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: Natalie Cole and Bennie Holman, activists calling for SDPD accountability, right-wing pension reform lies, America’s finest monsoon city, McD’s on trial, militia tantrum in Oregon, City Height’s road diet, honoring Dr. King, and lots of other inspiring, 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
Activists Call for Police Accountability in San Diego
Bottomless Pit of Right-Wing Lies Continues as City Pension Reform Scheme Loses Appeal
Darth Niño Wreaks Havoc on San Diego
Hundreds Brave El Niño Weather on the Streets of Downtown San Diego
Who’s the Boss at McDonald’s? Fast Food Industry Pay Scheme Going on Trial
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Top 10 Political Hopes for 2016
From The Soul by Ernie McCray
Rest in Heavenly Peace, Natalie
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché (Editorial Cartoon)
A Tantrum in Oregon
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia
Mental Health Cuts with a Sprinkling of Guns
My Niche by Jeeni Criscenzo
San Diego Police Impound Tiny Shelter, Arrest Homeless Man
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Geo-Poetic Spaces: Wildfire Rain
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán (Week in Review)
Looking Back at the Week: December 27-January 2
Sunshine/Noir II by Perry Vasquez
Excerpt From Sunshine/Noir II: The Future of Post-Bordernity
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Pinyon-Juniper Forests: BLM’s False Claims to Virtue
By Will Falk
Extreme Weather Watch: December 2015 – Tornados, Floods Kill Hundreds
By John Lawrence
Between Allah and Ennui
By Nat Krieger
Readers Write: Rain, Streets and Flooding Creeks in City Heights
By John Stump
City Heights’ First Road Diet: Fairmount Avenue
By Bike San Diego
Honoring Dr. King at the All Peoples Celebration
By Alliance San Diego
‘Benny Here’: A Tribute to Musician and Bandleader Benny Hollman 1940-2015
By Connie Zuñiga
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
Armed Militia Takes Over Federal Building in Oregon. They’re White, So What Do We Call Them?
By Laura Clawson / Daily Kos
The Economy in 2016: On the Edge of Recession
By Robert Reich
Children Caught In Sweep as Feds Kick Off Mass Deportations
By Sarah Lazare / Common Dreams
The Earthships Have Landed: Inside New Mexico’s Off-Grid Community Made from Trash
By Yes! staff / Yes! Magazine
Bernie Sanders: ‘Greed Is Not Good’
By United States Senator Bernie Sanders / Common Dreams
The Decade-Long Journey to an Emotional Day of Action for Obama and Gun Reform Advocates
By Dan Friedman / The Trace
Calls for Michigan Gov. Snyder’s Arrest as Flint Poisoning Scandal Implicates Top Staffers
By Sarah Lazare / Common Dreams