## In the News [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/37/086d-37193955.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33624-prosecutor-democrat-city-attorney-mckinney-makes-his-case-to-los-angeles-voters) ### [Prosecutor, Democrat, City Attorney? 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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/c4/066s-c41af662.png) ### What We Can Learn from Charlottesville about America’s Road to Fascism Written by Victor Rothman on August 17 2017. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13811-what-we-can-learn-from-charlottesville-about-america-s-road-to-fascism) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/1f/066t-1ff0462e.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13810-why-north-korea-hates-us)Written by Robert C. Koehler on August 17 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads). ## [Why North Korea Hates Us](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13810-why-north-korea-hates-us) And so we return to the Korean War, when North Korea was carpet-bombed to the edge of existence. The American media doesn’t have a memory that stretc… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/4d/065d-4d3ccce8.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13802-as-teachers-we-own-james-alex-fields-jr)### [As Teachers, We Own James Alex Fields Jr.](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13802-as-teachers-we-own-james-alex-fields-jr) Written by Sara Holbrook on August 14 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/61/065g-61932a6d.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13800-charlottesville-blame-and-confusion-abound-but-everyone-should-hate-the-nazis)### [Charlottesville Blame and Confusion Abound ... but Everyone Should Hate the Nazis!](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13800-charlottesville-blame-and-confusion-abound-but-everyone-should-hate-the-nazis) Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on August 14 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/c8/065k-c83b6f25.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13798-divisiveness-isn-t-the-problem-seeing-charlottesville-for-what-it-really-is)### [Divisiveness Isn't the Problem: Seeing Charlottesville for What It Really Is](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13798-divisiveness-isn-t-the-problem-seeing-charlottesville-for-what-it-really-is) Written by Seth Masket on August 14 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/d9/065z1-d923581d.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13788-charlottesville-why-it-took-trump-so-long-to-say-the-words)### [Charlottesville: Why It Took Trump So Long to Say the Words](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13788-charlottesville-why-it-took-trump-so-long-to-say-the-words) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 14 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/f8/064j-f89f9cec.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13778-blowing-smoke-2)### [Blowing Smoke](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13778-blowing-smoke-2) Written by Michael Cohen on August 10 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/08/064o-08cbf1f0.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13774-has-jeff-sessions-rendered-crime-scene-science-useless)### [Has Jeff Sessions Rendered Crime Scene Science Useless?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13774-has-jeff-sessions-rendered-crime-scene-science-useless) Written by Stephen Cooper on August 10 2017. 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