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### [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375)

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#  VOICES

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### We Must Not Allow The Republicans To Destroy Our Basic Values

Written by Alon Ben-Meir and Sam Ben-Meir on August 26 2021.

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## [Don’t Scapegoat Black Texans for State’s COVID-19 Surge](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22414:don-t-scapegoat-black-texans-for-state-s-covid-19-surge&catid=375)

. Plain and simple, unvaccinated African Americans in Texas are not the cause of the surging cases of COVID-19 plaguing the state, nor is this the ca…

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Written by Michael Harriot on August 25 2021.

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Written by Mark Ridley-Thomas on August 26 2021.

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Written by Juwan J. Holmes on August 30 2021.

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Written by Juwan J. Holmes on August 23 2021.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on August 23 2021.

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Written by Juwan J. Holmes on August 23 2021.

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Written by LGBTQ Nation on August 19 2021.

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Written by Judy Joy Jones on August 19 2021.

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Written by Bil Browning on August 19 2021.

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Written by Ronald Stein on August 19 2021.

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Written by Rebecca Gordon on August 19 2021.

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Written by Marc Ang on August 19 2021.

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Written by Abby Zimet on August 19 2021.

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Written by Grace Kay on August 16 2021.

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Written by John Fegger on August 16 2021.

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Written by Bil Browning on August 16 2021.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 16 2021.

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Written by Liz Amsden on August 16 2021.

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