##  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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### [Follow the Money: How Does a $3,662 Apartment Become “Affordable Housing”?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33300:follow-the-money-how-does-a-3-662-apartment-become-affordable-housing&catid=312)

September 03 2026

#  VOICES

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### It’s Not Just Inflation — It’s Price Gouging

Written by Lindsay Owens on March 13 2022.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24056:it-s-not-just-inflation-it-s-price-gouging&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/19/021k-19c8ef6b.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2022/021k.png&thumbnail=610,411,&hash=5742c162) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24054:our-new-normal&catid=375)Written by Winslow Myers on March 13 2022. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [Our New Normal](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24054:our-new-normal&catid=375)

Or in the fog of war or extreme tension, someone might misinterpret events, beginning nuclear escalation inadvertently. The record of the Cuban Missi…

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Written by ALI NOORANI on March 13 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/dd/020x-ddc782e1.png&src=images/stories/Mar-2022/020x.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ef231652) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24042:the-establishment-of-an-israeli-palestinian-jordanian-confederation-why-now-and-how&catid=375)### [The Establishment of An Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation: Why Now and How?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24042:the-establishment-of-an-israeli-palestinian-jordanian-confederation-why-now-and-how&catid=375)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on March 10 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/89/020h-893c5800.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24035:can-global-sports-boycotts-help-end-the-war-in-ukraine&catid=375)### [Can Global Sports Boycotts Help End The War In Ukraine?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24035:can-global-sports-boycotts-help-end-the-war-in-ukraine&catid=375)

Written by Brian Wakamo on March 09 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/15/020m-15508ae4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24032:putin-and-mad-coward-disease&catid=375)### [Putin and Mad Coward Disease](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24032:putin-and-mad-coward-disease&catid=375)

Written by Rob Okun on March 09 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/020o-fbc7520e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24030:the-limits-of-libertarianism&catid=375)### [The Limits of Libertarianism](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24030:the-limits-of-libertarianism&catid=375)

Written by Joel Kotkin on March 09 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1c/020i-1ca324b6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24026:the-federal-backlog-that-s-hurting-immigrants-and-our-economy&catid=375)### [The Federal Backlog That’s Hurting Immigrants — And Our Economy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24026:the-federal-backlog-that-s-hurting-immigrants-and-our-economy&catid=375)

Written by Payal Sinha on March 09 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f5/020t-f5d00c90.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24024:there-is-no-wisdom-in-pretending-that-ukraine-s-neo-nazis-don-t-exist&catid=375)### [There Is No Wisdom in Pretending That Ukraine's Neo-Nazis Don't Exist](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24024:there-is-no-wisdom-in-pretending-that-ukraine-s-neo-nazis-don-t-exist&catid=375)

Written by MEDEA BENJAMIN, NICOLAS J.S. DAVIES on March 09 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a4/020s-a4910dbc.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24022:oil-and-gas-are-fueling-our-wars-they-cannot-be-the-solution-to-end-them&catid=375)### [Oil and Gas Are Fueling Our Wars. They Cannot Be the Solution to End Them](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24022:oil-and-gas-are-fueling-our-wars-they-cannot-be-the-solution-to-end-them&catid=375)

Written by Alan Zibel on March 09 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2b/019z-2bdccdad.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24013:if-i-were-writing-president-biden-s-state-of-the-union-speech&catid=375)### [The State of the Union Speech Biden Should've Given](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24013:if-i-were-writing-president-biden-s-state-of-the-union-speech&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on March 07 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f0/019u-f0fbb9b2.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24011:oil-and-gas-giants-under-fire-for-fueling-russian-war-on-ukraine&catid=375)### [Oil and Gas Giants Under Fire for Fueling Russian War on Ukraine](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24011:oil-and-gas-giants-under-fire-for-fueling-russian-war-on-ukraine&catid=375)

Written by JESSICA CORBETT on March 07 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0c/019s-0c5250fc.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24007:democracy-s-peril-and-promise-let-the-ukraine-crisis-awaken-action&catid=375)### [Democracy's Peril and Promise: Let the Ukraine Crisis Awaken Action](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24007:democracy-s-peril-and-promise-let-the-ukraine-crisis-awaken-action&catid=375)

Written by FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ, MAX BOLAND on March 07 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4f/019d-4f5b2535.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23997:as-joan-rivers-would-ask-can-we-talk&catid=375)### [As Joan Rivers Would Ask, “Can We Talk?”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23997:as-joan-rivers-would-ask-can-we-talk&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 07 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/30/019b-3002367c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23996:a-rude-awakening-for-america-and-its-allies&catid=375)### [A Rude Awakening For America And Its Allies](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23996:a-rude-awakening-for-america-and-its-allies&catid=375)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on March 07 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/19/019h-1933484b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23995:a-new-face-of-american-gun-ownership&catid=375)### [A New Face Of American Gun Ownership](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23995:a-new-face-of-american-gun-ownership&catid=375)

Written by Agya K. Aning on March 07 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5f/019o-5f9b6731.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23991:my-ode-to-ukrainian-pain&catid=375)### [Where Have Frightened Ukrainians Gone?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23991:my-ode-to-ukrainian-pain&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on March 08 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/41/018y-41751099.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23979:my-body-my-soul&catid=375)### [My Body, My Soul](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23979:my-body-my-soul&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on March 03 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/71/018x-71670ee0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23978:empty-residential-hotels-downtown-why-didn-t-legal-aid-foundation-atty-barbara-schultz-prevent-it&catid=375)### [Empty Residential Hotels Downtown. Why Didn’t Legal Aid Foundation Atty Barbara Schultz Prevent It?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23978:empty-residential-hotels-downtown-why-didn-t-legal-aid-foundation-atty-barbara-schultz-prevent-it&catid=375)

Written by Housing Activist on March 03 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/09/018v-09926d39.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23977:talk-is-cheap-we-will-never-defeat-russia-if-we-re-buying-their-oil&catid=375)### [Talk is Cheap: We Will Never Defeat Russia If We're Buying Their Oil](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23977:talk-is-cheap-we-will-never-defeat-russia-if-we-re-buying-their-oil&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on March 03 2022.

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