##  In the News

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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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### [Zuckerberg May Finally Pay a Price for Preying on Our Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33261:zuckerberg-may-finally-pay-a-price-for-preying-on-our-children&catid=375)

August 27 2026

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### [Newsom’s Next Immigration Gamble: Defy Federal Law And Dare Washington To Fight Back](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33283:newsoms-next-immigration-gamble-defy-federal-law-and-dare-washington-to-fight-back&catid=375)

August 31 2026

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### [Nithya Raman Has Yet to Address Hasan Piker’s Antisemitism Controversy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33275:nithya-raman-has-yet-to-address-hasan-pikers-antisemitism-controversy&catid=375)

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#  VOICES

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### There Are Two Types Of Men. There’s Ukrainian President Zelensky & Then There’s Ted Cruz.

Written by Bil Browning on March 03 2022.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23958:there-are-two-types-of-men-there-s-ukrainian-president-zelensky-then-there-s-ted-cruz&catid=375)

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## [The Persistence of the Racist Police State](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23954:the-persistence-of-the-white-racist-police-state&catid=375)

Last fall we learned from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) that police violence killed more than 30,000 people – two people per…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/db/017f-dbe8fa2e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23947:what-the-us-does-not-understand-about-russia&catid=375)### [What the US Does Not Understand About Russia](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23947:what-the-us-does-not-understand-about-russia&catid=375)

Written by DAVID SCHULTZ on February 28 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/12/017h-12a97218.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23946:russia-at-war&catid=375)### [Russia At War](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23946:russia-at-war&catid=375)

Written by Matthew Stevenson on February 28 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/00/017j-00ea1822.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23940:creating-peace-means-changing-the-world&catid=375)### [Creating Peace Means Changing The World](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23940:creating-peace-means-changing-the-world&catid=375)

Written by Robert C. Koehler on February 28 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0b/017o-0b951e8f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23936:big-oil-is-trying-to-profit-from-the-war-in-ukraine&catid=375)### [Big Oil Is Trying to Profit from the War in Ukraine](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23936:big-oil-is-trying-to-profit-from-the-war-in-ukraine&catid=375)

Written by Jamie Henn on February 28 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/eb/016s-eb806e81.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23930:not-your-champion&catid=375)### [Not Your Champion](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23930:not-your-champion&catid=375)

Written by Tom H. Hastings on February 24 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b4/016z2-b47d61f3.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/016z2.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f5971390) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23924:can-we-have-a-do-over-for-2022&catid=375)### [Can We Have a Do Over for 2022?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23924:can-we-have-a-do-over-for-2022&catid=375)

Written by Denyse Selesnick on February 26 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6e/016z-6e5de346.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23923:why-gerrymandering-could-get-way-worse&catid=375)### [Why Gerrymandering Could Get Way Worse](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23923:why-gerrymandering-could-get-way-worse&catid=375)

Written by ROBERT REICH on February 24 2022.

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Written by Liz Amsden on February 23 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0e/016j-0e557243.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/016j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fced77f4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23914:who-s-behind-the-people-s-convoy-to-washington-dc&catid=375)### [Who’s Behind the People’s Convoy to Washington DC?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23914:who-s-behind-the-people-s-convoy-to-washington-dc&catid=375)

Written by Steve O’Keefe on February 23 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/14/016h-14a159e4.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/016h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=61143d80) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23908:putin-s-advance-into-ukraine-compares-with-saddam-hussein-s-invasion-of-kuwait-a-disaster-for-russia&catid=375)### [Putin’s Advance Into Ukraine Compares with Saddam Hussein’s Invasion of Kuwait…a Disaster for Russia](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23908:putin-s-advance-into-ukraine-compares-with-saddam-hussein-s-invasion-of-kuwait-a-disaster-for-russia&catid=375)

Written by PATRICK COCKBURN on February 23 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/06/015z1-060f5324.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/015z1.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=ebfe8255) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23894:gop-attacks-on-voting-already-impacting-2022-primaries&catid=375)### [GOP Attacks on Voting Already Impacting 2022 Primaries](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23894:gop-attacks-on-voting-already-impacting-2022-primaries&catid=375)

Written by FRED WERTHEIMER on February 21 2022.

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Written by Ken Alpern on February 21 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/aa/015q2-aa01dc5d.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/015q2.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=863a6f31) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23886:erasure-or-remembrance-japanese-internment-80-years-later&catid=375)### [Erasure or Remembrance? — Japanese Internment 80 Years Later](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23886:erasure-or-remembrance-japanese-internment-80-years-later&catid=375)

Written by Terelle Jerricks on February 21 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bb/015a-bb03048b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23881:top-5-burning-questions-that-l-a-city-hall-and-legal-aid-foundation-attorney-barbara-schultz-must-answer&catid=375)### [Top 5 Burning Questions that L.A. City Hall and Legal Aid Foundation Attorney Barbara Schultz Must Answer](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23881:top-5-burning-questions-that-l-a-city-hall-and-legal-aid-foundation-attorney-barbara-schultz-must-answer&catid=375)

Written by Housing Activist on June 07 2023.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/015o-9bf989a9.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23874:off-with-their-tongues&catid=375)### [Off With Their Tongues!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23874:off-with-their-tongues&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on February 20 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bb/014v-bb3658b0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23856:spotify-s-business-model-is-killing-music&catid=375)### [Spotify’s Business Model Is Killing Music](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23856:spotify-s-business-model-is-killing-music&catid=375)

Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on February 17 2022.

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