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 and at-large contributors on Comic-Con, a proud day for activism, stinky SDPD, the Mayor’s climate indifference, GOP wanting to impeach, minimum wage, Obama and Cap America, Neighborhood House, for-profit colleges, who runs San Diego, bare facts, native solidarity, El Machete, OB planning and lots more.
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter:
Welcome to Comic Con: Be Sure to Cover Your Ass
San Diego PD Stench Reaches Los Angeles
A Proud Day of Activism for Labor, Refugee and Environmental Advocates
Environment, Climate Change Don’t Seem to be on Mayor Faulconer’s Agenda
Howling at the Moon: GOP on Track for Obama Impeachment
Under a Perfect Sun by Jim Miller:
After the Minimum Wage Win: The Battle Continues
From the Soul by Ernie McCray:
Creating a Better World with Children in Mind
Living Fully in Nancy’s Place
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché:
President Obama Meets the New Captain America
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Die Frage (The Question)
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week at SDFP and OB Rag: July 13-19
San Diego Free Press Regular and At-Large Contributors:
A History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: Mary Hart Taylor and the Health Clinic, 1914 to 1938
By Maria Garcia
San Diego For-Profit Universities Making Tons of Money Handing Out Worthless Degrees
By John Lawrence
The Return of Comic-Con International: Revenge of the Press Release
By Brent E. Beltrán
More Bare Facts About San Diego Government: How We Got From There to Here
By Norma Damashek
Who Runs San Diego? Introduction to a Series
By Eva Posner & Linda Perine
From Unist’ot’en Camp: What Does Solidarity Look Like?
By Will Falk
Hermanos en el Camino, Padre Solalinde, La Bestia, and the Plight of Refugees
By Vanessa Ceceña
El Machete Illustrated: Every Child is Sacred
By Eric J. Garcia
Spotlight on San Diego Artist/Animator Tony Washington
By Brent E. Beltrán
OB Rag Articles:
Timeline and History behind the Che Cafe dispute at UCSD
By Che Cafe Collective
OB Town Council: ‘Happiness is within your reach when you live in Ocean Beach’
By Lois Lane
OB Property Owner Who Swore If Granted Variances He Would Live in House – Now Advertises It as “Vacation Rental” for $2500 to $3600 per Week
By Frank Gormlie
Dude, is it legal yet?
By Marc Snelling
The Shooting Down of Malaysian Airliner Reminds Us When the U.S. Shot Down an Iranian Airbuse in 1988
By Frank Gormlie
News and Goings On Around OB and the Peninsula
By Staff
Momentum Continues as OB Readies for City Council Showdown on July 29th
By Frank Gormlie
Friends of OB Library On a Roll – Raised Nearly $1,000 Last Week
By Staff