## 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/d7/057p-d71e0eed.png) ### Conventions, Why Bother? Written by Robert Reich on July 14 2016. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11454-conventions-why-bother) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/17/056w-172254dd.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11450-following-horrific-violence-something-more-is-required-of-us)Written by Michelle Alexander on July 11 2016. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads). ## [Following Horrific Violence, Something More is Required of Us](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11450-following-horrific-violence-something-more-is-required-of-us) EDITOR’S PICK--I have struggled to find words to express what I thought and felt as I watched the videos of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile being… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/56/056g-561e2a64.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11444-the-middle-class-academics-teachers-journalists-coders-also-falling-prey-to-unstable-new-america)### [The Middle Class … Academics, Teachers, Journalists, Coders … also Falling Prey to Unstable New America](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11444-the-middle-class-academics-teachers-journalists-coders-also-falling-prey-to-unstable-new-america) Written by Alissa Quart on July 11 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/9f/056h-9f4903de.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11443-step-up-and-speak-up-5-things-each-of-us-can-do-to-change-america)### [Step Up and Speak Up - 5 Things Each of Us Can Do to Change America](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11443-step-up-and-speak-up-5-things-each-of-us-can-do-to-change-america) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 11 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/ed/056i-ed45f715.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11442-relax-world-trump-isn-t-going-to-be-president-but-he-ll-rinse-some-cash-from-his-run)### [Relax World. Trump Isn’t Going To Be President. But He’ll Rinse Some Cash from His Run ...](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11442-relax-world-trump-isn-t-going-to-be-president-but-he-ll-rinse-some-cash-from-his-run) Written by Paul Vale on July 11 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/2c/056l-2c58f1ad.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11440-if-you-believe-sarah-palin-shot-gabby-giffords-then-you-believe-barack-obama-killed-5-dallas-police-officers)### [If You Believe Sarah Palin Shot Gabby Giffords, Then You Believe Barack Obama Killed 5 Dallas Police Officers](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11440-if-you-believe-sarah-palin-shot-gabby-giffords-then-you-believe-barack-obama-killed-5-dallas-police-officers) Written by Ken Alpern on July 11 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/9b/056o-9bbcb7a9.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11437-ending-the-violence-meaningful-solutions-vs-meaningless-soundbites)### [Ending the Violence: Meaningful Solutions vs. Meaningless Soundbites](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11437-ending-the-violence-meaningful-solutions-vs-meaningless-soundbites) Written by Zoe Weil on July 11 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/82/056t-8263d94b.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11433-parents-stop-the-corporate-takeover-of-public-ed-opt-out)### [Parents, Stop the Corporate Takeover of Public Ed … Opt-Out!](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11433-parents-stop-the-corporate-takeover-of-public-ed-opt-out) Written by Diane Ravitch on July 11 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/d6/055j-d64decf2.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11420-hillary-clinton-too-big-to-jail)### [Hillary Clinton: Too Big to Jail](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11420-hillary-clinton-too-big-to-jail) Written by Ben Shapiro on July 07 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/63/055t-635bb148.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11419-from-brexit-to-trump-why-the-world-is-rebelling-against-experts)### [From Brexit to Trump: Why the World Is Rebelling Against ‘Experts’](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11419-from-brexit-to-trump-why-the-world-is-rebelling-against-experts) Written by Joel Kotkin on July 07 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/f4/055r-f4aa1f0a.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11410-alan-dershowitz-comey-may-have-overstepped-his-authority)### [Alan Dershowitz: Comey May Have Overstepped His Authority](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11410-alan-dershowitz-comey-may-have-overstepped-his-authority) Written by Mark Swanson on July 07 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/2b/054h-2b662eeb.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11401-trump-s-racial-firebombs-weaken-u-s)### [Trump's Racial Firebombs Weaken U.S.](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11401-trump-s-racial-firebombs-weaken-u-s) Written by Joel Kotkin on July 04 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/da/054i-daca078c.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11400-this-person-exists-transgender-people-can-now-fight-and-die-for-the-empire)### [This Person Exists: Transgender People Can Now Fight and Die For the Empire](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11400-this-person-exists-transgender-people-can-now-fight-and-die-for-the-empire) Written by Abby Zimet on July 04 2016. 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