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### [Are Small Businesses And Workers Fighting Their True Adversary In The Fast-Food Battle?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33461-are-small-businesses-and-workers-fighting-their-true-adversary-in-the-fast-food-battle)

October 01 2026

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### [Why Would LA Voters Elect A City Attorney Who Has Never Tried A Case In Court In Front Of A Jury?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33486-why-would-la-voters-elect-a-city-attorney-who-has-never-tried-a-case-in-court-in-front-of-a-jury)

October 05 2026

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### [DWP Ratepayers, Streetlights, and the Lack of Transparency](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-watchdog/33463-dwp-ratepayers-streetlights-and-the-lack-of-transparency)

October 01 2026

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### [Nithya Raman Asked Jewish Los Angeles to Trust Her. Her Own Words Made That Harder.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33455-nithya-raman-asked-jewish-los-angeles-to-trust-her-her-own-words-made-that-harder)

October 01 2026

#  SAY WHAT?

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  [### It’s Time to Defund Fox News

Written by Michael Arceneaux on March 29 2021.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21443-it-s-time-to-defund-fox-news)

 Written by Joe Mathews on March 25 2021. Posted in [SAY WHAT?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what).

## [An Open Letter to California’s Future Queen](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21425-an-open-letter-to-california-s-future-queen)

Generally, I’m not a fan of monarchies, but many Californians are. In fact, alluring visions of monarchy are one of California’s most reliable econom…

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### [Why Is Amazon Abusing Its Workers? Because It Can](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21409-why-is-amazon-abusing-its-workers-because-it-can)

Written by Robert Reich on March 22 2021.

### [Shocker! Japanese Court Rules Same-Sex Marriage Ban is Unconstitutional ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21387-shocker-japanese-court-rules-same-sex-marriage-ban-is-unconstitutional)

Written by Bil Browning on March 18 2021.

### [Long Arc of the Universe](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21371-long-arc-of-the-universe)

Written by Abby Zimet on March 15 2021.

### [Four Former Presidents Campaign For Vaccine. One Former Lump of Vile Putrescence Doesn't.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21354-four-former-presidents-campaign-for-vaccine-one-former-lump-of-vile-putrescence-doesn-t)

Written by Abby Zimet on March 11 2021.

### [White House Warns States That Their Anti-Transgender Bills are Illegal](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21338-white-house-warns-states-that-their-anti-transgender-bills-are-illegal)

Written by Alex Bollinger on March 08 2021.

### [Jen Psaki Masterfully Shuts Down Reporter’s Dumb Question about Trans People](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21323-jen-psaki-masterfully-shuts-down-reporter-s-dumb-question-about-trans-people)

Written by Bil Browning on March 04 2021.

### [And Behold, the MAGA-ites Sinned Bigly, and They Were Cast Out, and the Lord Your God Saith Unto Them, Jesus, Really?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21305-and-behold-the-maga-ites-sinned-bigly-and-they-were-cast-out-and-the-lord-your-god-saith-unto-them-jesus-really)

Written by Abby Zimet on March 01 2021.

### [Compartmentalizing Woody Allen … or Not](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21284-compartmentalizing-woody-allen-or-not)

Written by Elizabeth Keyes on February 25 2021.

### [Trump Reported Making More Than $1.6 Billion While President](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21263-trump-reported-making-more-than-1-6-billion-while-president)

Written by Jordan Libowitz & Caitlin Moniz on February 22 2021.

### [Texas Officials: ‘It's the Wind's Fault, Nobody Owes You Anything, Quit Crying, The Weak Will Parish (sic)’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21248-texas-officials-it-s-the-wind-s-fault-nobody-owes-you-anything-quit-crying-the-weak-will-parish-sic)

Written by Abby Zimet on February 18 2021.

### [Black People have been Telling America about Itself for a Long Time. Someday It Might Listen.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21230-black-people-have-been-telling-america-about-itself-for-a-long-time-someday-it-might-listen)

Written by Scott Woods on February 15 2021.

### [GOP Whine: Why Won’t Dems Play with Us? All We Did is Try to Kill Them!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21213-gop-whine-why-won-t-dems-play-with-us-all-we-did-is-try-to-kill-them)

Written by S. Novi on February 11 2021.

### [The Empire Strikes Back: The Largest Voter Suppression Campaign in US History Is Underway](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21193-the-empire-strikes-back-the-largest-voter-suppression-campaign-in-us-history-is-underway)

Written by Harvey Wasserman on February 08 2021.

### [Pillow Fight: Mike Lindell’s Battle to Save Donald Trump and You](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21169-pillow-fight-mike-lindell-s-battle-to-save-donald-trump-and-you)

Written by Daniel Beaumont on February 04 2021.

### [The Boogaloo Bois Have Guns, Criminal Records and Military Training. Now They Want to Overthrow the Government.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21150-the-boogaloo-bois-have-guns-criminal-records-and-military-training-now-they-want-to-overthrow-the-government)

Written by A.C. Thompson, Lila Hassan, Karim Hajj on February 01 2021.

### [Hate Group Leader Tony Perkins To Followers: ‘Buy Pillows to Save Christianity’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21130-hate-group-leader-tony-perkins-to-followers-buy-pillows-to-save-christianity)

Written by Bil Browning on January 28 2021.

### [Ending the Disinformation Era](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21104-ending-the-disinformation-era)

Written by Sarah Rothbard on January 25 2021.

### [Unity Is Impossible Without Accountability](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21085-unity-is-impossible-without-accountability)

Written by Chris Winters on January 21 2021.

### [Trump’s Legacy Through the Eyes of Those His Presidency Hurt](https://mail.citywatchla.com/say-what/21067-trump-s-legacy-through-the-eyes-of-those-his-presidency-hurt)

Written by Elise Foley & Akbar Shahid Ahmed on January 18 2021.

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