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### America’s Long History of Hysteria About Women’s Veils

Written by Juan Cole on March 14 2019.

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## [The Shameful Attack That Backfired](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17257:the-shameful-attack-that-backfired&catid=9)

At the same time, however, the heavy-handed tactics employed against her by some pro-Israel members of Congress backfired, exposing new fault lines i…

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Written by Tony Castro on March 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5a/020i-5a508930.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17237:conversations-with-america-s-political-extremes&catid=9)### [Conversations with America’s Political Extremes](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17237:conversations-with-america-s-political-extremes&catid=9)

Written by S. Novi on March 07 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/97/019f-97264ebc.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17217:the-greatest-wall-of-all-or-how-to-solve-the-border-and-china-problems-in-one-swell-foop&catid=9)### [The Greatest Wall of All, or … How To Solve the Border and China Problems in One Swell Foop](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17217:the-greatest-wall-of-all-or-how-to-solve-the-border-and-china-problems-in-one-swell-foop&catid=9)

Written by Tom Englehardt on March 04 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e4/019w-e4fe907e.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17216:balance-in-government-is-not-possible-so-long-as-the-gop-is-allowed-to-cheat&catid=9)### [Balance in Government is Not Possible So Long as the GOP is Allowed to Cheat](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17216:balance-in-government-is-not-possible-so-long-as-the-gop-is-allowed-to-cheat&catid=9)

Written by S. Novi on March 04 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/018e-ae617ecb.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17196:the-age-of-catastrophism-why-forces-welcoming-economic-social-and-planetary-collapse-are-rising&catid=9)### [The Age of Catastrophism: Why Forces Welcoming Economic, Social, and Planetary Collapse Are Rising](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17196:the-age-of-catastrophism-why-forces-welcoming-economic-social-and-planetary-collapse-are-rising&catid=9)

Written by Umair Haque on February 28 2019.

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Written by Gray Ndiaye on February 28 2019.

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Written by Tom H. Hastings on February 28 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1f/017h-1f310be5.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17176:jussie-smollett-and-due-process-a-tale-of-respect-gained-and-lost-for-the-chicago-pd&catid=9)### [Jussie Smollett and Due Process: A Tale of Respect Gained … and Lost … for the Chicago PD ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17176:jussie-smollett-and-due-process-a-tale-of-respect-gained-and-lost-for-the-chicago-pd&catid=9)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on February 25 2019.

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Written by Umair Haque on February 25 2019.

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Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on February 21 2019.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 18 2019.

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Written by Alon Ben-Meir on February 18 2019.

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Written by Robert Reich on February 18 2019.

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Written by S. Novi on February 14 2019.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on February 14 2019.

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Written by Jessica Corbett on February 14 2019.

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Written by Umair Haque on February 11 2019.

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