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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Starving to Death: Why Trump Didn't Mention Yemen in his SOTU

Written by George Cassidy Payne on February 07 2019.

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## [Truthful Reporting in the Balkans Is Life-Threatening](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17063:truthful-reporting-in-the-balkans-is-life-threatening&catid=9)

“How did they find out whose names I mentioned? This proves that police work in tandem with politicians and they used my testimony to inform them,” s…

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 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/69/011a-69d2fd4f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17045:you-know-what-s-not-cool-anymore-billionaires&catid=9)### [You Know What’s Not Cool Anymore? Billionaires.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17045:you-know-what-s-not-cool-anymore-billionaires&catid=9)

Written by Emily Peck on February 04 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a2/011j-a2782e11.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17040:saying-hell-no-to-authoritarian-takeover&catid=9)### [Saying HELL NO to Authoritarian Takeover](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17040:saying-hell-no-to-authoritarian-takeover&catid=9)

Written by S. Novi on February 04 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c8/011h-c86c82fd.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17037:impact-of-global-warming-on-thwaites-glacier-shocks-even-scientists&catid=9)### [Impact of Global Warming On Thwaites Glacier Shocks Even Scientists](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17037:impact-of-global-warming-on-thwaites-glacier-shocks-even-scientists&catid=9)

Written by Robert Hunziker on February 04 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/37/010e-378afd84.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17026:many-hurdles-plus-the-afghan-government-ahead-before-the-us-and-the-taliban-can-put-down-their-weapons&catid=9)### [Many Hurdles … Plus the Afghan Government … Ahead Before the US and the Taliban Can Put Down Their Weapons](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17026:many-hurdles-plus-the-afghan-government-ahead-before-the-us-and-the-taliban-can-put-down-their-weapons&catid=9)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on January 31 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a3/010t-a3cad8ef.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17024:aclu-sues-entire-michigan-school-district-for-being-racist-af&catid=9)### [ACLU Sues Entire Michigan School District for Being Racist AF](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17024:aclu-sues-entire-michigan-school-district-for-being-racist-af&catid=9)

Written by Michael Harriot on January 31 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/40/010a-4053dd01.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17023:young-people-are-giving-up-on-capitalism-because-it-has-failed-them&catid=9)### [Young People are Giving Up on Capitalism Because It Has Failed Them](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17023:young-people-are-giving-up-on-capitalism-because-it-has-failed-them&catid=9)

Written by Umair Haque on January 31 2019.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on January 31 2019.

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Written by Robert Hunziker on January 28 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/008b-aeb89668.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16979:want-to-make-america-great-again-begin-by-respecting-native-americans&catid=9)### [Want to Make America Great Again? Begin by Respecting Native Americans](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16979:want-to-make-america-great-again-begin-by-respecting-native-americans&catid=9)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on January 24 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e2/008e-e2769527.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16976:the-betrayal-of-israel-s-historic-promise&catid=9)### [The Betrayal of Israel’s Historic Promise](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16976:the-betrayal-of-israel-s-historic-promise&catid=9)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on January 24 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f6/007d-f635d382.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16962:is-this-america-s-reichstag-fire-moment&catid=9)### [Is This America’s Reichstag Fire Moment?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16962:is-this-america-s-reichstag-fire-moment&catid=9)

Written by Umair Haque on January 21 2019.

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Written by Jess Kristen on January 21 2019.

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Written by S. Novi on January 17 2019.

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Written by Alon Ben-Meir on January 17 2019.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on January 14 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1e/004q-1e963c7b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16897:corruption-in-the-balkans-is-impeding-eu-membership&catid=9)### [Corruption in The Balkans Is Impeding EU Membership](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16897:corruption-in-the-balkans-is-impeding-eu-membership&catid=9)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir & Arbana Xharra on January 10 2019.

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Written by Tom Jacobs on January 10 2019.

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Written by S. Novi on January 07 2019.

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