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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)

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### The New Labor Crisis is the Biggest Opportunity in a Generation

Written by Joel Kotkin on July 12 2021.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22048:the-new-labor-crisis-is-the-biggest-opportunity-in-a-generation&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ee/055r-ee0dee37.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22043:supreme-court-decision-could-mean-increase-in-labor-trafficking-of-farmworkers&catid=9)Written by Kate Cimini on July 12 2021. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Supreme Court decision could mean increase in labor trafficking of farmworkers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22043:supreme-court-decision-could-mean-increase-in-labor-trafficking-of-farmworkers&catid=9)

The farmworkers, who spoke no English, took off running when Monterey County Resource Management Agency officials approached them. They couldn’t go f…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/63/055f-63f9e3c7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22042:the-differences-between-fascism-and-trump-ism&catid=9)### [The Differences Between Fascism and Trump(ism)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22042:the-differences-between-fascism-and-trump-ism&catid=9)

Written by CJ Polychroniou on July 12 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ef/055h-ef0c69c6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22041:target-s-bullseye-on-black-youth&catid=9)### [Target’s Bullseye on Black Youth](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22041:target-s-bullseye-on-black-youth&catid=9)

Written by Marjaan Sirdar on July 12 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/054u-6da86e4a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22038:karen-greenberg-the-age-of-unaccountability&catid=9)### [America’s Accountability Problem](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22038:karen-greenberg-the-age-of-unaccountability&catid=9)

Written by Karen Greenberg on July 08 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a3/054d-a386a74b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22024:president-biden-appoints-the-first-lesbian-to-ambassador-level-position-in-history&catid=9)### [President Biden Appoints the First Lesbian to Ambassador-Level Position in History ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22024:president-biden-appoints-the-first-lesbian-to-ambassador-level-position-in-history&catid=9)

Written by Juwan J. Holmes on July 07 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/83/054b-831ba80e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=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&catid=9)### [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/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=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&catid=9)

Written by Abby Zimet on July 07 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/32/053t-32e962b7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22013:biden-may-succeed-where-his-predecessors-failed&catid=9)### [Biden May Succeed Where His Predecessors Failed](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22013:biden-may-succeed-where-his-predecessors-failed&catid=9)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on July 05 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a8/053r-a8b16b68.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22008:sb-9-an-assault-on-the-environment&catid=9)### [SB 9: An Assault on the Environment](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22008:sb-9-an-assault-on-the-environment&catid=9)

Written by Casey Maddren on July 05 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ab/053j-ab1da81d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22004:this-is-our-future-without-climate-action-advocates-warn-after-pipeline-causes-fire-in-gulf-of-mexico&catid=9)### ['This Is Our Future' Without Climate Action, Advocates Warn After Pipeline Causes Fire in Gulf of Mexico](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22004:this-is-our-future-without-climate-action-advocates-warn-after-pipeline-causes-fire-in-gulf-of-mexico&catid=9)

Written by Julia Conley on July 05 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/052z2-343db45a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21994:psychological-aspects-that-you-need-to-master-when-trading-with-bitcoin&catid=9)### [Psychological Aspects That You Need To Master When Trading With Bitcoin](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21994:psychological-aspects-that-you-need-to-master-when-trading-with-bitcoin&catid=9)

Written by Ann Mills on July 01 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d3/052f-d30c67c9.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21991:saving-the-us-iran-nuclear-agreement&catid=9)### [Saving the US-Iran Nuclear Agreement](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21991:saving-the-us-iran-nuclear-agreement&catid=9)

Written by Mel Gurtov on July 01 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/25/052g-25dd3b4d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21979:why-american-jews-are-looking-to-israel&catid=9)### [Why American Jews Are Looking To Israel](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21979:why-american-jews-are-looking-to-israel&catid=9)

Written by Joel Kotkin on July 01 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/28/052s-28f357b2.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21977:this-company-got-a-10-million-ppp-loan-then-closed-its-plant-and-moved-manufacturing-jobs-to-mexico&catid=9)### [This Company Got a $10 Million PPP Loan, Then Closed Its Plant and Moved Manufacturing Jobs to Mexico](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21977:this-company-got-a-10-million-ppp-loan-then-closed-its-plant-and-moved-manufacturing-jobs-to-mexico&catid=9)

Written by Lydia DePillis on July 01 2021.

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Written by Robert Hunziker on June 28 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/55/051i-5577f935.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21952:the-right-and-left-are-both-wrong-on-immigration&catid=9)### [The Right and Left are Both Wrong on Immigration](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21952:the-right-and-left-are-both-wrong-on-immigration&catid=9)

Written by Joel Kotkin on June 28 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f5/051g-f5f50fe3.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21950:getting-real-about-democratic-equality-for-the-people-in-the-face-of-republican-authoritarianism&catid=9)### [Getting Real About Democratic Equality "For the People" in the Face of Republican Authoritarianism](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21950:getting-real-about-democratic-equality-for-the-people-in-the-face-of-republican-authoritarianism&catid=9)

Written by Jeffrey C. Isaac on June 28 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f5/051s-f5ee621e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21948:orwellian-hellscape-v-neoliberal-caretakers-american-politics-in-the-post-trump-era&catid=9)### [Orwellian Hellscape v. Neoliberal Caretakers: American Politics in the “Post-Trump” Era](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21948:orwellian-hellscape-v-neoliberal-caretakers-american-politics-in-the-post-trump-era&catid=9)

Written by Anthony DiMaggio on July 01 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/79/050p-79424cd8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21940:payday-is-almost-here-for-ncaa-athletes&catid=9)### [Payday is Almost Here for NCAA Athletes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21940:payday-is-almost-here-for-ncaa-athletes&catid=9)

Written by Steve Siebold on June 24 2021.

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Written by Alon Ben-Meir on June 24 2021.

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