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, cartoonists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: Dems division, “White Line” gondolas, record global temps, SD emergency shelter, the sell off of “excess” properties, Andrea Skorepa, absurd Republican politics, SD needing a commission on refugees, and lots of other inspiring (and sometimes depressing), 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
Dems Divisions Define Debate: Did Bernie Win the Battle and Lose the War?
Bringing the ‘White Line’ Gondolas to San Diego
It’s Official: Rising Global Temperatures Set Record in 2015
California Coastal Commission Coup: Pave Paradise, Put Up a Parking Lot?
Weekly Progressive Calendar: Upcoming in San Diego

Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Don’t Celebrate This MLK Day: American Oligarchy is Killing the Dream

El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia (Editorial Cartoon)
Black Lives Don’t Matter

My Niche by Jeeni Criscenzo
Emergency Shelter in San Diego: Getting Beyond the Game of ‘Mother May I’

North of the Fence by Barbara Zaragoza
IB accuses Coronado Of Jeopardizing War On Terror

San Diego Commons at the Crossroads by Jay Powell
San Diego Commons at the Crossroads: The Sell-Off of ‘Excess’ Properties
Preserving the San Diego Commons: Public Land, Policy and Process

Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Black Mountain Night

Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán (Week in Review)
Looking Back at the Week: January 10-17

Sunshine Noir II by Susan Duerkson
Living and Working In Poverty

Latinos in San Diego by Maria E. Garcia
Andrea Palacio Skorepa: From VISTA Volunteer to Casa Familiar CEO

San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:

San Diego: A City Gone Full Circle, From Imperialism to Neo-imperialism
By John Lawrence / From the original San Diego Free Press, circa 1969

The Absurdities and Alternative Realities of Republican Politics
By John Lawrence

Caruso Overstates Lagoon Mall Benefits – Part 1
Richard Riehl / The Riehl World

The Impossibility of the Present: Collection Elias-Fontes at CECUT, Centro Cultural of Tijuana
By Jill Holslin

Immigration! Problem & Solutions? A Chicano Historical Perspective
By Herman Baca / Reprinted from the Herman Baca UCSD Archives

When Rain Comes: Charles Hatfield’s Secret Formulas
By Patricia Maxwell

San Diego Needs a Citizen Commission on Refugee and Immigrant Affairs
By Rebecca Paida

San Diego: Two Expeditions — Enter Father Serra
By John Lawrence / From the original San Diego Free Press, circa 1969

San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:       

The Time Has Come to Address the Killing of Black People by White Police Officers
By Ellen Lindeen / Common Dreams

Teleconference: Roland S. Martin Explains Why Black Media Matters
Gwen Pierce / The Chocolate Voice

Ultra-Rich ‘Philanthrocapitalist’ Class Undermining Global Democracy: Report
By Sarah Lazare / CommonDreams

Six Years After Citizens United, Call to ‘Reclaim Democracy’ Louder than Ever
By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams

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Brent E. Beltrán

Brent E. Beltrán is a third generation pocho and second generation San Diegan that lives next door to Chicano Park in Barrio Logan. He's married to his warrior healer wife Olympia and is the proud father of a youngling name Sandino. Brent is a member of the SDFP Editorial Board, occasionally writes the column Desde la Logan and posts Looking Back at the Week every Sunday morning. He can be contacted at desdelalogan@gmail.com and through his Twitter account @DesdeLaLogan.

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