##  In the News

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### [They Said It Made No Sense. Then They Voted Yes.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33278:they-said-it-made-no-sense-then-they-voted-yes&catid=327)

August 31 2026

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### [Trump World. From Assassination Abroad to Chaos at Home](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33277:trump-world-from-assassination-abroad-to-chaos-at-home&catid=395)

August 31 2026

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August 31 2026

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### [As California Debated Sharing Data On Drivers, Homeland Security Subpoenaed 17 Million Records](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33308:as-california-debated-sharing-data-on-drivers-homeland-security-subpoenaed-17-million-records&catid=425)

September 03 2026

#  VOICES

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### An Investment in Child Care Is an Investment in the Workforce

Written by Nicole Mason, Jessica Sager on April 11 2022.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24302:an-investment-in-child-care-is-an-investment-in-the-workforce&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/50/029t-5055b4fe.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24298:when-my-profit-is-more-important-than-your-life&catid=375)Written by Liz Amsden on April 11 2022. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [When My Profit is More Important Than Your Life](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24298:when-my-profit-is-more-important-than-your-life&catid=375)

Both were excesses caused by the overweening pride of those who call themselves bankers but are really just brokers for the ultra-wealthy and power-h…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1a/029e-1ac0974e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24296:ca-school-boards-association-divorces-to-go-on-its-own-to-d-c&catid=375)### [CA School Boards Association Divorces to Go On its Own to D.C.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24296:ca-school-boards-association-divorces-to-go-on-its-own-to-d-c&catid=375)

Written by California Policy Center on April 10 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f5/028z-f5e98873.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24274:a-world-full-of-crazy&catid=375)### [A World Full of Crazy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24274:a-world-full-of-crazy&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on April 07 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f4/028p-f4781d79.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24269:how-the-supreme-court-could-make-your-life-more-dangerous&catid=375)### [How the Supreme Court Could Make Your Life More Dangerous](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24269:how-the-supreme-court-could-make-your-life-more-dangerous&catid=375)

Written by Robert Reich on April 07 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e3/028l-e346cd13.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24267:when-the-arc-of-history-bends-back-toward-the-dark-ages&catid=375)### [When the Arc of History Bends Back Toward the Dark Ages](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24267:when-the-arc-of-history-bends-back-toward-the-dark-ages&catid=375)

Written by Joel Kotkin on April 07 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d8/028x-d887c33a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24262:is-the-minimum-wage-really-a-living-wage&catid=375)### [Is the Minimum Wage Really a Living Wage?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24262:is-the-minimum-wage-really-a-living-wage&catid=375)

Written by Denyse Selesnick on April 07 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8c/028b-8c04e988.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24261:the-myth-and-reality-of-activist-judges&catid=375)### [The Myth and Reality of Activist Judges](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24261:the-myth-and-reality-of-activist-judges&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 06 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1a/028j-1ae32e52.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24255:seahawks-pete-carroll-goes-in-on-nfl-over-hiring-diversity&catid=375)### [Former USC Coach Pete Carroll Goes Off on NFL Over Hiring Diversity](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24255:seahawks-pete-carroll-goes-in-on-nfl-over-hiring-diversity&catid=375)

Written by Keith Reed on April 06 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5a/027s-5ab72c8f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24240:is-biden-trying-to-flip-congress-to-the-gop-this-november&catid=375)### [Is Biden TRYING to Flip Congress to the GOP This November?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24240:is-biden-trying-to-flip-congress-to-the-gop-this-november&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on April 04 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a2/027w-a251fd79.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24235:private-detention-isn-t-ending-under-biden-it-s-just-changing-form&catid=375)### [Private Detention Isn’t Ending Under Biden – It’s Just Changing Form](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24235:private-detention-isn-t-ending-under-biden-it-s-just-changing-form&catid=375)

Written by Joshua Leach, Hannah Hafter on April 04 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/86/027j-8690cd45.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24227:the-union-makes-us-strong&catid=375)### [Unions on the Rise Again](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24227:the-union-makes-us-strong&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on April 04 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0d/027e-0de044c6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24223:u-s-women-s-delegation-to-afghanistan-calls-for-schools-to-open-to-girls&catid=375)### [U.S. Women’s Delegation to Afghanistan Calls for Schools to Open to Girls](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24223:u-s-women-s-delegation-to-afghanistan-calls-for-schools-to-open-to-girls&catid=375)

Written by Medea Benjamin on April 04 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/32/026x-322bbdd4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24213:big-oil-should-pay-windfall-tax-to-offset-pain-at-the-pump&catid=375)### [Big Oil Should Pay Windfall Tax to Offset Pain at the Pump](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24213:big-oil-should-pay-windfall-tax-to-offset-pain-at-the-pump&catid=375)

Written by JAMIE HENN on March 31 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/79/026i-794a8d7c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24206:president-biden-and-the-left-still-cavorting-with-jew-haters&catid=375)### [President Biden and the Left: Still Cavorting with Jew-Haters ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24206:president-biden-and-the-left-still-cavorting-with-jew-haters&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on March 31 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/00/026l-002e908e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24204:when-jim-crow-greeted-black-veterans&catid=375)### [When Jim Crow Greeted Black Veterans](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24204:when-jim-crow-greeted-black-veterans&catid=375)

Written by Robert C. Koehler on March 31 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/15/026r-155faaaa.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24197:the-power-of-the-mother-tongue-unconquerable&catid=375)### [The Power of the Mother Tongue – Unconquerable](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24197:the-power-of-the-mother-tongue-unconquerable&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on March 31 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b6/026c-b6586422.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24192:was-the-slap-seen-around-the-world-a-black-thing&catid=375)### [Was the Slap Seen Around the World a Black Thing?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24192:was-the-slap-seen-around-the-world-a-black-thing&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 30 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ca/026e-ca681b66.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24190:pasadena-activists-take-huge-step-to-pass-rent-control-and-rein-in-predatory-landlords&catid=375)### [Pasadena Activists Take Huge Step to Pass Rent Control and Rein In Predatory Landlords](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24190:pasadena-activists-take-huge-step-to-pass-rent-control-and-rein-in-predatory-landlords&catid=375)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on March 30 2022.

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Written by Ken Alpern on March 28 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4b/025u-4b6d9927.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24180:want-to-defeat-putin-deliver-the-green-new-deal&catid=375)### [Want to Defeat Putin? Deliver the Green New Deal](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24180:want-to-defeat-putin-deliver-the-green-new-deal&catid=375)

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