##  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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#  VOICES

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### Talk Back to Your Elders

Written by Eramis Goodspiel on June 29 2023.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27188:talk-back-to-your-elders&catid=375)

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## [The Human Beings Who Died on the Adriana Were Treated Like Their Lives Didn't Matter](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27201:the-human-beings-who-died-on-the-adriana-were-treated-like-their-lives-didnt-matter&catid=375)

HUMAN TRAGEDY - Recent weeks saw two terrible tragedies at sea. In one, five explorers died when the Titan submersible imploded in the North Atlanti…

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Written by Ken Alpern on June 29 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a3/052v-a30c2c31.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27200:incredible-central-park-five-exoneree-yusef-salaam-declares-victory-in-nyc-council-primary&catid=375)### ['Incredible': Central Park Five Exoneree Yusef Salaam Declares Victory in NYC Council Primary](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27200:incredible-central-park-five-exoneree-yusef-salaam-declares-victory-in-nyc-council-primary&catid=375)

Written by Brett WIlkins on June 29 2023.

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Written by Abe Gurko on June 29 2023.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 26 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/be/051j-beac2ae4.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27169:a-year-after-dobbs-advocates-demand-expanded-court-congressional-action-to-protect-abortion-rights&catid=375)### [A Year After Dobbs, Advocates Demand Expanded Court, Congressional Action to Protect Abortion Rights](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27169:a-year-after-dobbs-advocates-demand-expanded-court-congressional-action-to-protect-abortion-rights&catid=375)

Written by Julia Conley on June 26 2023.

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Written by Jake Johnson on June 26 2023.

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Written by Jim Kavanagh on June 26 2023.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on June 26 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/df/051l-dfa51784.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27165:the-surging-arrogance-of-corporatism&catid=375)### [The Surging Arrogance of Corporatism](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27165:the-surging-arrogance-of-corporatism&catid=375)

Written by Ralph Nader on June 26 2023.

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Written by Liz Amsden on June 23 2023.

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Written by Denyse Selesnick on June 23 2023.

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Written by Liz Amsden on June 19 2023.

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Written by Denise Fairchild on June 19 2023.

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Written by Abby Zimmet on June 15 2023.

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Written by Marc Ang on June 19 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/aa/048e-aa3ede27.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27105:is-councilmember-currern-prices-prosecution-the-first-or-the-last-to-address-la-corruption&catid=375)### [Is Councilmember Curren Price’s Prosecution the First or the Last to Address LA Corruption?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27105:is-councilmember-currern-prices-prosecution-the-first-or-the-last-to-address-la-corruption&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 19 2023.

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Written by Ken Ross on June 15 2023.

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Written by Liz Amsden on June 15 2023.

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