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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/16/51r-1648a80c.png) ### A Welcome Democratic Stand on Guns, But Are These the Bills We're Looking For? Written by Phyllis Bennis on June 23 2016. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11336-a-welcome-democratic-stand-on-guns-but-are-these-the-bills-we-re-looking-for) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/c2/050a-c243495f.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11330-ya-wanna-be-a-true-american-don-t-let-the-orlando-shooting-divide-us)Written by Ken Alpern on June 20 2016. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads). ## [Ya Wanna Be a ‘True American’? Don't Let the Orlando Shooting Divide Us!](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11330-ya-wanna-be-a-true-american-don-t-let-the-orlando-shooting-divide-us) POLITICS--As the summer and fall of this election cycle get ever closer, it will be very easy to let ourselves choose sides and be divided--but if we… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/05/050c-05c89d7a.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11328-veterans-talk-about-hate-and-violence-after-orlando-nightclub-tragedy)### [Veterans Talk about Hate and Violence after Orlando Nightclub Tragedy](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11328-veterans-talk-about-hate-and-violence-after-orlando-nightclub-tragedy) Written by Brian Trautman on June 20 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/38/050i-38edaa89.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11323-gay-bars-another-word-for-safe)### [Gay Bars: Another Word for Safe](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11323-gay-bars-another-word-for-safe) Written by Lisa Wade on June 20 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/68/050m-683f2f03.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11320-exposed-orlando-terrorist-employed-by-g4s-security-are-feds-paying-big-bucks-for-pc)### [Exposed! Orlando Terrorist Employed by G4S Security: Are Feds Paying Big Bucks for PC?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11320-exposed-orlando-terrorist-employed-by-g4s-security-are-feds-paying-big-bucks-for-pc) Written by Michael Connelly on June 20 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/7e/050r-7ea5a3bc.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11314-california-now-the-world-s-sixth-largest-economy-because-of-tax-hikes-on-the-rich)### [California Now the World’s Sixth-Largest Economy … Because of Tax Hikes on the Rich?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11314-california-now-the-world-s-sixth-largest-economy-because-of-tax-hikes-on-the-rich) Written by Donald Kaufman on June 20 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/3c/049e-3cc0840c.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11305-the-democrats-need-reform-let-me-help-with-that)### [The Democrats Need Reform … Let Me Help with That](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11305-the-democrats-need-reform-let-me-help-with-that) Written by Bob Gelfand on June 16 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/82/049k-8293f8bc.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11299-judge-who-sentenced-stanford-swimmer-blocked-from-hearing-sex-crime-case)### [Judge Who Sentenced Stanford Swimmer Blocked from Hearing Sex Crime Case](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11299-judge-who-sentenced-stanford-swimmer-blocked-from-hearing-sex-crime-case) Written by Beth Cone Kramer on June 16 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/12/049o-1278dbd5.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11296-diary-of-a-transgender-teen-they-re-killing-us-help-us-stop-them)### [Diary of a Transgender Teen: They’re Killing Us! Help Us Stop Them!](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11296-diary-of-a-transgender-teen-they-re-killing-us-help-us-stop-them) Written by Grace Dolan-Sandrino on June 16 2016. 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