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Why are my CSS properties being overridden/ignored?
<body>
  <section id="content">
    <article>
      <ul class="posts-list">
        <li class="post-item">
          <h2>[post title]</h2>
          <p class="item-description">...</p>
          <p class="item-meta">...</p>
        </li>
        ...
      </ul>
    </article>
  </section>
</body>

#content {
  color: #000;
  margin-left: 300px;
  max-width: 620px;
  padding: 0px 10px;
  position: relative;
}

#content p,
#content li {
  color: #111;
  font: 16px / 24px serif;
}

li.post-item > * {
  margin: 0px;
}

.item-description {
  color: #FFF;
}

.item-meta {
  color: #666;
}

#content li.post-item > * {
  margin: 0px;
}

#content .item-description {
  color: #FFF;
}

#content .item-meta {
  color: #666;
}