##  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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#  VOICES

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### Critical Race Theory – How Could Something So Rational End up So Racist?

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 12 2023.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27088:critical-race-theory-how-could-something-so-rational-end-up-so-racist&catid=375)

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## [All My Trials Will Soon Be Over](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27095:all-my-trials-will-soon-be-over&catid=375)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - With apologies to the real Superstar… who predated Trump by a couple of millennia. Look at all my trials and tribulations Journal…

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Written by Mark Dutton on June 12 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/49/047i-493f3d5e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27091:tax-scam-republicans-follow-debt-ceiling-fight-by-proposing-tax-cuts-for-wealthy&catid=375)### ['Tax Scam': Republicans Follow Debt Ceiling Fight by Proposing Tax Cuts for Wealthy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27091:tax-scam-republicans-follow-debt-ceiling-fight-by-proposing-tax-cuts-for-wealthy&catid=375)

Written by Olivia Rosane on June 12 2023.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 09 2023.

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Written by Frankie Miranda on June 09 2023.

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Written by Julia Conley on June 09 2023.

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Written by Alex Bollinger on June 09 2023.

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Written by Alon Ben-Meir on June 08 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/69/045h-69760ca1.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27051:say-it-ain-t-so-joe&catid=375)### [Say It Ain’t So, Joe](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27051:say-it-ain-t-so-joe&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on June 05 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f3/045d-f337b3bc.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27044:reparations-huh-here-s-my-reparations-list&catid=375)### [Reparations, Huh? Here's MY Reparations List!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27044:reparations-huh-here-s-my-reparations-list&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on June 05 2023.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 05 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ca/045k-ca848497.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27053:a-rank-immunity-henry-kissinger-is-still-a-war-criminal&catid=375)### [A Rank Immunity: Henry Kissinger Is Still A War Criminal](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27053:a-rank-immunity-henry-kissinger-is-still-a-war-criminal&catid=375)

Written by Abby Zimet on June 05 2023.

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Written by Julie Hollar / Jim Naureckas on June 05 2023.

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Written by Jeffrey St. Clair on June 05 2023.

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Written by Cheryl Ortega on June 02 2023.

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Written by Jake Johnson on June 01 2023.

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Written by Liz Amsden on June 01 2023.

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Written by Robert Reich on June 01 2023.

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Written by Richard C. Gross on June 01 2023.

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