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Written by James A. Haught on January 15 2016. Posted in IMPORTANT READS.

Why Liberals Win the Culture Wars (Even When They Lose Elections)

BOOK WATCH-Social progress occurs because liberal-minded reformers defeat conservative resistance. That’s how slavery ended – and women gained the right to vote – and couples won a right to use birth control – and Social Security pensions…

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Written by Jeff Wattenhofer on January 08 2016. Posted in IMPORTANT READS.

Mayor Garcetti Looking to Compromise with NIMBYs on Anti-Development Ballot Measure

GUEST WORDS-Development has been booming in Los Angeles since the end of the Great Recession -- Angelenos need housing and developers are pumping out bigger and bigger mixed-users to take advantage of this. But not everyone is a fan. A r…

Mayor Offers LA’s Planning Director Job to the Boy Next Door

Written by Dick Platkin on January 08 2016.

Not Another White Oscars

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on January 15 2016.

Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association: A Deceptive Attack on Organized Labor

Written by Ben Spielberg on January 15 2016.

When California Sterilized 20,000 Citizens

Written by Alexandra Minna Stern on January 15 2016.

Let’s Face It, California Is Nuts

Written by Joe Mathews on January 15 2016.

California: Life in the Corporate State

Written by Bob Gelfand on January 15 2016.

Nun Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver … or, Why the LAPD Needs to Step up Enforcement

Written by Dennis P. Zine on January 15 2016.

Here’s How We Responded 50 Years Ago When a Black Militia Occupied a Government Building in California

Written by Nick Wing on January 15 2016.

At 70, Baby Boomers Face a New Acid Test

Written by Harvey Wasserman on January 03 2016.

Here’s How ‘President’ Trump will Govern

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on January 03 2016.

California Women 2015: On the UP Escalator

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on January 03 2016.

For America’s Veterans, the War Never Ends … Only, Now the Battle is with Their Own Government

Written by Katharine Russ on January 03 2016.

Liar, Cheat, Thief Martin Shkreli: My Person of the Year

Written by Don Kaul on December 31 2015.

Lifting the Curtain On the Past Half Decade: Much Noise, Little Substance

Written by Bob Gelfand on December 31 2015.

Alpern Reads the Tea Leaves for Politics 2016: A Heap of Anger Topped with a Dash of Hope

Written by Ken Alpern on December 31 2015.

If Top General Gets His Way, America's ‘Longest War’ May Never End

Written by Sarah Lazare on December 31 2015.

Hey Californians: Let’s Side With the Refugees, Not the Terrorists

Written by Joe Mathews on December 31 2015.

The Uncivil War Over the California Water Fix

Written by John Mirisch on December 31 2015.

Biology Doesn’t Write Laws: Hillary Clinton's Bathroom Break - Not as Trivial as You Think

Written by Soraya Chemaly on December 31 2015.

LA DWP #2 (Pay Your Bill Help)

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