##  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

#  VOICES

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### Why Georgia's Case Against Trump Could Be So Damaging

Written by Sareen Habeshian on August 14 2023.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27447:why-georgias-case-against-trump-could-be-so-damaging&catid=375)

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## [Painting the Event of Being: Edmondo Bacci at the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27445:painting-the-event-of-being-edmondo-bacci-at-the-peggy-guggenheim-museum-in-venice&catid=375)

ART WATCH - Edmondo Bacci: Energy and Light, curated by Chiara Bertola, and currently on view at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, is the fi…

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 14 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/88/065k-88f108e1.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27443:a-perilous-implosion-awaits-israel-unless-true-democracy-prevails&catid=375)### [A Perilous Implosion Awaits Israel Unless True Democracy Prevails](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27443:a-perilous-implosion-awaits-israel-unless-true-democracy-prevails&catid=375)

Written by Alon Ben Meier on August 14 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a8/065e-a855948a.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27440:the-rise-of-private-cops-how-not-to-tackle-homelessness&catid=375)### [The Rise of Private Cops: How Not to Tackle Homelessness](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27440:the-rise-of-private-cops-how-not-to-tackle-homelessness&catid=375)

Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on August 14 2023.

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Written by Fran Quigley on August 14 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7a/064m-7a54ed40.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27431:if-bosses-are-raking-it-in-shouldnt-employees-too&catid=375)### [If Bosses Are Raking It In, Shouldn't Employees, Too?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27431:if-bosses-are-raking-it-in-shouldnt-employees-too&catid=375)

Written by Robert Reich on August 10 2023.

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Written by Jessica Corbett on August 10 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fd/064r-fdc2a7cd.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27425:when-monuments-glorifying-the-confederacy-went-up-in-the-south-voting-in-black-areas-went-down&catid=375)### [When Monuments Glorifying the Confederacy Went Up in the South, Voting in Black Areas Went Down](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27425:when-monuments-glorifying-the-confederacy-went-up-in-the-south-voting-in-black-areas-went-down&catid=375)

Written by Alexander Taylor on August 10 2023.

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Written by Thom Hartmann on August 10 2023.

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Written by James O’Sullivan on August 10 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f1/063m-f17f5f4c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27411:retire-mcconnell-loudly-booed-and-heckled-at-event-in-his-home-state&catid=375)### ['Retire!' McConnell Loudly Booed and Heckled at Event in His Home State](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27411:retire-mcconnell-loudly-booed-and-heckled-at-event-in-his-home-state&catid=375)

Written by Jake Johnson on August 07 2023.

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Written by Wendy Fry on August 07 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e5/063c1-e56275bd.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27406:why-was-britney-spears-memoir-delayed-interview-with-celebrity-lawyer-aron-solomon&catid=375)### [Why Was Britney Spears’ Memoir Delayed? Interview with Celebrity Lawyer Aron Solomon](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27406:why-was-britney-spears-memoir-delayed-interview-with-celebrity-lawyer-aron-solomon&catid=375)

Written by Marc Ang on August 07 2023.

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Written by Mark Dutton on August 07 2023.

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Written by Sam Jacobs on August 07 2023.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 07 2023.

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Written by Tim Campbell on August 07 2023.

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Written by Liz Amsden on August 07 2023.

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Written by Seiji Yamada on August 03 2023.

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