## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/083c-2d4e8157.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33543-karen-bass-matters-stop-the-dsa) ### [Karen Bass Matters - Stop the DSA](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33543-karen-bass-matters-stop-the-dsa) October 15 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/93/082a-93b2dc59.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33516-if-your-family-were-being-stalked-who-would-protect-you) ### [If Your Family Were Being Stalked, Who Would Protect You?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33516-if-your-family-were-being-stalked-who-would-protect-you) October 12 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/67/083q-67b14b9a.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33548-do-we-want-a-governor-or-an-underground-pawn-in-sacramento) ### [Do We Want A Governor, or An Underground Pawn, in Sacramento?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33548-do-we-want-a-governor-or-an-underground-pawn-in-sacramento) October 15 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4a/082g-4a232053.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33523-progressive-vs-pragmatist-erickson-goldsmith-draw-battle-lines-in-lively-senate-contest) ### [ “Progressive vs. Pragmatist? Erickson & Goldsmith Draw Battle Lines in lively Senate Contest”](https://mail.citywatchla.com/neighborhood-politics/33523-progressive-vs-pragmatist-erickson-goldsmith-draw-battle-lines-in-lively-senate-contest) October 12 2026 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/96/036a-96f6f583.jpg) ### College Protests Question Israel's Actions in Gaza: Optimism or Pessimism? Written by Victor Rothman on May 02 2024. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/28831-college-protests-question-israels-actions-in-gaza-optimism-or-pessimism) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fe/035s-fe74fd3f.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/28828-universities-betrayal-free-speech-eclipsed-by-ideological-control)Written by Ken Alpern on April 29 2024. Posted in [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices). ## [Universities' Betrayal: Free Speech Eclipsed by Ideological Control](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/28828-universities-betrayal-free-speech-eclipsed-by-ideological-control) ALPERN AT LARGE - We’re getting a first-hand view of how Nazism and Fascism come too often from the Left...no matter how much we’re getting gaslighte… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/95/035k-9527e74d.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/28820-sports-gambling-its-an-addiction-not-a-game)### [Sports Gambling – It’s an Addiction, Not a Game](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/28820-sports-gambling-its-an-addiction-not-a-game) Written by Liz Amsden on April 29 2024. 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Kinder Speech](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/28769-free-speech-v-kinder-speech) Written by Liz Amsden on April 18 2024. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/87/032b-8793d708.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/28768-bobby-kennedy-and-the-ownership-economy)### [Bobby Kennedy And the Ownership Economy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/28768-bobby-kennedy-and-the-ownership-economy) Written by Michael Bernick on April 18 2024. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bc/031p-bc556efe.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/28761-all-i-want-for-tax-day-is-a-reversal-of-trumps-regressive-tax-cuts)### [All I Want for Tax Day Is a Reversal of Trump’s Regressive Tax Cuts](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/28761-all-i-want-for-tax-day-is-a-reversal-of-trumps-regressive-tax-cuts) Written by Robert Reich on April 15 2024. 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