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: RICOing climate change deniers, Serra’s unworthy Sainthood, Coronado’s bike lane madness, the Interfaith Forum on Climate Justice, Bayard Rustin coming alive, Trump tapping racism, Esco’s continued history of hatred, Nordy’s-On-The-Lagoon, the Pope on climate change and helping the poor, Will Falk on suicide, on another Mission Valley development, Ayotzinapa a year later, refugee families, Bill Gibbs, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, community news site.
San Diego Free Press Regular Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Now is the Time to Investigate Climate Change Deniers Under RICO
Junipero Serra’s Sainthood Dismays Many
DeMaio-Reed Pension Measure Flops, For Now
Poverty and Pollution in San Diego, Bike Lane Madness in Coronado, Labor Troubles in Oceanside
Haggen Stores Closing: Corporate Greed Costs Eight Thousand Jobs in California
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Answering Earth’s Call: An Interfaith Forum on Climate Justice
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
“Blueprints to Freedom” Made Bayard Rustin Come Alive
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché (Editorial Cartoon)
The System Failed Ahmed Mohamed
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia (Editorial Cartoon)
Tapping Racism
My Niche by Jeeni Criscenzo
Lively Hoods
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Geo-Poetic Spaces: Never Home Again
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán (Week in Review)
Looking Back at the Week: Sept 13-19
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Another Chapter in Escondido’s History of Hatred
By Don Greene / Escondido Democrats
No ‘Bird’s Eye View’ of Nordy’s-On-The-Lagoon
By Richard Riehl / The Riehl World
The Pope Makes the Case for Climate Change and Helping the Poor
By John Lawrence
Returning From Darkness: National Suicide Prevention Month
By Will Falk
The Citizens’ Watch of Mission Valley: “Manchester Project” Approved and Work Begins on Valley’s Largest (and Only) Park
By Frank Gormlie
The Pope Heard Round the World
By Hutton Marshall / SD350.org
After One Year Ayotzinapa Still On the Minds of Chicano Activists
By Elena Marques
Climate Change Fixers’ Bag of Tricks
By Sarah “Steve” Mosko / Boogie Green
End of 50-Year Lease Allows Expansion Opportunity for San Diego Wetlands
By Roy Little
What Happened To the Central American Refugee Crisis?
By Vanessa Ceceña
Flying Lessons: Centenarian Bill Gibbs’ Path from Logan Heights to Montgomery Field
By Maria Garcia and Connie Zuniga
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
‘Totally Schizophrenic’: Fossil Fuel Subsidies in the Age of Climate Crisis
By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams