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, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: the fall of Haggen, the end of Keystone XL, Prop 47 fear mongering, the fight for $15, surviving sudden poverty, Big Brother coming to OB, border life, no justice for Anastasio Hernández Rojas, 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
The Fall of the Haggen Grocery Chain: A 21st Century Morality Story
Republican Debators Not Demanding Removal of Brown M&Ms
The End of the Keystone XL Pipeline (We Hope)
Are You Scared Yet? Proposition 47 Anniversary Marked by Fear Mongers
Tuesday Fight for $15 Protests in San Diego Part of Nationwide Strategy
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
The Day After the Day of the Dead
My Niche by Jeeni Criscenzo
Surviving Sudden Poverty
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Geo-Poetic Spaces: Lying Through Teeth
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán (Week in Review)
Looking Back at the Week: Oct 25-31
Sunshine/Noir II by Various Authors
A Revolution In Urban Planning, Part I
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Nana: Remembering an Island Girl
By Olympia Andrade Beltrán
How TV Weather Reporters are Aiding and Abetting Climate Change Eco-collapse
By Bill Adams / SanDiegoUrbdezine.com
Why Ocean Beach Should Be Wary of Police Surveillance Cameras Being Installed
By Frank Gormlie / OB Rag
Donald Trump Is Right About One Thing. GW Bush Did Not Keep Us Safe Before 9/11
By John Lawrence
A Well-Regulated City
By Norma Damashek
My First Tour of the US/Mexico Border
By ChaKiara Tucker
Border Life: Unprecedented Waits for Bi-National Commuters and Tourists
By Beryl Forman
North Of The Fence: Traffic, Water and Stolen Veteran Commemorations
By Barbara Zaragoza / South Bay Compass
San Diego County Spends $36 Million for Free Employee Parking
By John P. Anderson
Did San Diego Police Just Shoot and Kill an Unarmed Man Who Wasn’t Even Wanted?
By Frank Gormlie / OBRag
DOJ Will Not Prosecute Agents Who Murdered Anastasio Hernández Rojas
By Southern Borders Community Coalition
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
No One is Talking About Taking Your Guns. And Why, Exactly, is That?
By Susan Grigsby / Daily Kos
Don’t Let Them Blind You With Their Science
By Jill Richardson / OtherWords
Hundreds of Women in Immigrant Prison on Hunger Strike for Immediate Release
By Sarah Lazare / Common Dreams
Colorado’s Legalization of Marijuana Is a Huge Success
By Walter Einenkel / Daily Kos