##  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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August 20 2026

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### [LAUSD Demolishes Closed Schools, Wasting Public Assets and Community Hopes](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33228:lausd-demolishes-closed-schools-wasting-public-assets-and-community-hopes&catid=312)

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#  VOICES

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### The Rise Of Oligarchy In America

Written by James Preston Allen on January 06 2022.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23500:the-rise-of-oligarchy-in-america&catid=375)

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## [Are Schools for Learning or for Profit?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23499:are-schools-for-learning-or-for-profit&catid=375)

Their proponents point to more individualized education and better success rates. Their opponents claim they are taking funds needed for the neediest…

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Written by OMAR DAHBOUR – ASHLEY DAWSON on January 06 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/53/002f-53816541.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23490:the-party-of-january-6&catid=375)### [The Party Of January 6](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23490:the-party-of-january-6&catid=375)

Written by John Feffer on January 05 2022.

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Written by Robert C. Koehler on January 05 2022.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 05 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ef/022w-ef2983c9.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23479:former-president-jimmy-carter-warns-us-democracy-teeters-on-the-brink&catid=375)### [Former President Jimmy Carter Warns US Democracy 'Teeters on the Brink' ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23479:former-president-jimmy-carter-warns-us-democracy-teeters-on-the-brink&catid=375)

Written by Brett Wilkins on January 05 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/be/002a-be654f64.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23471:you-say-goodbye-and-i-say-hello&catid=375)### [You Say Goodbye, and I Say Hello](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23471:you-say-goodbye-and-i-say-hello&catid=375)

Written by Dennis P. Zine on January 05 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3f/002b-3f2c9520.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23470:our-democracy-has-not-recovered-from-january-6th&catid=375)### [Our Democracy Has Not Recovered from January 6th](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23470:our-democracy-has-not-recovered-from-january-6th&catid=375)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on January 05 2022.

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Written by Ken Alpern on January 03 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/60/001t-609365b3.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23459:jfk-revisited-oliver-stone-and-the-new-jfk-fact-pattern&catid=375)### [JFK Revisited: Oliver Stone and the New JFK Fact Pattern](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23459:jfk-revisited-oliver-stone-and-the-new-jfk-fact-pattern&catid=375)

Written by Jefferson Morley on January 03 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5e/001u-5e5dce11.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23458:j-edgar-hoover-s-legacy-spying-on-democracy&catid=375)### [J. Edgar Hoover’s Legacy: Spying On Democracy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23458:j-edgar-hoover-s-legacy-spying-on-democracy&catid=375)

Written by Melvin Goodman on January 03 2022.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 03 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/60/001z-60def6be.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23447:twitter-permanently-bans-marjorie-taylor-greene-s-personal-account-over-deadly-covid-disinformation&catid=375)### [Twitter Permanently Bans Marjorie Taylor Greene's Personal Account Over Deadly Covid Disinformation](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23447:twitter-permanently-bans-marjorie-taylor-greene-s-personal-account-over-deadly-covid-disinformation&catid=375)

Written by Kenny Stancil on January 03 2022.

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Written by Sebastian Santos /Tom Hastings on January 03 2022.

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Written by Karen Roseberry on January 02 2022.

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Written by Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky on December 30 2021.

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Written by Bob Lord on December 30 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/df/140k-df17d66a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23429:pen-america-and-the-betrayal-of-julian-assange&catid=375)### [PEN America and the Betrayal of Julian Assange](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23429:pen-america-and-the-betrayal-of-julian-assange&catid=375)

Written by Chris Hedges on December 30 2021.

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Written by Karen Dolan on December 30 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bf/140u-bf35bf66.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23425:the-myth-of-the-us-housing-shortage&catid=375)### [The MYTH of the US Housing Shortage](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23425:the-myth-of-the-us-housing-shortage&catid=375)

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