## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5c/091a-5c874fa4.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33755-three-things-nithya-raman-can-do-right-now-to-create-more-affordable-housing-in-los-angeles) ### [Three Things Nithya Raman Can Do (Right Now) to Create More Affordable Housing in Los Angeles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/housing/33755-three-things-nithya-raman-can-do-right-now-to-create-more-affordable-housing-in-los-angeles) November 12 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d4/090e-d45483d7.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33723-how-stephen-miller-destroyed-trumps-second-administration) ### [How Stephen Miller Destroyed Trump’s Second Administration](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33723-how-stephen-miller-destroyed-trumps-second-administration) November 09 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/61/091c-61812fad.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/gelfand-s-world/33753-miracles-have-happened) ### [Miracles Have Happened](https://mail.citywatchla.com/gelfand-s-world/33753-miracles-have-happened) November 12 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6b/091l-6b18dac3.jpeg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/33756-nithya-ramans-3-1-billion-war-on-cars-is-city-hall-serving-working-angelenos-or-wealthy-political-donors) ### [Nithya Raman’s $3.1 Billion War on Cars: Is City Hall Serving Working Angelenos or Wealthy Political Donors?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/la-election-2022/33756-nithya-ramans-3-1-billion-war-on-cars-is-city-hall-serving-working-angelenos-or-wealthy-political-donors) November 12 2026 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c9/014o-c9d0ffc0.jpg) ### HUMANITY - No Longer on Trend—And Sadly, It Ain't Coming Back Anytime Soon Written by Abe Gurko on February 17 2025. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/30390-humanity-no-longer-on-trend-and-sadly-it-aint-coming-back-anytime-soon) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d6/014e-d684881e.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/30388-america-cant-afford-trumps-mass-deportations)Written by Alliyah Lusuegro on February 17 2025. Posted in [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices). ## [America Can’t Afford Trump’s Mass Deportations](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/30388-america-cant-afford-trumps-mass-deportations) GUEST COMMENTARY - For the cost of mass deportations, we could instead erase medical debt, provide universal school lunches, and end homelessness. … --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/77/014f-779adf4f.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/30387-presidents-daze-reagans-legacy-bites-another-anti-worker-president-in-his-fat-ass)### [Presidents’ Daze: Reagan’s Legacy Bites Another Anti-Worker President in His Fat Ass](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/30387-presidents-daze-reagans-legacy-bites-another-anti-worker-president-in-his-fat-ass) Written by Liz Amsden on February 17 2025. 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