## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/079q-c05f8bbc.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33461-are-small-businesses-and-workers-fighting-their-true-adversary-in-the-fast-food-battle) ### [Are Small Businesses And Workers Fighting Their True Adversary In The Fast-Food Battle?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33461-are-small-businesses-and-workers-fighting-their-true-adversary-in-the-fast-food-battle) October 01 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b7/080b-b767ee44.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33486-why-would-la-voters-elect-a-city-attorney-who-has-never-tried-a-case-in-court-in-front-of-a-jury) ### [Why Would LA Voters Elect A City Attorney Who Has Never Tried A Case In Court In Front Of A Jury?](https://www.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33486-why-would-la-voters-elect-a-city-attorney-who-has-never-tried-a-case-in-court-in-front-of-a-jury) October 05 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cb/079n-cba2ecf7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33463-dwp-ratepayers-streetlights-and-the-lack-of-transparency) ### [DWP Ratepayers, Streetlights, and the Lack of Transparency](https://www.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33463-dwp-ratepayers-streetlights-and-the-lack-of-transparency) October 01 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f4/079f-f4db4506.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33455-nithya-raman-asked-jewish-los-angeles-to-trust-her-her-own-words-made-that-harder) ### [Nithya Raman Asked Jewish Los Angeles to Trust Her. Her Own Words Made That Harder.](https://www.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33455-nithya-raman-asked-jewish-los-angeles-to-trust-her-her-own-words-made-that-harder) October 01 2026 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/69/099d-69d1871c.png) ### Jussie Smollett’s Clumsy Execution of Hoax Written by Marc Ang on December 13 2021. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23284-jussie-smollett-s-clumsy-execution-of-hoax) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/30/099z4-306b78b0.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23282-the-denaissance-strikes-again-the-woke-assails-math)Written by Ken Alpern on December 13 2021. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices). ## [The Denaissance Strikes Again: The Woke Assails Math](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23282-the-denaissance-strikes-again-the-woke-assails-math) ...the West is now sinking into the mire of a "Denaissance" that allows a hideous new "Wokeness" to bring about a new Dark Age whereby the West is de… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b7/098x-b7f86076.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23272-what-it-s-like-to-live-in-a-country-with-restricted-abortion-rights)### [What It's Like to Live In a Country With Restricted Abortion Rights](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23272-what-it-s-like-to-live-in-a-country-with-restricted-abortion-rights) Written by Katarzyna Wezyk on December 09 2021. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/44/098k-44de945f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23267-abortion-is-a-class-issue)### [Abortion is a Class Issue](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23267-abortion-is-a-class-issue) Written by NICK PEMBERTON on December 09 2021. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/eb/098s-ebe2b612.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23263-work-or-welfare)### [Work or Welfare?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23263-work-or-welfare) Written by Joel Kotkin on December 09 2021. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/12/098p-120ca12c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23259-corporate-owners-are-spoiling-sports)### [Corporate Owners Are Spoiling Sports](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23259-corporate-owners-are-spoiling-sports) Written by Jim Hightower on December 09 2021. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1e/098y-1e611faa.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23258-should-parents-be-held-responsible-for-their-children-s-unspeakable-gun-violence)### [Should Parents Be Held Responsible for Their Children’s Unspeakable Gun Violence?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23258-should-parents-be-held-responsible-for-their-children-s-unspeakable-gun-violence) Written by Jesse Jackson on December 09 2021. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a4/098m-a43d998f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23254-the-charges-against-ethan-crumbley-s-parents)### [The Charges Against Ethan Crumbley’s Parents](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23254-the-charges-against-ethan-crumbley-s-parents) Written by LEE HALL on December 09 2021. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8d/098o-8d733fec.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23252-stop-normalizing-islamophobia)### [Stop Normalizing Islamophobia](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23252-stop-normalizing-islamophobia) Written by Farrah Hassen on December 09 2021. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/75/098z8-75713f7f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23249-i-ll-humiliate-china-by-keeping-my-politicians-out-of-the-olympics-or-my-name-ain-t-joe-biden)### [I'll Humiliate China By Keeping My Politicians Out of The Olympics, Or My Name Ain't Joe Biden!](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23249-i-ll-humiliate-china-by-keeping-my-politicians-out-of-the-olympics-or-my-name-ain-t-joe-biden) Written by Ken Alpern on December 09 2021. 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[ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/47/097d-47211edb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23225-michael-bloomberg-why-i-m-backing-charter-schools)### [Michael Bloomberg: Why I’m Backing Charter Schools](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23225-michael-bloomberg-why-i-m-backing-charter-schools) Written by Michael R. Bloomberg on December 06 2021. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/74/097y-74cced1d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23223-biden-is-upholding-trump-s-hateful-vision-for-the-border)### [Biden Is Upholding Trump's Hateful Vision for the Border](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23223-biden-is-upholding-trump-s-hateful-vision-for-the-border) Written by OSCAR CHACÓN on December 06 2021. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/23/097g-233030be.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23221-self-identification-is-the-most-basic-liberty)### [Self-identification Is the Most Basic Liberty](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23221-self-identification-is-the-most-basic-liberty) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 06 2021. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/89/096q-89ed104e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23203-texts-show-kimberly-guilfoyle-bragged-about-raising-millions-for-rally-that-fueled-capitol-riot)### [Texts Show Kimberly Guilfoyle Bragged About Raising Millions for Rally That Fueled Capitol Riot](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/23203-texts-show-kimberly-guilfoyle-bragged-about-raising-millions-for-rally-that-fueled-capitol-riot) Written by Joaquin Sapien & Joshua Kaplan on December 02 2021. 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