## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/065h-34567bec.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395) ### [Reminder to the Red States, Turnabout is Fair Play](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395) August 17 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/066m-104e94b8.jpg) ](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) ### [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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0d/065o-0dac225b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33213:californias-empty-classrooms-are-a-warning-sacramento-cant-ignore&catid=378) ### [California’s Empty Classrooms Are a Warning Sacramento Can’t Ignore](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33213:californias-empty-classrooms-are-a-warning-sacramento-cant-ignore&catid=378) August 17 2026 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/86/066j-864c685d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33231:a-prisoner-a-peacemaker-and-israels-defining-choice&catid=375) ### [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 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2021/061z5.png) ### If You're Not Simone Biles, Harry Dunn, an Infectious Disease Dr. or the Mother of a COVID Patient, Please STFU Written by Abby Zimet on August 02 2021. ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22222:if-you-re-not-simone-biles-harry-dunn-an-infectious-disease-dr-or-the-mother-of-a-covid-patient-please-stfu&catid=375) [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/68/061z6-68959f8e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22221:soccer-player-quinn-becomes-first-out-trans-athlete-to-win-a-medal-at-the-olympics&catid=375)Written by Bil Browning on August 02 2021. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375). ## [Soccer Player Quinn Becomes First Out Trans Athlete to Win a Medal at the Olympics](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22221:soccer-player-quinn-becomes-first-out-trans-athlete-to-win-a-medal-at-the-olympics&catid=375) Quinn, a soccer star for the Canadian women’s national team, came out as transgender in September. Last week, they became the first openly trans athl… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c7/061z2-c730a527.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22219:how-ben-jerry-s-exposed-israel-s-anti-bds-strategy&catid=375)### [How Ben & Jerry’s Exposed Israel’s anti-BDS Strategy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22219:how-ben-jerry-s-exposed-israel-s-anti-bds-strategy&catid=375) Written by Ramzy Baroud on August 02 2021. 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