## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/065h-34567bec.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395) ### [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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/061a-9b0a2dba.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) ### [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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8d/064a-8d58e3a2.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33199:your-boss-owns-your-workday-not-your-brain&catid=425) ### [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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0d/065o-0dac225b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33213:californias-empty-classrooms-are-a-warning-sacramento-cant-ignore&catid=378) ### [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 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2023/005g.jpg) ### A True and Visionary Radical, Martin Luther King Jr. Was No Moderate Written by Peter Dreier on January 16 2023. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26285:a-true-and-visionary-radical-martin-luther-king-jr-was-no-moderate&catid=375) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d3/005i-d3e5e8eb.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/005i.jpg&thumbnail=610,351,&hash=f68491a8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26283:private-equity-is-turbocharging-damage-of-payday-lending-industry&catid=375)Written by William Pierre-Louis Jr. on January 16 2023. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375). ## [Private Equity Is Turbocharging Damage of Payday Lending Industry](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26283:private-equity-is-turbocharging-damage-of-payday-lending-industry&catid=375) CREDIT - Predatory lending is an easily overlooked business that has damaged communities of color and poorer people for decades. It traps borrowers i… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/77/004q-77aec30f.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/004q.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c814566f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26276:did-biden-and-dems-weaponize-government-as-much-as-trump-and-the-gop&catid=375)### [Did Biden and Dems Weaponize Government as Much as Trump and the GOP?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26276:did-biden-and-dems-weaponize-government-as-much-as-trump-and-the-gop&catid=375) Written by Ken Alpern on January 12 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a3/004g-a30643e8.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/004g.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=96a93618) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26270:we-re-exceptional-and-it-s-horrible-to-witness&catid=375)### [We’re Exceptional! And It’s Horrible to Witness](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26270:we-re-exceptional-and-it-s-horrible-to-witness&catid=375) Written by Rebecca Gordon on January 12 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6f/004i-6f609b5c.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/004i.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=45c1c425) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26268:mccarthy-s-cross&catid=375)### [McCarthy’s Cross](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26268:mccarthy-s-cross&catid=375) Written by Liz Amsden on January 12 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c0/004b-c0901e17.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/004b.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5e7fc420) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26264:why-chief-moore-should-not-be-reappointed-by-mayor-bass&catid=375)### [Why Chief Moore Should Not Be Reappointed by Mayor Bass](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26264:why-chief-moore-should-not-be-reappointed-by-mayor-bass&catid=375) Written by Caroline Aguirre on January 12 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/16/003k-16082ca2.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/003k.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=60226d35) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26254:the-republican-party-is-now-more-dangerous-than-it-s-ever-been&catid=375)### [The Republican Party Is Now More Dangerous Than It's Ever Been](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26254:the-republican-party-is-now-more-dangerous-than-it-s-ever-been&catid=375) Written by Robert Reich on January 09 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d5/003f-d522f875.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/003f.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cfa0eac5) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26245:moderation-the-unsung-hero-of-democracy&catid=375)### [Moderation - The Unsung Hero Of Democracy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26245:moderation-the-unsung-hero-of-democracy&catid=375) Written by Mark Dutton on January 10 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/37/003h-37f05f0c.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/003h.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=809c87b0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26242:make-love-not-net-profits&catid=375)### [Make Love Not Net Profits](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26242:make-love-not-net-profits&catid=375) Written by Liz Amsden on January 09 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/38/003b-38616f44.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/003b.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=739ad279) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26241:california-has-most-rent-burdened-tenants-in-us-we-need-rent-control&catid=375)### [California Has Most Rent-Burdened Tenants in US. We Need Rent Control](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26241:california-has-most-rent-burdened-tenants-in-us-we-need-rent-control&catid=375) Written by Patrick Range McDonald on January 09 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/73/002q-73de6df4.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/002q.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=4f0ab248) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26234:the-nfl-america-s-billion-dollar-blood-sport&catid=375)### [The NFL: America’s Billion Dollar Blood Sport](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26234:the-nfl-america-s-billion-dollar-blood-sport&catid=375) Written by Harvey Wasserman on January 05 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f7/002k-f7ce116f.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/002k.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c752e9d6) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26230:gop-takes-over-house-removes-metal-detectors-installed-after-jan-6&catid=375)### [GOP Takes Over House. Removes Metal Detectors Installed After Jan. 6](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26230:gop-takes-over-house-removes-metal-detectors-installed-after-jan-6&catid=375) Written by Jake Johnson on January 05 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/75/002i-75983013.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/002i.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3cddf1c1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26224:gender-terror-remembering-the-1989-montreal-massacre&catid=375)### [Gender Terror. Remembering the 1989 Montreal Massacre](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26224:gender-terror-remembering-the-1989-montreal-massacre&catid=375) Written by Liz Amsden on January 05 2023. 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Hutson](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26213:another-media-feeding-frenzy-judge-cara-d-hutson&catid=375) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 06 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/56/001d-56cfccf4.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/001d.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=237501a1) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26211:2023-i-resolve-to-no-really&catid=375)### [2023: I Resolve to… \[No, Really I Do\]](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26211:2023-i-resolve-to-no-really&catid=375) Written by Liz Amsden on January 02 2023. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3b/001f-3bf2b228.jpg&src=images/stories/Jan-2023/001f.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a070e8ba) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26208:dems-say-gop-rep-elect-george-santos-should-face-expulsion-as-he-admits-to-lying-about-his-background&catid=375)### [Dems Say GOP Rep-Elect George Santos Should Face Expulsion as He Admits to Lying About His Background](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26208:dems-say-gop-rep-elect-george-santos-should-face-expulsion-as-he-admits-to-lying-about-his-background&catid=375) Written by Jake Johnson on January 02 2023. 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