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

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Hillary Clinton Should Step Aside — Before the Bombshell

Written by Ron Kaye on September 05 2016.

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## [Might Doesn’t Make Right: How Rape Culture Plays Into Football Culture](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11732:might-doesn-t-make-right-how-rape-culture-plays-into-football-culture&catid=9)

UNRAVELING RAPE-Over the last year, two serious threats students face on college campuses have made headlines. Young women are being raped at such an…

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Written by Cherri Senders on September 01 2016.

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Written by Melissa Hebert on September 01 2016.

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Written by Ken Alpern on August 29 2016.

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Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on August 29 2016.

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Written by CityWatch on August 25 2016.

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Written by Stephen Cooper on August 22 2016.

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Written by Paul Street on August 18 2016.

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Written by Louis Patterson on August 18 2016.

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Written by Matt Ferner on August 18 2016.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 16 2016.

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Written by Tom Engelhardt on August 11 2016.

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Written by Tony Butka on August 11 2016.

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Written by Peter Dreier on August 11 2016.

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Written by James Preston Allen on August 11 2016.

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Written by Milen Mehari on August 08 2016.

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Written by Andrea Germanos on August 04 2016.

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Written by Stephen Cooper on August 04 2016.

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Written by Jon Queally on August 04 2016.

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