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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 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/fa/068j-faec08e4.png) ### Don’t Scapegoat Black Texans for State’s COVID-19 Surge Written by Derrick Johnson on August 26 2021. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22414-don-t-scapegoat-black-texans-for-state-s-covid-19-surge) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/68/068f-68ac714b.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22403-somebody-had-to-do-it-black-superintendent-challenges-mask-mandate-prohibition)Written by Michael Harriot on August 25 2021. Posted in [VOICES](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices). ## ['Somebody Had to Do It': Black Superintendent Challenges Mask Mandate Prohibition](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22403-somebody-had-to-do-it-black-superintendent-challenges-mask-mandate-prohibition) South Carolina is not handling COVID well. The Palmetto State currently has the ninth highest rate of positive coronavirus cases and deaths per cap… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/27/068i-278d53da.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22401-la-city-council-adopts-anti-racist-framework-in-the-city-of-los-angeles)### [LA City Council Adopts Anti-Racist Framework in the City of Los Angeles](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22401-la-city-council-adopts-anti-racist-framework-in-the-city-of-los-angeles) Written by Mark Ridley-Thomas on August 26 2021. 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[ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/41/067o-4184463d.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22382-america-the-indispensable)### [America the Indispensable](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22382-america-the-indispensable) Written by Joel Kotkin on August 23 2021. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/d0/067t-d014c1c9.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22369-israel-is-ending-their-ban-on-blood-donation-from-queer-men-why-isn-t-america)### [Israel is ending their ban on blood donation from queer men. Why isn’t America?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22369-israel-is-ending-their-ban-on-blood-donation-from-queer-men-why-isn-t-america) Written by Juwan J. Holmes on August 23 2021. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/20/066r-20c12ecb.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22365-mary-trump-rips-meghan-mccain-for-being-a-disrespectful-coward)### [Mary Trump rips Meghan McCain for being a disrespectful “coward”](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22365-mary-trump-rips-meghan-mccain-for-being-a-disrespectful-coward) Written by LGBTQ Nation on August 19 2021. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/ee/066c-eed5ea3c.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22364-joy-in-the-midst-of-sorrow-in-santa-maria-orphanage)### [Joy In The Midst Of Sorrow In Santa Maria Orphanage](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22364-joy-in-the-midst-of-sorrow-in-santa-maria-orphanage) Written by Judy Joy Jones on August 19 2021. 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[ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/ba/066d-ba31a9e9.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22344-i-ll-put-up-with-mean-tweets-if-it-means-less-beheadings-in-afghanistan)### [I’ll Put Up with Mean Tweets If It Means Less Beheadings in Afghanistan](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22344-i-ll-put-up-with-mean-tweets-if-it-means-less-beheadings-in-afghanistan) Written by Marc Ang on August 19 2021. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/98/066o-981ed354.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22343-we-are-the-least-trustworthy-people-on-the-planet-another-ghastly-retreat-from-empire)### [We Are the Least Trustworthy People On the Planet: Another Ghastly Retreat From Empire](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/22343-we-are-the-least-trustworthy-people-on-the-planet-another-ghastly-retreat-from-empire) Written by Abby Zimet on August 19 2021. 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