##  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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### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398)

August 03 2026

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### [Your Boss Owns Your Workday—Not Your Brain](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33199:your-boss-owns-your-workday-not-your-brain&catid=425)

August 13 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

#  LOS ANGELES

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### A Textbook Case of Environmental Injustice

Written by Jill Richardson on April 22 2021.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21610:a-textbook-case-of-environmental-injustice&catid=312)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5a/032p-5a113c7e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21609:america-go-big-again&catid=312)Written by Jim Hightower on April 22 2021. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=312).

## [America Go Big Again](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21609:america-go-big-again&catid=312)

From the start of our United States, Americans have backed leaders who dared to do big public projects — Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roo…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/be/032n-be9bac55.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21608:daunte-wright-s-killing-makes-the-case-for-shrinking-police-budgets&catid=312)### [Daunte Wright’s Killing Makes the Case for Shrinking Police Budgets](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21608:daunte-wright-s-killing-makes-the-case-for-shrinking-police-budgets&catid=312)

Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on April 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/55/032g-555627b1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21606:the-doomsday-glacier-lives-up-to-its-billing&catid=312)### [The Doomsday Glacier Lives up to its Billing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21606:the-doomsday-glacier-lives-up-to-its-billing&catid=312)

Written by Robert Hunziker on April 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a6/032r-a60558ed.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21605:the-chauvin-trial-is-dangerously-deceptive&catid=312)### [The Chauvin Trial is Dangerously Deceptive](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21605:the-chauvin-trial-is-dangerously-deceptive&catid=312)

Written by Paul Street on April 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/031i-2db071a3.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21597:what-is-the-acceptable-number-of-mass-murders&catid=312)### [What is the Acceptable Number of Mass Murders?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21597:what-is-the-acceptable-number-of-mass-murders&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on April 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/89/031g-89cb96ca.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21595:will-trump-end-up-in-prison&catid=312)### [Will Trump End Up in Prison?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21595:will-trump-end-up-in-prison&catid=312)

Written by Thom Hartmann on April 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/22/031u-22fd2d76.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21594:armed-racism-keeps-no-one-safe&catid=312)### [Armed Racism Keeps No One Safe](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21594:armed-racism-keeps-no-one-safe&catid=312)

Written by Robert C. Koehler on April 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d0/031l-d009e99a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21593:is-los-angeles-sweep-of-a-homeless-encampment-the-wave-of-the-future&catid=312)### [Is Los Angeles’ Sweep of a Homeless Encampment the Wave of the Future?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21593:is-los-angeles-sweep-of-a-homeless-encampment-the-wave-of-the-future&catid=312)

Written by Jack Ross on April 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/031q-10753197.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21591:covid-19-vaccinating-ourselves-from-the-paranoia-bullying-and-shaming&catid=312)### [COVID-19: Vaccinating Ourselves from the Paranoia Bullying and Shaming](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21591:covid-19-vaccinating-ourselves-from-the-paranoia-bullying-and-shaming&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on April 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e4/031r-e43d7a67.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21590:civic-memory-working-group&catid=312)### [Civic Memory Working Group](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21590:civic-memory-working-group&catid=312)

Written by Eric Preven on April 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b5/031v-b5698d8d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21589:america-s-elites-want-a-racial-apocalypse&catid=312)### [America’s Elites Want a Racial Apocalypse](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21589:america-s-elites-want-a-racial-apocalypse&catid=312)

Written by Joel Kotkin on April 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/09/031h-09da41ae.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21588:what-s-needed-for-a-more-lasting-peace-in-afghanistan&catid=312)### [What's Needed for a More Lasting Peace in Afghanistan](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21588:what-s-needed-for-a-more-lasting-peace-in-afghanistan&catid=312)

Written by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S. Davies on April 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/81/031f-817f7ddc.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21587:la-s-homelessness-blame-the-mayor&catid=312)### [LA’s Homelessness: Blame the Mayor!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21587:la-s-homelessness-blame-the-mayor&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7d/031m-7d42c1ca.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21586:economic-refugees-and-safe-encampments&catid=312)### [Economic Refugees and Safe Encampments](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21586:economic-refugees-and-safe-encampments&catid=312)

Written by James Preston Allen on April 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ce/031k-ce9205ec.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21585:report-on-lapd-critical-of-response-but-doesn-t-go-far-enough&catid=312)### [Report on LAPD: Critical of Response but Doesn’t Go Far Enough](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21585:report-on-lapd-critical-of-response-but-doesn-t-go-far-enough&catid=312)

Written by Mark Friedman on April 19 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/36/030g-363e7790.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21576:why-the-homeless-crisis-is-so-feebly-addressed-in-los-angeles&catid=312)### [Why the Homeless Crisis is so Feebly Addressed in Los Angeles?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21576:why-the-homeless-crisis-is-so-feebly-addressed-in-los-angeles&catid=312)

Written by Dick Platkin on April 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8f/030s-8f52adc7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21575:what-did-former-la-councilman-ryu-do-so-wrong&catid=312)### [What Did Former LA Councilman Ryu Do So Wrong?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21575:what-did-former-la-councilman-ryu-do-so-wrong&catid=312)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6a/030n-6ad0a5bc.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21574:fraud-waste-and-abuse-la-city-controller-on-the-case&catid=312)### [Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: LA City Controller on the Case](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21574:fraud-waste-and-abuse-la-city-controller-on-the-case&catid=312)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on April 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e5/030t-e53c6cd7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21573:fresh-out-of-his-own-la-city-council-member-uses-primary-opponent-s-idea&catid=312)### [Fresh Out of His Own, LA City Council Member Uses Primary Opponent’s Idea](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21573:fresh-out-of-his-own-la-city-council-member-uses-primary-opponent-s-idea&catid=312)

Written by Rachael Rose Luckey on April 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3c/030o-3cbba62a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21572:does-california-have-the-best-politicians-that-money-can-buy&catid=312)### [Does California Have the Best Politicians That Money Can Buy?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21572:does-california-have-the-best-politicians-that-money-can-buy&catid=312)

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