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### [Reminder to the Red States, Turnabout is Fair Play](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395)

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Trump Doesn’t Want Law or Order

Written by Rev. Susan K. Williams Smith on August 13 2020.

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  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a3/065i-a36bc25a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20221:the-striking-parallels-between-covid-19-and-climate-change&catid=9)Written by Drew Costley on August 10 2020. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [The Striking Parallels Between Covid-19 and Climate Change](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20221:the-striking-parallels-between-covid-19-and-climate-change&catid=9)

Earlier this year, she advised Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on environmental policy. Now she’s about to publish an anthology of…

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Written by Sam Bahour on August 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7e/063q-7e5d4ec3.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20192:russiagate-nazis-and-the-cia&catid=9)### [Russiagate, Nazis, and the CIA](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20192:russiagate-nazis-and-the-cia&catid=9)

Written by Rob Urie on August 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/32/063g-32321e51.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20187:the-supreme-court-just-made-the-case-for-medicare-for-all&catid=9)### [The Supreme Court Just Made the Case for Medicare for All](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20187:the-supreme-court-just-made-the-case-for-medicare-for-all&catid=9)

Written by Sophia Paslaski on August 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/07/063k-0751bbe3.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20185:missing-in-action-accountability-is-gone-in-america&catid=9)### [Missing in Action - Accountability Is Gone in America](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20185:missing-in-action-accountability-is-gone-in-america&catid=9)

Written by Karen J. Greenberg on August 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0a/062d-0a2a39ef.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20171:teach-anti-racism-in-schools-it-s-worth-it&catid=9)### [Teach Anti-Racism in Schools - It’s Worth It](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20171:teach-anti-racism-in-schools-it-s-worth-it&catid=9)

Written by Cecelia Scheuer on July 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/42/062l-42f4e23f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20169:i-was-tear-gassed-in-portland-and-not-just-by-feds&catid=9)### [I Was Tear Gassed in Portland — And Not Just by Feds](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20169:i-was-tear-gassed-in-portland-and-not-just-by-feds&catid=9)

Written by Robert P. Alvarez on July 30 2020.

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Written by Emma Gray on July 27 2020.

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Written by Alon Ben-Meir on July 23 2020.

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Written by Peter Dreier on July 20 2020.

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Written by Lawrence Wittner on July 20 2020.

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Written by Alon Ben-Meir on July 20 2020.

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Written by Jim Hightower on July 16 2020.

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Written by Julia Conley on July 16 2020.

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Written by Jill Richardson on July 16 2020.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on July 16 2020.

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Written by Rajan Menon on July 16 2020.

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Written by Paul Buchheit on July 13 2020.

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Written by Lawrence Wittner on July 13 2020.

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