [ Biden May Succeed Where His Predecessors Failed](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22013-biden-may-succeed-where-his-predecessors-failed) 5. [ SB 9: An Assault on the Environment](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22008-sb-9-an-assault-on-the-environment) 6. [ 'This Is Our Future' Without Climate Action, Advocates Warn After Pipeline Causes Fire in Gulf of Mexico](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/22004-this-is-our-future-without-climate-action-advocates-warn-after-pipeline-causes-fire-in-gulf-of-mexico) 7. [ Psychological Aspects That You Need To Master When Trading With Bitcoin](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/21994-psychological-aspects-that-you-need-to-master-when-trading-with-bitcoin) 8. [ Saving the US-Iran Nuclear Agreement](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/21991-saving-the-us-iran-nuclear-agreement) 9. [ Why American Jews Are Looking To Israel](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/21979-why-american-jews-are-looking-to-israel) 10. 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