##  In the News

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### [Prosecutor, Democrat, City Attorney? McKinney Makes His Case to Los Angeles Voters](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33624-prosecutor-democrat-city-attorney-mckinney-makes-his-case-to-los-angeles-voters)

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Trump Doesn’t Want Law or Order

Written by Rev. Susan K. Williams Smith on August 13 2020.

 ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20239-trump-doesn-t-want-law-or-order)

  [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/12/065i-12f4d201.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20221-the-striking-parallels-between-covid-19-and-climate-change)Written by Drew Costley on August 10 2020. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads).

## [The Striking Parallels Between Covid-19 and Climate Change](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20221-the-striking-parallels-between-covid-19-and-climate-change)

Earlier this year, she advised Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on environmental policy. Now she’s about to publish an anthology of…

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 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/33/064f-331c9c16.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20205-time-is-not-on-israel-s-side)### [Time is Not on Israel’s Side](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20205-time-is-not-on-israel-s-side)

Written by Sam Bahour on August 06 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/17/063q-17e17880.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20192-russiagate-nazis-and-the-cia)### [Russiagate, Nazis, and the CIA](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20192-russiagate-nazis-and-the-cia)

Written by Rob Urie on August 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/d0/063g-d04ed7db.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20187-the-supreme-court-just-made-the-case-for-medicare-for-all)### [The Supreme Court Just Made the Case for Medicare for All](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20187-the-supreme-court-just-made-the-case-for-medicare-for-all)

Written by Sophia Paslaski on August 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/db/063k-db0404b5.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20185-missing-in-action-accountability-is-gone-in-america)### [Missing in Action - Accountability Is Gone in America](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20185-missing-in-action-accountability-is-gone-in-america)

Written by Karen J. Greenberg on August 03 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/e5/062d-e58a9839.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20171-teach-anti-racism-in-schools-it-s-worth-it)### [Teach Anti-Racism in Schools - It’s Worth It](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20171-teach-anti-racism-in-schools-it-s-worth-it)

Written by Cecelia Scheuer on July 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/cd/062l-cdeb2f9f.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20169-i-was-tear-gassed-in-portland-and-not-just-by-feds)### [I Was Tear Gassed in Portland — And Not Just by Feds](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20169-i-was-tear-gassed-in-portland-and-not-just-by-feds)

Written by Robert P. Alvarez on July 30 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/6c/061k-6cd6596c.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20154-fucking-bitch-and-the-everyday-terror-men-feel-about-powerful-women)### [‘Fucking Bitch’ and the Everyday Terror Men Feel about Powerful Women](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20154-fucking-bitch-and-the-everyday-terror-men-feel-about-powerful-women)

Written by Emma Gray on July 27 2020.

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Written by Alon Ben-Meir on July 23 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/09/059t-09fc7ec1.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20120-john-lewis-good-trouble)### [John Lewis: Good Trouble](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20120-john-lewis-good-trouble)

Written by Peter Dreier on July 20 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/4f/059r-4f1103d2.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20113-making-america-feared-again-the-trump-administration-considers-resuming-nuclear-weapons-testing)### [Making America Feared Again: The Trump Administration Considers Resuming Nuclear Weapons Testing](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20113-making-america-feared-again-the-trump-administration-considers-resuming-nuclear-weapons-testing)

Written by Lawrence Wittner on July 20 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/85/059m-85bf7d27.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20108-the-pandemic-of-racism-in-america)### [The Pandemic of Racism in America](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20108-the-pandemic-of-racism-in-america)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on July 20 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/bf/058r-bf26e8fa.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20102-the-gop-s-moral-insanity-on-health-care)### [The GOP’s ‘Moral Insanity’ on Health Care](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20102-the-gop-s-moral-insanity-on-health-care)

Written by Jim Hightower on July 16 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/8a/058h-8a092b69.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20100-us-supremes-uphold-pay-to-vote-scheme)### [US Supremes Uphold 'Pay-to-Vote Scheme'](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20100-us-supremes-uphold-pay-to-vote-scheme)

Written by Julia Conley on July 16 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/87/058f-875a2ad8.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20093-what-if-we-actually-listened)### [What If We Actually Listened?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20093-what-if-we-actually-listened)

Written by Jill Richardson on July 16 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/45/058m-45237401.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20092-how-the-virus-is-pushing-america-toward-a-better-future)### [How the Virus Is Pushing America Toward a Better Future](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20092-how-the-virus-is-pushing-america-toward-a-better-future)

Written by Joel Kotkin on July 16 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/f9/058n-f9baab48.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20091-how-the-pandemic-hit-americans-selective-in-its-impact-the-virus-has-struck-the-homeless-hard)### [How the Pandemic Hit Americans - Selective in Its Impact, the Virus Has Struck the Homeless Hard](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20091-how-the-pandemic-hit-americans-selective-in-its-impact-the-virus-has-struck-the-homeless-hard)

Written by Rajan Menon on July 16 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/35/057o-35a6a673.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20086-foreshadowing-the-year-2021-half-of-america-facing-poverty)### [Foreshadowing the Year 2021: Half of America Facing Poverty](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20086-foreshadowing-the-year-2021-half-of-america-facing-poverty)

Written by Paul Buchheit on July 13 2020.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/81/057l-81713f20.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20079-humanity-is-an-endangered-species-can-we-do-what-it-takes-to-save-ourselves)### [Humanity Is an Endangered Species. Can We Do What it Takes to Save Ourselves?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/20079-humanity-is-an-endangered-species-can-we-do-what-it-takes-to-save-ourselves)

Written by Lawrence Wittner on July 13 2020.

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