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: SDFP celebrating, the final legislative push in Sacras, the return of the union, wage theft in Cali, two telling tales of Hillary, a trip up Highway 1, rudo Trump, a bumbling EPA, American socialist Sanders, lowrider anatomy, some Freeps in the news, the downtown crowd needing to pay their own way and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s all volunteer, community news site.
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Area Legislators Return to Sacramento for a Final Push
The Union Label: Making a Comeback, Despite Challenges
Stolen Pay, Stolen Lives: It’s Time to Beef Up Enforcement for Wage Theft in California
The Hillary Question: Two Telling Tales
KPBS Bars Affordable Housing Advocate from Midday Edition Panel
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Ready for the Revolution? Clinton, Sanders, #BlackLivesMatter and Other Tales from the Campaign Trail
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
A Nice Little Trip up Highway 1
My Niche by Jeeni Criscenzo
Traumatized
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché (Editorial Cartoon)
Rudo Trump Takes the Villain Role Too Seriously
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia (Editorial Cartoon)
Fall of the EPA
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Geo-Poetic Spaces: Shipping
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán (Week in Review)
Looking Back at the Week: August 9-15
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
San Diego Free Press Celebrates!
By Anna Daniels
The Trump Immigration Plan, Like His Candidacy, Mostly Smoke and Mirrors
By Richard Riehl / The Riehl World
Bernie Sanders, American Socialist
By John Lawrence
Anatomy Of A Lowrider: The Standards, The Art, The Technology
By Barbara Zaragoza / South Bay Compass
Freeps in the News: Jim Bliesner, Barbara Zaragoza, Jeeni Criscenzo
By Anna Daniels
Readers Write: It’s Time for the Downtown Crowd to Pay Its Own Way
By Cory Briggs
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
80 Years Later, Republicans Are Still Fighting Social Security
By Richard Eskow / Campaign for America’s Future Blog
This New Federal Rule Will Bring Secretive Corporate Tax Breaks to Light
By Puck Lo / Yes! Magazine
‘Out of Step’: Investigation Uncovers Striking Paid Leave Divide in US
By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams
Pardon the Interruption, Bernie: Why Black Lives Matter Is in Politics to Stay
Marcus Harrison Green / Yes! Magazine
Campaign Zero: A ‘Blueprint for Ending Police Violence’
By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams