#  VOICES

   ##  [ Want to Defeat Putin? Deliver the Green New Deal](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24180-want-to-defeat-putin-deliver-the-green-new-deal "Want to Defeat Putin? Deliver the Green New Deal")

      Details    Juan Cole    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 28 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/025u.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24180-want-to-defeat-putin-deliver-the-green-new-deal)

GUEST COMMENTARY - The rhetoric of a war on Russian oil and gas would be powerful and would expose congressmen and senators who dragged their feet to charges of aiding the enemy.

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   ##  [ I'm an Iraqi and I Remember Madeleine Albright for Who She Truly Was](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24178-i-m-an-iraqi-and-i-remember-madeleine-albright-for-who-she-truly-was "I'm an Iraqi and I Remember Madeleine Albright for Who She Truly Was")

      Details    AHMED TWAIJ    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 28 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/025w.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24178-i-m-an-iraqi-and-i-remember-madeleine-albright-for-who-she-truly-was)

GUEST COMMENTARY - I remember the sanctions era in Iraq very well. And when the former U.S. secretary of state said the death of 500,000 children in the country "was worth it," I remember that too.

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   ##  [ We Must Stop Family Separation – And We Can Do It Now](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24169-we-must-stop-family-separation-and-we-can-do-it-now "We Must Stop Family Separation – And We Can Do It Now")

      Details    Wendy Cervantes    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 27 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/025h.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24169-we-must-stop-family-separation-and-we-can-do-it-now)

OP ED - “I’m scared all the time, even in my sleep.” I will never forget the teary-eyed 8-year-old who told me that — one of the bravest young people I’ve ever met.

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   ##  [ The Deep Connections Between Democracy and Nonviolence](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24165-the-deep-connections-between-democracy-and-nonviolence "The Deep Connections Between Democracy and Nonviolence")

      Details    Andrew Moss    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 27 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/025j.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24165-the-deep-connections-between-democracy-and-nonviolence)

GUEST COMMENTARY - In recent weeks, leaders and commentators here and abroad have rightly framed Russia’s brutal aggression against Ukraine as a struggle between autocracy and democracy.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24165-the-deep-connections-between-democracy-and-nonviolence)

   ##  [ Corporate Landlords’ Excessive Rents Fuel Homelessness. Rent Control Will Save Lives.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24159-corporate-landlords-excessive-rents-fuel-homelessness-rent-control-will-save-lives "Corporate Landlords’ Excessive Rents Fuel Homelessness. Rent Control Will Save Lives.")

      Details    Patrick Range McDonald    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 25 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/024z1.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24159-corporate-landlords-excessive-rents-fuel-homelessness-rent-control-will-save-lives)

HOUSING WATCH - A recent study shows that in cities where people spend more than 32 percent of their take-home pay on rent, a spike in homelessness will follow.

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   ##  [ Jackson Confirmation Hearing Proves GOP Has No Interest in Making America a Better Place](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24156-jackson-confirmation-hearing-proves-gop-has-no-interest-in-making-america-a-better-place "Jackson Confirmation Hearing Proves GOP Has No Interest in Making America a Better Place")

      Details    THOM HARTMANN    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 24 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/024z.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24156-jackson-confirmation-hearing-proves-gop-has-no-interest-in-making-america-a-better-place)

CONFIRMATION HEARING - It’s somewhere between comical and tragic watching the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24156-jackson-confirmation-hearing-proves-gop-has-no-interest-in-making-america-a-better-place)

   ##  [ Two Years In, We Need To Learn The Lessons Of This Pandemic](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24154-two-years-in-we-need-to-learn-the-lessons-of-this-pandemic "Two Years In, We Need To Learn The Lessons Of This Pandemic")

      Details    Domenica Ghanem    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 24 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/024q.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24154-two-years-in-we-need-to-learn-the-lessons-of-this-pandemic)

PANDEMIC ANALYSIS - Two years ago I was panicking, making hundreds of phone calls to postpone my wedding that was a few days away. It was March 2020.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24154-two-years-in-we-need-to-learn-the-lessons-of-this-pandemic)

   ##  [ There’s No Better Time To Start Kicking Our Oil Addiction](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24152-there-s-no-better-time-to-start-kicking-our-oil-addiction "There’s No Better Time To Start Kicking Our Oil Addiction")

      Details    Sonali Kolhatkar    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 24 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/024p.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24152-there-s-no-better-time-to-start-kicking-our-oil-addiction)

OIL INDUSTRY - Long used to cheap gas at the pump, Americans are experiencing serious sticker shock these days.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24152-there-s-no-better-time-to-start-kicking-our-oil-addiction)

   ##  [ Gasping at the Gas Pump](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24145-gasping-at-the-gas-pump "Gasping at the Gas Pump")

      Details    LIZ AMSDEN    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 24 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/024n.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24145-gasping-at-the-gas-pump)

GUEST COMMENTARY - Some readers may have seen the graphic showing oil company revenues since last year:

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24145-gasping-at-the-gas-pump)

   ##  [ Bigotry in CityWatch - According to Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24142-bigotry-in-citywatch-according-to-scientologists-taking-action-against-discrimination "Bigotry in CityWatch - According to Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination")

      Details    Bari Berger    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 23 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/024l.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24142-bigotry-in-citywatch-according-to-scientologists-taking-action-against-discrimination)

LETTER TO THE EDITOR - We are writing concerning Bob Gelfand’s article of March 21, 2022, entitled “[LA City Goes Full-On Fascist in Neighborhood Council Forced Indoctrination Proposal](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php/395-gelfand-s-world/24125-la-city-goes-full-on-fascist-in-neighborhood-council-forced-indoctrination-proposal-here-s-a-counterproposal)” which contains gratuitous anti-Scientology bigotry.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24142-bigotry-in-citywatch-according-to-scientologists-taking-action-against-discrimination)

   ##  [ Excuse Me If I Vent](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24140-excuse-me-if-i-vent "Excuse Me If I Vent")

      Details    Denyse Selesnick    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 23 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/024d.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24140-excuse-me-if-i-vent)

MY THOUGHTS - I’ve finished watching all the new Hallmark movies…TV news is so depressing…the price of gas precludes joy rides…even Trader Joes is out of some of my favorite things.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24140-excuse-me-if-i-vent)

   ##  [ It’s All Oligarchs All the Way Down](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24134-it-s-all-oligarchs-all-the-way-down "It’s All Oligarchs All the Way Down")

      Details    Chuck Churchill    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 23 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/024j.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24134-it-s-all-oligarchs-all-the-way-down)

GUEST COMMENTARY - Today’s US propaganda barrage seeks to demonize the Russians as thoroughly and completely as possible, which now ironically includes attacks on Russia’s oligarchy.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24134-it-s-all-oligarchs-all-the-way-down)

   ##  [ Breaking Public Schools and the Case of Maria Brenes](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24132-breaking-public-schools-and-the-case-of-maria-brenes "Breaking Public Schools and the Case of Maria Brenes")

      Details    Héctor Huezo    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 23 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/024k.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24132-breaking-public-schools-and-the-case-of-maria-brenes)

GUEST COMMENTARY - As right-wing candidates around the country mold themselves after Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene, we have a new template for Los Angeles politicians who proclaim their love for children while undermining public schools.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24132-breaking-public-schools-and-the-case-of-maria-brenes)

   ##  [ The Tragedy of Ukraine and New Thinking](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24117-the-tragedy-of-ukraine-and-new-thinking "The Tragedy of Ukraine and New Thinking")

      Details    Winslow Myers    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 20 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/023k.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24117-the-tragedy-of-ukraine-and-new-thinking)

GUEST COMMENTARY - As we lock horns with the cruel and out-of-touch Putin, once again we’re at a moment that too closely resembles the Cuban crisis of 1962.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24117-the-tragedy-of-ukraine-and-new-thinking)

   ##  [ How a Divided America Empowers Putin](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24116-how-a-divided-america-empowers-putin "How a Divided America Empowers Putin")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 20 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/023p.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24116-how-a-divided-america-empowers-putin)

GUEST COMMENTARY - For more than a decade, Vladimir Putin has sought to sow division and undermine American democracy.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24116-how-a-divided-america-empowers-putin)

   ##  [ Biden Promised to Protect Sanctuary Cities. So Why is ICE Still Partnering With Local Cops?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24113-biden-promised-to-protect-sanctuary-cities-so-why-is-ice-still-partnering-with-local-cops "Biden Promised to Protect Sanctuary Cities. So Why is ICE Still Partnering With Local Cops?")

      Details    Angelika Albaladejo    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 20 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/023n.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24113-biden-promised-to-protect-sanctuary-cities-so-why-is-ice-still-partnering-with-local-cops)

IMMIGRATION WATCH - When Joe Biden ran against President Donald Trump in 2020, he promised to fight back against anti-immigrant policies, including those that punished “sanctuary cities” and that gave more local authorities power to act as an extra arm of federal immigration enforcement.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24113-biden-promised-to-protect-sanctuary-cities-so-why-is-ice-still-partnering-with-local-cops)

   ##  [ Joe Buscaino’s LA Ballot Measure on Homelessness Merely Rearranges the Deck Chairs on the Titanic](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24110-joe-buscaino-s-la-ballot-measure-on-homelessness-merely-rearranges-the-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic "Joe Buscaino’s LA Ballot Measure on Homelessness Merely Rearranges the Deck Chairs on the Titanic")

      Details    Housing Activist    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 20 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/023a.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24110-joe-buscaino-s-la-ballot-measure-on-homelessness-merely-rearranges-the-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic)

HOUSING WATCH - Unable to come up with real solutions for Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis, City Council Member Joe Buscaino is pushing forward a ballot measure that doesn’t address homelessness and merely rearranges the deck chairs on the Titanic.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24110-joe-buscaino-s-la-ballot-measure-on-homelessness-merely-rearranges-the-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic)

   ##  [ Let's Just Say It Very Clearly: The US Supreme Court Is Corrupt](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24096-let-s-just-say-it-very-clearly-the-us-supreme-court-is-corrupt "Let's Just Say It Very Clearly: The US Supreme Court Is Corrupt")

      Details    Thom Hartmann    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 17 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/022z2.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24096-let-s-just-say-it-very-clearly-the-us-supreme-court-is-corrupt)

SCOTUS - So now, as expected after decades of taking big bucks for her rightwing work on behalf of America's oligarchs, we learn that the wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Ginny Thomas, was in Trump's January 6th "rally" [**up to her eyeballs.**](https://www.dailykos.com/story/2022/3/14/2085822/-Ginni-Thomas-wants-to-put-distance-between-herself-and-Jan-6-again)

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24096-let-s-just-say-it-very-clearly-the-us-supreme-court-is-corrupt)

   ##  [ Is The United States Again Moving Closer To Open Fascism?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24090-is-the-united-states-again-moving-closer-to-open-fascism "Is The United States Again Moving Closer To Open Fascism?")

      Details    Victor Rothman    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 17 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/022h1.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24090-is-the-united-states-again-moving-closer-to-open-fascism)

GUEST COMMENTARY - At the beginning of the Trump administration, I wrote [several articles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php/cw/los-angeles/19846-would-a-second-trump-administration-result-in-american-fascism) for CityWatchLA on the prospects for fascism in the U.S.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24090-is-the-united-states-again-moving-closer-to-open-fascism)

   ##  [ Stop Putin’s War!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24089-stop-putin-s-war "Stop Putin’s War!")

      Details    ASHLEY SMITH    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 17 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/022k.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24089-stop-putin-s-war)

COLD WAR II - Vladimir Putin’s barbaric invasion of Ukraine is the most important geopolitical development since the end of the Cold War.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24089-stop-putin-s-war)

   ##  [ This Vote That I Have...](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24064-this-vote-that-i-have "This Vote That I Have...")

      Details    Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     March 14 2022       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/021v.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24064-this-vote-that-i-have)

VOTING RIGHTS *- The following are the prepared remarks from Bishop William J. Barber II, president and senior lecture of Repairers of the Breach and co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign:*

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24064-this-vote-that-i-have)

1. [ Beyond the Russia and Ukraine War is The Great Game of the 21st Century](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24057-beyond-the-russia-and-ukraine-war-is-the-great-game-of-the-21st-century)
2. [ It’s Not Just Inflation — It’s Price Gouging](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24056-it-s-not-just-inflation-it-s-price-gouging)
3. [ Our New Normal](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24054-our-new-normal)
4. [ Californians are Telling the Wrong Border Story](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24053-californians-are-telling-the-wrong-border-story)
5. [ The Establishment of An Israeli-Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation: Why Now and How?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24042-the-establishment-of-an-israeli-palestinian-jordanian-confederation-why-now-and-how)
6. [ Can Global Sports Boycotts Help End The War In Ukraine?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24035-can-global-sports-boycotts-help-end-the-war-in-ukraine)
7. [ Putin and Mad Coward Disease](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24032-putin-and-mad-coward-disease)
8. [ The Limits of Libertarianism](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24030-the-limits-of-libertarianism)
9. [ The Federal Backlog That’s Hurting Immigrants — And Our Economy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24026-the-federal-backlog-that-s-hurting-immigrants-and-our-economy)
10. [ There Is No Wisdom in Pretending That Ukraine's Neo-Nazis Don't Exist](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/24024-there-is-no-wisdom-in-pretending-that-ukraine-s-neo-nazis-don-t-exist)

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