Looking Back at the Week: March 26-April 1
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, cartoonists, and sourced writers on: Issa/Hunter protests, SoccerCity, Trump and climate change, small minded local mayors, 1HOOD, Villa Famosa, Fortunate Youth, and lots of other 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
Protests Dog Reps. Darrell Issa, ‘Dirty’ Duncan Hunter
Will SoccerCity Fill a Void in Mission Valley?
Photo Gallery: Indivisible Holds Issa’s Feet to the Fire
Trump’s Climate Change Legacy: The Coast is Toast
Small Mayors, Small Minds Gin Up the Fear on SB 54
Progressive Activism Calendar for San Diego March 31 – April 10, 2017
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Hungry and Homeless in College
From The Soul by Ernie McCray
A Call For ‘1HOOD’ Kind of Thinking at San Diego City College
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Drinking From the Lion’s Heart
North of the Fence by Barbara Zaragoza
Developers Want To Build 4,000 New Homes Along A Truck Traffic Route in Otay Mesa
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: March 19-25
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally/Nationally Sourced Contributors:
With Epic GOP Failure, Dems Urged to Go Bold with Medicare-for-All
By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams
Blocking Gorsuch Matters Now More Than Ever
By Miles Mogulescu / People’s Action Blog
Trumpty Dumpty Sat on His Wall
By RMR Kroopkin
Seeking ‘To Create a Police State,’ AG Sessions Threatens Sanctuary Cities
By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams
Resolution to Get Trump’s Taxes from Steven Mnuchin Faced Vote Tuesday
By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams
Villa Famosa Project Promises to Be a Challenge for Famosa Slough
By Frank Gormlie / OB Rag
Puny Leadership: San Diego’s Soccer City Conundrum
By Norma Damashek / Numbers Runner
Helping Children and Animals Together: Children’s Nature Retreat in Alpine
By Mimi Pollack
Why is Dianne Feinstein and 15 Other Senators Still Undecided about Filibustering Neil Gorsuch?
By Deidre Fulton / Common Dreams
‘Dead Mall Walking’: A Film by Max Cheney
By Morgan Proctor
What We Did In The Resistance (Part 1)
By Alison Luterman / Rattle
Fortunate Youth: Twenty Minutes with Frontman Dan Kelly
By Stephen Cooper
Turning the Ingenious Tables: Buying the Right To the Privacy Of Those Who Sold Yours
By Abby Zimet / Common Dreams
The President’s (In Need of an) Analyst
By Robert L. Schmidt
My April Fool’s Day Story for the Year – Looking for a Man
By Judi Curry / OB Rag