##  In the News

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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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#  VOICES

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### Blacks Will Fight Back

Written by Ishmael Reed on August 29 2022.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25385:blacks-will-fight-back&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/069s.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25382:families-are-vacating-california-to-leave-chaos-behind&catid=375)Written by Dennis P. Zine on August 29 2022. Posted in [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [Families are Vacating California to Leave Chaos Behind](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25382:families-are-vacating-california-to-leave-chaos-behind&catid=375)

Another old friend Zack sold his home and moved his wife and 3 young children to Texas. Why are good people fleeing Los Angeles? The current tren…

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Written by Hugh Iglarsh on August 29 2022.

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Written by Jake Johnson on August 29 2022.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on August 29 2022.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 29 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/30/069y-3001cdae.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25366:the-ultimate-winners-of-the-loan-forgiveness-program-coddled-universities-and-banks&catid=375)### [The Ultimate Winners of the Loan Forgiveness Program: Coddled Universities and Banks ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25366:the-ultimate-winners-of-the-loan-forgiveness-program-coddled-universities-and-banks&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on August 29 2022.

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Written by Liz Amsden on August 29 2022.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on August 25 2022.

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Written by Juan Cole on August 25 2022.

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Written by Liz Amsden on August 25 2022.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 25 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f7/068i-f7d516eb.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25340:student-loan-forgiveness-are-you-prepared-for-another-great-recession&catid=375)### [Student Loan Forgiveness: Are You Prepared for Another Great Recession?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25340:student-loan-forgiveness-are-you-prepared-for-another-great-recession&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on August 25 2022.

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Written by Ken Alpern on August 23 2022.

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Written by Liz Amsden on August 22 2022.

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Written by Jeffrey D. Sachs on August 22 2022.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 22 2022.

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Written by Mike Ludwig on August 18 2022.

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Written by Peter Dreier on August 18 2022.

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Written by Chris Hedges on August 18 2022.

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