Compiled by Brent E. Beltrán
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, toons and poetry by San Diego Free Press and OB Rag regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, sourced writers and poets on right wing bigots, Todd Gloria’s next race, police murder in SC, TPP, Russian roulette with water, Chavez photo murals, Extreme Weather Watch, Alliance SD supporting president on immigrants, Mexicali Chinese, plus lots of goodies from OB and literature for National Poetry Month.
San Diego Free Press National Poetry Month:
The Dead Write No Poems
By Will Falk
Fallen Leaves
By Viet Mai
Grandchildren of the United Fruit Company
By Sonia Gutierrez
An Inconvenient Companion: For Mary Kowit
By Jim Moreno
Geo-Poetic Spaces: My Uncle’s Cigar
By Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Yoga in Encinitas, Gays in Indiana: The Bigots of the Right Fight On
Todd Gloria Declares for 78th Assembly Seat Race
Another Day, Another Black Human Becomes a Hashtag: Video Shows Cop Shooting SC Man in the Back
Fast Tracking the Trans Pacific Partnership: An Offer Congress Ought to Refuse
Playing Russian Roulette With California’s Water Supply
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
California’s Drought of Ideas: Why Jerry Brown’s Executive Order Misses the Mark
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
Ending Racial Profiling (Or Not) at a RISE Urban Breakfast Club Forum
Desde la Logan by Brent E. Beltrán
Photo Murals Honoring Cesar Chavez Installed in Barrio Logan
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché (Editorial Cartoon)
Martinez School Board Member Feels the Heat
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia
Origins of Islamophobia
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Geo-Poetic Spaces: My Uncle’s Cigar
The History of the Neighborhood House by Maria Garcia (History)
The History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: Girls Play Ball!
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: March 29-April 4
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Extreme Weather Watch: March 2015
By John Lawrence
The Chinese in Mexicali
By Barbara Zaragoza / South Bay Compass
Californians Won’t Take the Drought Seriously Until Government Takes the Drought Seriously With These 5 Measures
By Frank Gormlie
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
Can One Union Save the Post Office?
By David Morris / Common Dreams
Can John Oliver Do for Mass Surveillance What He Did for Net Neutrality?
By Joan McCarter / Daily Kos
Imagine a Coalition Unifying Black Lives Matter, LGBT Equality, and the Fight for a Living Wage.
By Ian Reifowitz / Daily Kos
The White House’s New Executive Order On Cyber Crime is (Unfortunately) No Joke
By Nadia Kayyali and Kurt Opsahl / DeepLinks Blog
Police Body Cameras: The Lessons of Albuquerque
By Jay Stanley / ACLU Blog of Rights
Fight215.org Coalition Launches to Amplify Opposition to the NSA’s Mass Surveillance
By Nadia Kayyali / Deep Links Blog
OB Rag Contributors:
Checking In on the Agreement CVS Made With Ocean Beach Town Council
By Matthew Wood
More on “OB’s Coolest House”
By OB Rag Staff
What Does “One Paseo” Have to Do With Ocean Beach?
By Lois Lane
OB Rec Center Make-Over Allows Everyone to Be a Kid
By Matthew Wood
Californians Won’t Take the Drought Seriously Until Government Takes the Drought Seriously With These 5 Measures
By Frank Gormlie
Ocean Beach Planners Blast Councilwoman Zapf for Her Vote for One Paseo
By Frank Gormlie
City Council Votes to Sign Controversial Belmont Park Lease
By Frank Gormlie
Chicano Leader Takes “U-T San Diego” to Task for Negative Reporting of Chicano Community
By Herman Baca
The Best Front Yard Fence in Ocean Beach
By Frank Gormlie
Lawsuits Filed Against San Diego and One Paseo Project Developer
By Frank Gormlie
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