VOICES

PERSPECTIVE - I still remember sitting at home with my parents and watching the news clips of Colonel Colin Powell presenting the U.S. case for war against Iraq.

MISINFORMATION - I remember hearing it all the time, it was half joking and half serious, my father was a pediatrician and he’d say: take two pills and call me in the morning.

DEAR CITYWATCH - Why is Metro allowing unauthorized activists to redesign Colorado Blvd.

VOICES--Following today’s introduction of a City Council motion to suspend Mark Ridley-Thomas from his official duties due to federal felony bribery and fraud charges, L.A. Controller Ron Galperin announced that he will stop paying Mr. Ridley-Thomas’s salary if the suspension is approved:

CITY HALL--I don’t come from the political class. I was not groomed to become anything but an honest person.

PEACE VOICE - A year ago, when I Examined the lessons of hatred and political violence in the US, I made note of the ugly role dehumanization and hate played in the alt-right’s support of Donald Trump.

SOUTH OF THE 10 - I urge the City Council to immediately suspend Councilmember Ridley-Thomas just as they did after the arrest of former Councilmember Jose Huizar last year.

GUEST WORDS - In country after country around the world, people are rising up to challenge entrenched, failing neoliberal political and economic systems, with mixed but sometimes promising results. 

ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA - So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night

COMMENTARY - If Colin Powell’s life has meaning, it is as a cautionary tale about the perils of going along to get along.

WORK FORCE - On September 14, a young woman in Louisiana named Beth McGrath posted a selfie Facebook video of herself working at Walmart.

LABOR WATCH - Labor advocates are calling it “Striketober.”