##  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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### [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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### [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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### [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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### From Minarets to City Hall: Zohran Mamdani and the Long Muslim Thread in the American Story

Written by George Cassidy Payne on January 05 2026.

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  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/002s-fb038b4e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32039:a-global-piracy-for-all-to-see&catid=375)Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on January 05 2026. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [A Global Piracy For All To See](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32039:a-global-piracy-for-all-to-see&catid=375)

VIEWPOINT - Trump’s actions in Venezuela are morally calamitous, showing a perilous disregard for human dignity and the rights of ordinary Venezuelan…

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Written by Liz Amsden on January 05 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8a/001d-8a22de3c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32028:american-child-tortured&catid=375)### [American Child Tortured](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32028:american-child-tortured&catid=375)

Written by J. George Mansour on January 01 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/44/001f-44fddc42.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32026:catch-22-setting-the-quandary-to-resolve-the-predicament&catid=375)### [Catch-22: Setting the Quandary to Resolve the Predicament](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32026:catch-22-setting-the-quandary-to-resolve-the-predicament&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on January 01 2026.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8b/104i-8bf1fcca.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32020:raising-hope-songs-to-carry-us-into-a-better-year&catid=375)### [Raising Hope: Songs to Carry Us Into a Better Year](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32020:raising-hope-songs-to-carry-us-into-a-better-year&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on December 29 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/02/104f-027dcdb5.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32016:mayor-bass-lamenting-high-latino-border-patrol-recruits-might-be-racist&catid=375)### [Mayor Bass, Lamenting High Latino Border Patrol Recruits Might Be Racist](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32016:mayor-bass-lamenting-high-latino-border-patrol-recruits-might-be-racist&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on December 29 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a8/103d-a8cf474c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32009:a-holiday-miracle-i-am-apparently-valued-by-everyone-ive-ever-clicked-on&catid=375)### [A Holiday Miracle: I Am Apparently “Valued” by Everyone I’ve Ever Clicked On](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32009:a-holiday-miracle-i-am-apparently-valued-by-everyone-ive-ever-clicked-on&catid=375)

Written by Jim Hampton on December 25 2025.

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Written by Liz Amsden on December 25 2025.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 25 2025.

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Written by Liz Amsden on December 22 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dd/101f-dddb5fae.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31980:tis-the-season&catid=375)### [‘Tis The Season](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31980:tis-the-season&catid=375)

Written by David M. Hamlin on December 18 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/70/101g-70343a62.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31979:wokeism-kills-jews-but-jews-support-wokeism&catid=375)### [Wokeism Kills Jews, But Jews Support Wokeism](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31979:wokeism-kills-jews-but-jews-support-wokeism&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 18 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/101h-9b68c495.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31978:the-end-of-the-mogul-era-wall-streets-tightening-hold-on-hollywood&catid=375)### [The End of the Mogul Era: Wall Street’s Tightening Hold on Hollywood](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31978:the-end-of-the-mogul-era-wall-streets-tightening-hold-on-hollywood&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on December 18 2025.

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Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on December 18 2025.

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Written by Ken Alpern on December 18 2025.

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Written by Liz Amsden on December 15 2025.

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Written by Eliot Cohen on December 17 2025.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 15 2025.

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Written by Liz Amsden on December 11 2025.

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