##  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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### [A Prisoner, A Peacemaker, and Israel’s Defining Choice](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33231:a-prisoner-a-peacemaker-and-israels-defining-choice&catid=375)

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)

August 20 2026

#  VOICES

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### A national rite of passage: Beyond war

Written by Robert C. Koehler on September 20 2021.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22602:a-national-rite-of-passage-beyond-war&catid=375)

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## [Protestors at 'Justice for J6' Rally in Washington Were Outnumbered by Police and Members of the Media](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22596:protestors-at-justice-for-j6-rally-in-washington-were-outnumbered-by-police-and-members-of-the-media&catid=375)

The Hill reports that protesters who gathered Saturday in Washington D.C. for the “Justice for J6" rally in support of the several hundred right-wing…

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Written by Stephen A. Crockett, Jr. on September 20 2021.

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Written by Liz Amsden on September 20 2021.

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Written by Samantha Fox on September 16 2021.

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Written by John Mirisch on September 16 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6f/074l-6fdb8dea.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22572:lack-of-trusted-authority-is-why-covid-19-is-kicking-our-butts&catid=375)### [Lack of Trusted Authority Is Why Covid-19 Is Kicking Our Butts](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22572:lack-of-trusted-authority-is-why-covid-19-is-kicking-our-butts&catid=375)

Written by Steven Singer on September 16 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a6/073g-a6f4a338.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22552:judith-butler-calls-out-transphobia-as-one-of-the-dominant-strains-of-fascism-in-our-times&catid=375)### [Judith Butler calls out transphobia as “one of the dominant strains of fascism in our times”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22552:judith-butler-calls-out-transphobia-as-one-of-the-dominant-strains-of-fascism-in-our-times&catid=375)

Written by Alex Bolinger on September 13 2021.

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Written by Robert Reich on September 13 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6f/073m-6f0a586d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22540:less-than-an-inkblot-a-failed-congress-jeopardizes-our-future&catid=375)### [Less Than an Inkblot, A Failed Congress Jeopardizes Our Future](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22540:less-than-an-inkblot-a-failed-congress-jeopardizes-our-future&catid=375)

Written by Ralph Nader on September 13 2021.

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Written by Farrah Hassen on September 13 2021.

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Written by Liz Amsden on September 09 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/44/072z2-44d51ebf.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22528:howard-stern-just-said-what-everyone-is-thinking-about-unvaccinated-people&catid=375)### [Howard Stern just said what everyone is thinking about unvaccinated people](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22528:howard-stern-just-said-what-everyone-is-thinking-about-unvaccinated-people&catid=375)

Written by Bil Browning on September 09 2021.

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Written by Carl Petersen on September 09 2021.

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Written by Dr. Corey Wiggins on September 09 2021.

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Written by Michael Harriot on September 09 2021.

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Written by Andrew Moss on September 09 2021.

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Written by Bob Anderson on September 09 2021.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a0/072h-a0935802.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22506:china-banning-shang-chi-highlights-clear-divide-between-us-and-china-values-and-that-s-a-good-thing&catid=375)### [China Banning "Shang-Chi" Highlights Clear Divide Between US and China Values…And, That's A Good Thing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22506:china-banning-shang-chi-highlights-clear-divide-between-us-and-china-values-and-that-s-a-good-thing&catid=375)

Written by Marc Ang on September 09 2021.

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Written by Terelle Jerricks on September 06 2021.

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