Compiled by Brent E. Beltrán
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles by San Diego Free Press and OB Rag regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors and sourced writers on west coast ports’ labor unrest, our super mayor taking over New York, marriage equality and SCOTUS, bike share and helmets, immigration and the not so GOP, the class war, Brian Williams’ friendly fire, a youth party, stopping vicious dogs, and a pocketful of news from OB.
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Labor Unrest Spreads to Refineries, West Coast Ports, SoCal Edison and Football Stadiums
Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane? No, it’s Super Mayor! Kevin Faulconer Descends on New York
The People’s Brief: Your Chance to Support Marriage Equality at the Supreme Court
As San Diego Bike Share Rolls Out, State Legislator Touts Helmet Law
Immigration Standoff: Congressional GOP Hoping to Learn from the Second Kick of a Mule
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Dispatches from the Class War (On You)
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché
Brian Williams’ Career Takes Some Friendly Fire
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Geo-Poetic Spaces: Scattering Crows
The History of the Neighborhood House by Maria Garcia
The History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: Three Women Who Worked at Neighborhood House and Became Part of the Community
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San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Why Not a Youth Party?
By Bob Dorn
San Diego Group Gets Award to Expand Solar Power Use at Condos and Apartments
By John Lawrence
Looking for a Way to Halt Repeated Attacks by Vicious Dogs
By Lori Saldaña
The Torn Images’ ‘Reviver’ Aims to Revive 90s Grunge
By Layla Marino
How To Save $12,000 a Year in San Diego? Drive Less!
By John P. Anderson
Singer Liz Graham Folks It Up On Her Upcoming Album
By Layla Marino
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
The Shame of US Journalism Is the Destruction of Iraq, Not Fake Helicopter Stories
By Christian Christensen / Common Dreams
Yes, ISIS Burned a Man Alive: White Americans Did the Same Thing to Black People by the Thousands
By Chauncey Devega / Daily Kos
Syriza Succeeds in Greece by Mainstreaming the Anti-Austerity Movement
By Kate Aronoff / Waging Nonviolence
The Share-the-Scraps Economy
By Robert Reich
Kidnapped Student Teachers in México: An Inside Perspective
By Luis Villanueva Rodríguez / Draft NOtices
New Report on Lynching Reveals Sinister Legacy of ‘Racial Terrorism’ in America
By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams
OB Rag Contributors:
The Widder Curry: “I met the Human GPS Man today.”
By Judi Curry
There Are Democratic Elections to Community Planning Boards Because of One Ocean Beach Group in the 1970s
By Frank Gormlie
“OB Time” – “Just Be-ing”, Long Hair, Beards and Tats
By Ol’ OB Hippie
The Election Platform and Brochure of O.B.’s First Planning Group
By Frank Gormlie
Ocean Beach Sunday Sunset Clean-Up – Feb. 15
By Frank Gormlie
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