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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/68/064k-686774de.png) ### US Foreign Policy Adrift: Why Washington is No Longer Calling the Shots Written by Ramzy Baroud on August 12 2021. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22294-us-foreign-policy-adrift-why-washington-is-no-longer-calling-the-shots) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/fd/064p-fd4bac65.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22289-this-was-avoidable-climate-activists-say-about-apocalyptic-un-climate-report)Written by Mark Hertsgaard on August 12 2021. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads). ## ["This Was Avoidable," Climate Activists Say About Apocalyptic UN Climate Report](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22289-this-was-avoidable-climate-activists-say-about-apocalyptic-un-climate-report) In a landmark report released Monday by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), some of the world's foremost climate scientists adde… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/74/063k-7481c3d9.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22277-senate-democrats-plan-for-the-summer-it-s-the-economy-stupid)### [Senate Democrats’ Plan For The Summer: It’s The Economy, Stupid](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/22277-senate-democrats-plan-for-the-summer-it-s-the-economy-stupid) Written by Kevin Robillard on August 09 2021. 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