By Brent E. Beltrán
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, cartoonists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: the stadium shakedown, SeaWorld spying, the Trump U lawsuit, a new SCOTUS, CV pot shop shutdown, not mourning Scalia, SANDAG’s TransNet Tax, the price of beauty, Ceramic Heights, and lots of other inspiring (and sometimes depressing), grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site.
San Diego Free Press Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
San Diego Enters Phase One of the Stadium Shakedown
Winter 2016 AFL-CIO Executive Meeting Topics: Economic Inequality, Democracy in America
Chargers Say They’ll Fund Their Own Stadium Downtown (Sort of)
Spinning SeaWorld: “Hey Look, We’re No Longer Spying on Activists!”
Trump University Lawsuit: Pretrial Conference Set for San Diego
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
What A New Supreme Court Means for Unions, Education Funding, and the Future of California
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia
Trump’s Zombies & Sheep
North of the Fence by Barbara Zaragoza
Chula Vista Pot Shops Face Legal Action …
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Flamingo Exodus
Sunshine/Noir II by Michael Billingsley
The Civil Disobedient
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San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
The Needed Fix For Our Broken Political-Economic System
By Frank Thomas
Obama’s Budget Contains Some Small Victories for Immigrant Advocates
By ChaKiara Tucker / Alliance San Diego
I Don’t Mourn Scalia’s Passing
By John Lawrence
Securing the U.S.-Mexico Border?
By Herman Baca
Dan Watman’s Quest To Create A Garden Led To Civil Disobedience
By Barbara Zaragoza / South Bay Compass
Past Fatal Shootings of Civilians by San Diego Police
Frank Gormlie / OB Rag
Is It Gerrymandering? Final Vote Thurs. on Grossmont Redistricting: Alpine and Chaldean Advocates Object, Ask Public Help
By Miriam Raftery / East County Magazine
TransNet Tax Increase Gives SANDAG Opportunity to Course-correct on Environmental Priorities
By Hutton Marshall / SanDiego350
The Price of Beauty: ‘Guards at the Taj’ at the La Jolla Playhouse
By Mukul Khurana
Private Encroachments into Public Space: Ocean Beach Grows Wary
By Frank Gormlie / OB Rag
Women Vs. Men: Prepping For That First Date
By Annie Lane
Ceramic Heights: A New Creative Outlet for City Heights
By Avital Aboody
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
I Am Kalief Browder
By Branden Miles / OtherWords
No, Bernie Sanders is Not a Modern-day George McGovern
By Susan Grigsby / Daily Kos
John Oliver Takes on Abortion. Yes, He Goes ‘There’—and He Goes There Well
By Leslie Salzillo / Daily Kos
Trouble on the Dream Coast: Housing Policy Challenges
By Debra Varnado / Capital & Main
Vermont Now Ground Zero In Fight to Label Genetically Modified Foods
By Katherine Paul / AlterNet
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