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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)

August 17 2026

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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)

August 03 2026

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### [California’s Empty Classrooms Are a Warning Sacramento Can’t Ignore](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33213:californias-empty-classrooms-are-a-warning-sacramento-cant-ignore&catid=378)

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### [Your Boss Owns Your Workday—Not Your Brain](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33199:your-boss-owns-your-workday-not-your-brain&catid=425)

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Conventions, Why Bother?

Written by Robert Reich on July 14 2016.

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## [Following Horrific Violence, Something More is Required of Us](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11450:following-horrific-violence-something-more-is-required-of-us&catid=9)

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Written by Alissa Quart on July 11 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/056h-10833447.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11443:step-up-and-speak-up-5-things-each-of-us-can-do-to-change-america&catid=9)### [Step Up and Speak Up - 5 Things Each of Us Can Do to Change America](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11443:step-up-and-speak-up-5-things-each-of-us-can-do-to-change-america&catid=9)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 11 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/32/056i-326e8d1f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11442:relax-world-trump-isn-t-going-to-be-president-but-he-ll-rinse-some-cash-from-his-run&catid=9)### [Relax World. Trump Isn’t Going To Be President. But He’ll Rinse Some Cash from His Run ...](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11442:relax-world-trump-isn-t-going-to-be-president-but-he-ll-rinse-some-cash-from-his-run&catid=9)

Written by Paul Vale on July 11 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2f/056l-2f796fe8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11440:if-you-believe-sarah-palin-shot-gabby-giffords-then-you-believe-barack-obama-killed-5-dallas-police-officers&catid=9)### [If You Believe Sarah Palin Shot Gabby Giffords, Then You Believe Barack Obama Killed 5 Dallas Police Officers](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11440:if-you-believe-sarah-palin-shot-gabby-giffords-then-you-believe-barack-obama-killed-5-dallas-police-officers&catid=9)

Written by Ken Alpern on July 11 2016.

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Written by Zoe Weil on July 11 2016.

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Written by Diane Ravitch on July 11 2016.

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Written by Ben Shapiro on July 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c4/055t-c4ff750a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11419:from-brexit-to-trump-why-the-world-is-rebelling-against-experts&catid=9)### [From Brexit to Trump: Why the World Is Rebelling Against ‘Experts’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11419:from-brexit-to-trump-why-the-world-is-rebelling-against-experts&catid=9)

Written by Joel Kotkin on July 07 2016.

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Written by Mark Swanson on July 07 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/74/054h-743999dc.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11401:trump-s-racial-firebombs-weaken-u-s&catid=9)### [Trump's Racial Firebombs Weaken U.S.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11401:trump-s-racial-firebombs-weaken-u-s&catid=9)

Written by Joel Kotkin on July 04 2016.

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Written by Abby Zimet on July 04 2016.

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Written by Robert Reich on June 30 2016.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/db/052c-db0207cc.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11369:united-airlines-doesn-t-give-a-damn-about-its-customers-but-then-you-knew-that-already&catid=9)### [United Airlines Doesn't Give a Damn about Its Customers ... But Then, You Knew That Already](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11369:united-airlines-doesn-t-give-a-damn-about-its-customers-but-then-you-knew-that-already&catid=9)

Written by Ken Alpern on June 27 2016.

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Written by Joe Mathews on June 27 2016.

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Written by Jessica Valenti on June 27 2016.

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Written by Victor Rothman on June 27 2016.

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Written by Paul Hatfield on June 27 2016.

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Written by Bernie Sanders on June 23 2016.

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