By Brent E. Beltrán
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: Gretchen Newsom diving into the mayoral race, modern day racism, marijuana & taxes in 2016, inequality in higher ed, Tom Hom, Chicano Park improvements, Barrio Logan style resistance in prose, local jazz, dia de los muertos, Palestine reflections II, BikeSD, a sleeping seaside village’s awakening and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site.
Today and Monday are los días de los muertos and there are plenty of local events to celebrate and welcome back your ancestors. For information on San Diego area happenings visit the article San Diego Celebrates the Dead: Días de los Muertos 2015.
San Diego Free Press Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Gretchen Newsom is Running for Mayor. It Ain’t Gonna Be Easy.
Many Faces of Modern Day Racism in the USA
Marijuana, Tax Measures Vying for California 2016 Ballot
Not-So-Presidential Politics and Football Fantasies Ruled the Night
San Diego Free Press Is Moving … To a New Server
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Inequality for All in America’s Higher Education System
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
Tom Hom, a “Rabbit on a Bumpy Road”
Desde la Logan by Brent E. Beltrán
Recreational Improvements to Chicano Park Completed
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché (Editorial Cartoon)
Hurricane Patricia Gave an Early Halloween Scare
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia (Editorial Cartoon)
Chicago Police Disappeared Thousands
My Niche by Jeeni Criscenzo
It Was in the Back of my Mind …
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
My Family Thinks I’m a Pot Farmer
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán (Week in Review)
Looking Back at the Week: Oct 18-24
Sunshine/Noir II by Various Authors
The Rock – Resistance Barrio Logan Style
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Jazz at the Handlery
By John Lawrence
Day of the Dead: When Indigenous Practices Meet Spiritual Traditions
By Antonieta Mercado
Reflections on Palestine: Symbols of Homeland
By Pedro Rios
The Story of BikeSD : A Labor of Love
By Sam Ollinger / BikeSD
L.A. Developer Awakens North County’s Sleeping Village by the Sea
By Richard Riehl / The Riehl World
North Of The Fence: Tree City Wants A University and Olympians, But Who Will Pay?
By Barbara Zaragoza / South Bay Compass
Readers Write: A Halloween Horror Story
By Matt Valenti
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
Stuff You May Not Have Known About Halloween
By Susan Grigsby / Daily Kos
What Clinton Gets Wrong About Snowden
By John Kiriakou / OtherWords
Telling It Like It Is: The Conservative Assault on Women
By Valerie Tarico / AlterNet