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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### What about Armed Protests?

Written by Robert C. Koehler on July 09 2020.

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## [Going Back to Work in a Pandemic](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20056:going-back-to-work-in-a-pandemic&catid=9)

It’s hard enough for the kids — missing school, missing friends, and now taking care of each other as I’m forced back to work in an environment where…

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 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/90/055k-905eef4c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20042:four-ways-to-fight-racism-in-your-town&catid=9)### [Four Ways to Fight Racism in Your Town](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20042:four-ways-to-fight-racism-in-your-town&catid=9)

Written by Gloria Oladipo on July 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b5/055q-b52c6a9f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20041:battleground-states&catid=9)### [Battleground States](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20041:battleground-states&catid=9)

Written by Kathy Kelly on July 06 2020.

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Written by Robert P. Alvarez on July 02 2020.

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Written by Ravi Mangla on July 02 2020.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f3/052q-f309e05b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19989:there-s-no-excuse-for-blocking-the-anti-lynching-bill&catid=9)### [There’s No Excuse for Blocking the Anti-Lynching Bill](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19989:there-s-no-excuse-for-blocking-the-anti-lynching-bill&catid=9)

Written by Yohuru Williams and Savannah Shepherd on June 25 2020.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on June 25 2020.

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Written by Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News on June 22 2020.

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Written by Daniel Guss on June 22 2020.

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Written by Alon Ben-Meir on June 22 2020.

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Written by Andrea Germanos on June 22 2020.

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Written by Abby Zimet on June 18 2020.

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Written by Robert C. Koehler on June 15 2020.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on June 15 2020.

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Written by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman on June 15 2020.

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Written by Jessica Corbett on June 11 2020.

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Written by Ricky Riley on June 11 2020.

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Written by Rob Okun on June 11 2020.

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Written by Katie Tastrom on June 08 2020.

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