##  In the News

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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)

August 20 2026

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### [Missing Middle. LA City Planning’s New Approach to “Attainable” Housing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429)

August 24 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

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### [LAUSD Demolishes Closed Schools, Wasting Public Assets and Community Hopes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33228:lausd-demolishes-closed-schools-wasting-public-assets-and-community-hopes&catid=312)

August 20 2026

#  SAY WHAT?

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  [### The Real Trump-Russia Quid Pro Quo

Written by Max Frankel on March 28 2019.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17373:the-real-trump-russia-quid-pro-quo&catid=376)

 Written by Julia Conley on March 25 2019. Posted in [SAY WHAT?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=376).

## ['Torture, Plain and Simple': Chelsea Manning's Supporters Demand Her Release from Solitary Confinement](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17350:torture-plain-and-simple-chelsea-manning-s-supporters-demand-her-release-from-solitary-confinement&catid=376)

"The United States Government has already tortured Chelsea Manning for months. She attempted suicide twice while incarcerated. Now they're torturing…

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### [Worse Than the Wall](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17326:worse-than-the-wall&catid=376)

Written by Karla Molinar-Arvizo on March 21 2019.

### [Advertisers Urged to #DropFox by Outraged Activists](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17285:advertisers-urged-to-dropfox-by-outraged-activists&catid=376)

Written by Eoin Higgins on March 14 2019.

### [Politicians Are Finally Catching Up on Marijuana](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17282:politicians-are-finally-catching-up-on-marijuana&catid=376)

Written by Jill Richardson on March 14 2019.

### [Never Stop Pushing Elected Officials](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17262:never-stop-pushing-elected-officials&catid=376)

Written by Jim Hightower on March 11 2019.

### [Trump Threatens America with One Fewer Televised Debate](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17241:trump-threatens-america-with-one-fewer-televised-debate&catid=376)

Written by Ibn Safir on March 07 2019.

### [How the Media Overlooked Michael Jackson’s Alleged Sexual Abuse](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17220:how-the-media-overlooked-michael-jackson-s-alleged-sexual-abuse&catid=376)

Written by Marina Fang on March 04 2019.

### [Gemmel Moore’s Mother Files Lawsuit Against Ed Buck and DA Jackie Lacey](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17199:gemmel-moore-s-mother-files-lawsuit-against-ed-buck-and-da-jackie-lacey&catid=376)

Written by Henry Scott on February 28 2019.

### [Intrepid Journalism 101: Watch This Reporter Jump Over the Border Wall!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17179:intrepid-journalism-101-watch-this-reporter-jump-over-the-border-wall&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on February 25 2019.

### [One Weekend a Month My Ass](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17136:one-weekend-a-month-my-ass&catid=376)

Written by Rebecca Gordon on February 18 2019.

### [Listen, Trump: Stop Using Women to Push Your Right-Wing Agenda](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17112:listen-trump-stop-using-women-to-push-your-right-wing-agenda&catid=376)

Written by Radical Women on February 14 2019.

### [He Lies (Again) and El Paso's Pissed](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17088:he-lies-again-and-el-paso-s-pissed&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on February 11 2019.

### [What California’s New Gender Designation Law will Cost Teen Drivers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17069:what-california-s-new-gender-designation-law-will-cost-teen-drivers&catid=376)

Written by Dan Morain on February 07 2019.

### [Poll: Enormous Public Support for Higher Taxes on Rich](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17047:poll-enormous-public-support-for-higher-taxes-on-rich&catid=376)

Written by Jake Johnson on February 04 2019.

### [Build That Wall (Around Mar-a-Largo)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17029:build-that-wall-around-mar-a-largo&catid=376)

Written by Jim Hightower on January 31 2019.

### [Stop Trusting Viral Videos](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17009:stop-trusting-viral-videos&catid=376)

Written by Ian Bogost on January 28 2019.

### [The Real Emergency: It’s Not the Wall. It’s Not the Shutdown. It’s You and Me.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16984:the-real-emergency-it-s-not-the-wall-it-s-not-the-shutdown-it-s-you-and-me&catid=376)

Written by Umair Haque on January 24 2019.

### [Trump Is Not Strong](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16965:trump-is-not-strong&catid=376)

Written by Avi Bueno on January 21 2019.

### [California Teen Leads Lawsuit to Keep Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants in U.S.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16941:california-teen-leads-lawsuit-to-keep-hundreds-of-thousands-of-immigrants-in-u-s&catid=376)

Written by Farida Jhabvala Romero on January 17 2019.

### [Because Bigotry Never Fails, Megyn Kelly Just Made $30 Million Defending Blackface](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16921:because-bigotry-never-fails-megyn-kelly-just-made-30-million-defending-blackface&catid=376)

Written by Jay Connor on January 14 2019.

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