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#  VOICES

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### Kyrsten is NOT Our Only Hope

Written by Liz Amsden on August 04 2022.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25226:kyrsten-is-not-our-only-hope&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/062o.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25223:what-happened-in-kansas-common-sense-common-ground&catid=375)Written by Kathleen Wallace on August 04 2022. Posted in [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [What Happened in Kansas: Common Sense, Common Ground](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25223:what-happened-in-kansas-common-sense-common-ground&catid=375)

True, we have some swoon-worthy items like the largest hand dug well and the largest ball of twine (I think that one might be contested, though) so w…

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Written by Robert Reich on August 04 2022.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 04 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/062c-340c4e11.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25214:la-county-supes-want-power-to-remove-a-duly-elected-sheriff&catid=375)### [LA County Supes Want Power To Remove A Duly Elected Sheriff](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25214:la-county-supes-want-power-to-remove-a-duly-elected-sheriff&catid=375)

Written by Caroline Aguirre on August 04 2022.

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Written by Robert C. Koehler on August 01 2022.

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Written by Shelley Wagers on August 01 2022.

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Written by Denyse Selesnick on July 28 2022.

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Written by Liz Amsden on July 28 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/68/060d-685b213b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25162:the-corporate-narrative-on-inflation-is-bogus&catid=375)### [The Corporate Narrative on Inflation Is Bogus](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25162:the-corporate-narrative-on-inflation-is-bogus&catid=375)

Written by Chuck Idelson on July 28 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ba/060e-ba7a35b3.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25159:myths-and-reality-as-us-oligarchs-devour-economy&catid=375)### [Myths and Reality as US Oligarchs Devour Economy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25159:myths-and-reality-as-us-oligarchs-devour-economy&catid=375)

Written by Bruce T. Boccardy on July 28 2022.

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Written by Aaron M. Renn on July 25 2022.

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Written by Chris Langevin on July 25 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/18/059n-18e1fbcf.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25141:pregnant-on-the-other-side-of-the-border&catid=375)### [Pregnant On The Other Side Of The Border](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25141:pregnant-on-the-other-side-of-the-border&catid=375)

Written by Eli Cahan on July 25 2022.

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Written by Henry Giroux on July 25 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/96/059b-96715baf.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25132:one-question-the-jan-6th-committee-will-not-ask&catid=375)### [One Question the Jan 6th Committee Will Not Ask?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25132:one-question-the-jan-6th-committee-will-not-ask&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 25 2022.

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Written by Liz Amsden on July 25 2022.

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Written by Sam Pizzigati on July 21 2022.

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Written by Bill Blum on July 21 2022.

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Written by Mark Friedman on July 21 2022.

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