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#  VOICES

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### Poverty Amid Plenty. A World Fragmented by Inequality

Written by LIZ THEOHARIS on February 09 2023.

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## [SOTU Calls for Pride in Production](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26445:sotu-calls-for-pride-in-production&catid=375)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Part of Biden’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday addressed bringing manufacturing back to the United States. This is essenti…

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Written by Robert C. Koehler on February 09 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5e/012g-5edc871d.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26442:they-can-t-be-trusted-advocates-say-don-t-buy-gop-applause-for-social-security&catid=375)### ['They Can't Be Trusted': Advocates Say Don't Buy GOP Applause for Social Security](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26442:they-can-t-be-trusted-advocates-say-don-t-buy-gop-applause-for-social-security&catid=375)

Written by Jake Johnson on February 09 2023.

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Written by Ken Alpern on February 09 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/00/012a-00e341f6.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26437:immaculate-heart-high-school-hubris-to-backstabbing-to-idiocy&catid=375)### [Immaculate Heart High School: Hubris to Backstabbing to Idiocy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26437:immaculate-heart-high-school-hubris-to-backstabbing-to-idiocy&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 09 2023.

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Written by Ken Alpern on February 06 2023.

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Written by Liz Amsden on February 06 2023.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on February 06 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f3/010l-f32d1ce6.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26407:tragedy-to-triumph-an-update-on-penny-one-of-fauci-s-surviving-beagles-now-in-california&catid=375)### [Tragedy to Triumph: An Update on Penny, one of Fauci’s Surviving Beagles, Now in California](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26407:tragedy-to-triumph-an-update-on-penny-one-of-fauci-s-surviving-beagles-now-in-california&catid=375)

Written by Marc Ang on February 02 2023.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/62/010f-62f6d21a.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26401:desantis-screeching-resiliency-won-t-save-florida-from-climate-catastrophe&catid=375)### [DeSantis Screeching "Resiliency" Won't Save Florida From Climate Catastrophe](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26401:desantis-screeching-resiliency-won-t-save-florida-from-climate-catastrophe&catid=375)

Written by Pierre Tristam on February 02 2023.

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Written by Denyse Selesnick on February 03 2023.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 01 2023.

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Written by Sam Pizzigati on February 01 2023.

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Written by Liz Amsden on January 30 2023.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 29 2023.

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Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on January 29 2023.

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Written by Liz Amsden on January 26 2023.

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