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The Guilds Need to Change Too.](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/33619-california-film-tax-credits-arent-enough-the-guilds-need-to-change-too) October 26 2026 # IMPORTANT READS --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/4a/079e-4a057a21.png) ### Trump Is Pushing the Country to the Brink of Civil War Written by Alon Ben-Meir on September 28 2020. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20479-trump-is-pushing-the-country-to-the-brink-of-civil-war) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/d5/079s-d5609ec8.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20478-a-quick-read-for-white-people-who-don-t-consider-themselves-racist)Written by Ola Caracola on September 28 2020. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads). ## [A Quick Read for White People Who Don’t Consider Themselves Racist](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20478-a-quick-read-for-white-people-who-don-t-consider-themselves-racist) Initially, this warmed my heart — I thought, YES, these are the kind of friends I want to have. All day, I contemplated sharing the same image, but t… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/a5/078r-a58e3af4.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20468-defeating-a-demagogue-a-reminder-from-history)### [Defeating a Demagogue: A Reminder from History](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20468-defeating-a-demagogue-a-reminder-from-history) Written by Mel Gurtov on September 24 2020. 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[ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/52/075m-526b3471.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20399-national-in-security-and-the-pentagon-budget)### [National (In)Security and the Pentagon Budget](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20399-national-in-security-and-the-pentagon-budget) Written by Mandy Smithberger on September 14 2020. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/91/074d-91f3acb1.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20382-trump-disses-troops-but-correctly-labels-2-of-america-s-costliest-wars-unjustified-or-stupid)### [Trump Disses Troops but Correctly Labels 2 of America’s Costliest Wars Unjustified or ‘Stupid’](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20382-trump-disses-troops-but-correctly-labels-2-of-america-s-costliest-wars-unjustified-or-stupid) Written by Dave Lindorff on September 10 2020. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/86/074f-86c49057.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20381-republican-platforms-then-and-now)### [Republican Platforms, Then and Now](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20381-republican-platforms-then-and-now) Written by Jim Hightower on September 10 2020. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/69/072e-699ae3d8.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20361-the-weathering-of-black-america)### [The Weathering of Black America](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20361-the-weathering-of-black-america) Written by Tracey L. Rogers on September 03 2020. 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