## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/062a-b1f8f08b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) ### [ $4.4 Billion Later: Inside the Broken Machinery of Los Angeles’ Homelessness System](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33163:4-4-billion-later-inside-the-broken-machinery-of-los-angeles-homelessness-system&catid=312) August 06 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ae/064h-ae29651b.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) ### [Remembering Ken Draper: CityWatch and Transparency Are his Legacy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29355:remembering-ken-draper-citywatch-and-transparency-are-his-legacy&catid=12) August 07 2025 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/061a-9b0a2dba.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) ### [Brace Yourself For A Worse Housing Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33148:brace-yourself-for-a-worse-housing-crisis&catid=398) August 03 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8e/063g-8e92d8f0.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) ### [Netanyahu’s Challengers Are Selling The Same Poison](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33173:netanyahus-challengers-are-selling-the-same-poison&catid=332) August 10 2026 --- [![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b2/015o-b2640b3c.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/015o.png&thumbnail=1300,500,&hash=8666c918)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23874:off-with-their-tongues&catid=375) VOICES ## [ Off With Their Tongues! ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23874:off-with-their-tongues&catid=375) Today we face a crisis that seems to have escalated out of control if it wasn’t actually created by American news. Barons of the industry have their minions focusing on every little opinion about potential war. The drums beat: War. War… ### More Coverage - [We’ll Keep Fighting to Protect Our Bodily Autonomy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23855:we-ll-keep-fighting-to-protect-our-bodily-autonomy&catid=375) - [Help! I’m Addicted to Amazon.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23851:help-i-m-addicted-to-amazon&catid=375) - [Internet Laughs As Experts Expect Donald Trump’s “Twitter Clone” To Flop Hard](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23849:internet-laughs-as-experts-expect-donald-trump-s-twitter-clone-to-flop-hard&catid=375) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9d/014v-9de8b753.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/014v.png&thumbnail=610,416,&hash=0ff448d0) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23856:spotify-s-business-model-is-killing-music&catid=375)VOICES ## [Spotify’s Business Model Is Killing Music](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23856:spotify-s-business-model-is-killing-music&catid=375) Young demanded that the company choose between his music or Joe Rogan’s misinformation-laden podcast. Joni Mitchell, India Arie, and Crosby, Stills, and Nash followed suit and made the same demand. Spotify chose Rogan over all of them. W… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2e/014s-2ec312e6.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/014s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a99eadea) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23855:we-ll-keep-fighting-to-protect-our-bodily-autonomy&catid=375)### [We’ll Keep Fighting to Protect Our Bodily Autonomy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23855:we-ll-keep-fighting-to-protect-our-bodily-autonomy&catid=375) WOMEN’S RIGHTS - Earlier this year, a small group of women and I gathered to post artwork around Washington, D.C. We were celebrating the 4… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f7/014f-f753e821.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/014f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b206c776) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23851:help-i-m-addicted-to-amazon&catid=375)### [Help! I’m Addicted to Amazon.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23851:help-i-m-addicted-to-amazon&catid=375) COMMENTARY - The move by many Angelenos to a more sustainable lifestyle was shaken up by the pandemic. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/78/014p-78f75fd5.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/014p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c5a23ea7) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23849:internet-laughs-as-experts-expect-donald-trump-s-twitter-clone-to-flop-hard&catid=375)### [Internet Laughs As Experts Expect Donald Trump’s “Twitter Clone” To Flop Hard](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23849:internet-laughs-as-experts-expect-donald-trump-s-twitter-clone-to-flop-hard&catid=375) MEDIA WATCH - Donald Trump’s new social media platform’s launch has been delayed yet again, and experts are already saying that it won’t be… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fc/013y-fc1056cf.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/013y.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fa16e3f3) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23841:ukraine-and-the-dangerous-munich-analogy&catid=375)### [Ukraine and the Dangerous Munich Analogy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23841:ukraine-and-the-dangerous-munich-analogy&catid=375) WORLD WATCH - The crisis over Ukraine, which may be facing an imminent Russian invasion, is an excellent example of the need for greater an… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/30/013c-30fe8f7f.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/013c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=c5aff161) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23838:the-winter-olympics-american-defectors-to-china-reactions-are-appropriate&catid=375)### [The Winter Olympics’ American Defectors To China: Reactions Are Appropriate ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23838:the-winter-olympics-american-defectors-to-china-reactions-are-appropriate&catid=375) MARC'S ANGLE - Many people forget that the Olympics is a time for patriotism and national pride in a safe context of sporting events. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ed/013h-ede59a93.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/013h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a9afca86) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23834:the-world-s-greatest-country-is-swirling-down-the-drain&catid=375)### [The “World’s Greatest Country” is Swirling Down the Drain](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23834:the-world-s-greatest-country-is-swirling-down-the-drain&catid=375) COMMENTARY - The United States’ descent into pandemicist and neofascist Hell (something I have documenting for some time here at CounterPun… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0a/013g-0af7f599.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/013g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=03961cf2) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23833:bigotry-unbound-the-u-s-media-s-anti-china-propaganda-blitz&catid=375)### [Bigotry Unbound: the U.S. Media’s Anti-China Propaganda Blitz](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23833:bigotry-unbound-the-u-s-media-s-anti-china-propaganda-blitz&catid=375) WORLD WATCH - Hate crimes against Asian Americans mushroomed over the past two years. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/1c/013k-1c6271de.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/013k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=585975f8) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23832:the-zaibatsu-ization-of-america&catid=375)### [The Zaibatsu-ization of America](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23832:the-zaibatsu-ization-of-america&catid=375) COMMENTARY - Enthusiasts of “the new economy” long cherished the notion that it would be different from the unenlightened, sluggish, and pi… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/43/013m-43436010.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/013m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=8a8c85e4) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23830:love-to-afghanistan-vigils-to-demand-return-of-7-billion-stolen-by-us&catid=375)### ['Love to Afghanistan' Vigils to Demand Return of $7 Billion Stolen by US](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23830:love-to-afghanistan-vigils-to-demand-return-of-7-billion-stolen-by-us&catid=375) WORLD WATCH - With the people of Afghanistan facing one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the world, [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/cd/013n-cd892fec.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/013n.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5ff5f76b) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23828:gop-calling-trump-coup-effort-legitimate-political-discourse-should-still-be-frontpage-news&catid=375)### [GOP Calling Trump Coup Effort 'Legitimate Political Discourse' Should Still Be Frontpage News](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23828:gop-calling-trump-coup-effort-legitimate-political-discourse-should-still-be-frontpage-news&catid=375) JAN 6 - If you're the sort of person who follows the news, you've probably heard a good bit lately about podcaster Joe Rogan, Neil Young's… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b9/013q-b9bde880.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/013q.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=fc1afc8b) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23823:aoc-ridicules-conservatives-losing-their-mind-over-the-super-bowl-halftime-show-with-one-word&catid=375)### [AOC Ridicules Conservatives Losing Their Mind Over The Super Bowl Halftime Show… With One Word](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23823:aoc-ridicules-conservatives-losing-their-mind-over-the-super-bowl-halftime-show-with-one-word&catid=375) LGBTQ NATION - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) had a cutting response to Christian conservatives became apoplectic in response to Supe… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3e/013s-3ecedb94.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/013s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=52d1a2f8) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23820:new-world-reality-cock-eyed-crazies-in-the-echo-chamber-of-social-media&catid=375)### [New World Reality: Cock Eyed Crazies in the Echo Chamber of Social Media](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23820:new-world-reality-cock-eyed-crazies-in-the-echo-chamber-of-social-media&catid=375) COMMENTARY - Sometimes reality hurts so much that it helps to escape into fantasy. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/72/012y-729671ac.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/012y.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f993fd46) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23817:judge-not-lest-ye-be-judged-are-we-a-nation-of-hypocrites&catid=375)### [“Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged.” Are We A Nation Of Hypocrites?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23817:judge-not-lest-ye-be-judged-are-we-a-nation-of-hypocrites&catid=375) MY THOUGHTS - The United States has long been known as a country of immigrants (I’m one), but in addition we are becoming a country of hypo… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/62/012u-62eb6b86.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/012u.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=53b0da59) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23816:a-new-dawn-for-the-working-class&catid=375)### [A New Dawn For The Working Class?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23816:a-new-dawn-for-the-working-class&catid=375) LABOR VIEW - The laboring masses are restless, as evidenced by the Canadian trucker strike, union drives in Amazon warehouses in the US and… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/31/012i-31fe1c45.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/012i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d9696598) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23803:biden-s-black-female-requirement-is-crass-but-may-actually-help-republicans&catid=375)### [Biden’s “Black Female” Requirement Is Crass But May Actually Help Republicans](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23803:biden-s-black-female-requirement-is-crass-but-may-actually-help-republicans&catid=375) COMMENTARY - If our qualifications for moving up in the world are reduced to our body parts and skin pigmentation, what a sad world that lo… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/df/012m-df2ec7c5.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/012m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a9865bcb) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23800:the-shaming-and-punishment-of-whoopi-goldberg-what-does-it-say-about-us-society&catid=375)### [The Shaming and Punishment of Whoopi Goldberg: What Does It Say About US Society?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23800:the-shaming-and-punishment-of-whoopi-goldberg-what-does-it-say-about-us-society&catid=375) CANCEL CULTURE - A couple of days after the public shaming and suspension punishment of Whoopi Goldberg for saying that “the Holocaust isn’… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/25/012k-250fdf22.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/012k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=844ff609) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23797:israel-an-apartheid-nation-of-course&catid=375)### [Israel, an Apartheid Nation? Of Course!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23797:israel-an-apartheid-nation-of-course&catid=375) ISRAEL WATCH - Israel dismisses charges of “apartheid against Palestinians” as anti-Semitic propaganda, and the United States has been an e… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b4/012p-b4bc3d7a.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/012p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=92e2766c) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23796:media-take-note-the-gop-is-now-openly-aligned-against-democracy&catid=375)### [Media, Take Note: The GOP Is Now Openly Aligned Against Democracy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23796:media-take-note-the-gop-is-now-openly-aligned-against-democracy&catid=375) LEGITIMATE POLITICAL DISCOURSE - If you’re the sort of person who follows the news, you’ve probably heard a good bit lately about podcaster… [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/96/012r-96582986.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2022/012r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f7dba8f5) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23794:what-the-cuban-missile-crisis-can-teach-us-about-today-s-ukraine-crisis&catid=375)### [What the Cuban Missile Crisis Can Teach Us About Today’s Ukraine Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23794:what-the-cuban-missile-crisis-can-teach-us-about-today-s-ukraine-crisis&catid=375) PERSPECTIVE - Commentators on the current Ukraine crisis have sometimes compared it to the Cuban missile crisis. 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