##  In the News

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### [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

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### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398)

August 03 2026

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### [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

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### [Your Boss Owns Your Workday—Not Your Brain](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33199:your-boss-owns-your-workday-not-your-brain&catid=425)

August 13 2026

#  WORLD WATCH

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### 'For Erdogan The Failed Coup Was A “Gift From God”

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on July 21 2022.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25113:for-erdogan-the-failed-coup-was-a-gift-from-god&catid=332)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2022/057u.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25082:when-a-country-that-s-orchestrated-many-coups-has-one-of-its-own&catid=332)Written by Amy Goodman – Denis Moynihan on July 18 2022. Posted in [WORLD WATCH](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=332).

## [When a Country That’s Orchestrated Many Coups Has One of Its Own](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25082:when-a-country-that-s-orchestrated-many-coups-has-one-of-its-own&catid=332)

"If a president that's willing … to whip up a civil war amongst his followers using lies and deceit and snake oil, and regardless of the human impact…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bd/055k-bd22de51.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25051:the-nuclear-superpowers-and-true-self-interest&catid=332)### [The Nuclear Superpowers And True Self-Interest](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25051:the-nuclear-superpowers-and-true-self-interest&catid=332)

Written by Winslow Myers on July 11 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c5/054l-c5a8401f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25015:china-s-surveillance-state-and-its-meaning-for-us&catid=332)### [China’s Surveillance State And Its Meaning For Us ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25015:china-s-surveillance-state-and-its-meaning-for-us&catid=332)

Written by Mel Gurtov on July 07 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/37/053m-375bbd26.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24994:hypocrisies-and-successes-at-un-meeting-to-ban-nuclear-weapons&catid=332)### [Hypocrisies And Successes At UN Meeting To Ban Nuclear Weapons](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24994:hypocrisies-and-successes-at-un-meeting-to-ban-nuclear-weapons&catid=332)

Written by John LaForge on July 04 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fa/051b-fa402c59.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24926:the-abraham-accords-implications-for-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict&catid=332)### [The Abraham Accords’: Implications For The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24926:the-abraham-accords-implications-for-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict&catid=332)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on June 27 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/22/049v-22019f1e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24886:the-us-could-lose-the-new-cold-war-with-china-and-russia&catid=332)### [The US Could Lose the New Cold War With China and Russia](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24886:the-us-could-lose-the-new-cold-war-with-china-and-russia&catid=332)

Written by Joseph Stiglitz on June 20 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bf/041n-bf7bf97c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24659:is-the-us-winning-russia-s-war-in-ukraine&catid=332)### [Is the US Winning Russia’s War in Ukraine?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24659:is-the-us-winning-russia-s-war-in-ukraine&catid=332)

Written by Manlio Graziano on May 23 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/50/040s-5019041d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24619:some-thoughts-on-the-russia-ukraine-conflict-in-week-12&catid=332)### [Some Thoughts on the Russia-Ukraine Conflict in Week 12](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24619:some-thoughts-on-the-russia-ukraine-conflict-in-week-12&catid=332)

Written by Ron Jacobs on May 19 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c3/039p-c37d9b0f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24582:to-end-the-horror-in-ukraine-go-big-and-go-broad&catid=332)### [To End the Horror In Ukraine, Go Big, And Go Broad](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24582:to-end-the-horror-in-ukraine-go-big-and-go-broad&catid=332)

Written by Kevin Martin on May 16 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/98/038q-98f872db.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24560:loose-lips-can-sink-peace&catid=332)### [Loose Lips Can Sink Peace ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24560:loose-lips-can-sink-peace&catid=332)

Written by Mel Gurtov on May 12 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5e/038u-5e2790b4.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24555:outrageous-ceo-worker-pay-gap-unfair-and-unwise&catid=332)### [Outrageous CEO-Worker Pay Gap: Unfair and Unwise](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24555:outrageous-ceo-worker-pay-gap-unfair-and-unwise&catid=332)

Written by Sam Pizzigati on May 12 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e3/037s-e3dde73b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24521:us-double-standard-on-display-as-israel-steals-palestinian-land&catid=332)### [US Double Standard on Display As Israel Steals Palestinian Land](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24521:us-double-standard-on-display-as-israel-steals-palestinian-land&catid=332)

Written by Juan Cole on May 09 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/32/036p-327d9e9f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24515:the-old-new-order-is-coming&catid=332)### [The Old New Order is Coming](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24515:the-old-new-order-is-coming&catid=332)

Written by Mel Gurtov on May 05 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9f/035r-9f062b21.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24473:war-in-ukraine-is-pushing-global-hunger-to-worst-level-in-this-century&catid=332)### [War in Ukraine Is Pushing Global Hunger to Worst Level in This Century](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24473:war-in-ukraine-is-pushing-global-hunger-to-worst-level-in-this-century&catid=332)

Written by Daniel Maxwell on May 02 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f4/032i-f434edab.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24380:how-the-us-can-help-get-justice-for-ukrainians&catid=332)### [How The US Can Help Get Justice For Ukrainians](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24380:how-the-us-can-help-get-justice-for-ukrainians&catid=332)

Written by Farrah Hassen on April 21 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6a/032l-6a6d7775.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24378:xi-jinping-s-china-faces-challenges-of-its-own&catid=332)### [Xi Jinping’s China Faces Challenges Of Its Own](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24378:xi-jinping-s-china-faces-challenges-of-its-own&catid=332)

Written by Joel Kotkin on April 21 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/28/032r-286ff609.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24371:hey-joe-stop-telling-people-you-re-on-their-side-and-start-showing-them&catid=332)### [Hey Joe, Stop Telling People You're on Their Side and Start Showing Them](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24371:hey-joe-stop-telling-people-you-re-on-their-side-and-start-showing-them&catid=332)

Written by Jim Hightower on April 21 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a4/031t-a4cd5718.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24345:american-militarism-a-persistent-malady&catid=332)### [American Militarism, a Persistent Malady](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24345:american-militarism-a-persistent-malady&catid=332)

Written by Andrew Bacevich on April 18 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d3/029f-d3bd672f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24295:who-speaks-for-the-world&catid=332)### [Who Speaks For The World?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24295:who-speaks-for-the-world&catid=332)

Written by Lawrence S. Wittner on April 10 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/13/027k-13b8325e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24247:looking-for-good-guys-on-ukraine&catid=332)### [Looking for Ukraine “Good Guys”?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24247:looking-for-good-guys-on-ukraine&catid=332)

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