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: Women’s Day, Trump beating the press, a new American majority in SD, home grown terror, non-apologies in Carlsbad, the homeless pushed out in the rain, extreme weather, guest workers, the governor and San Onofre, the emergence of queer women, 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
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime for Corporate Welfare?
International Women’s Day: A Google Doodle, 79 Cents on the Dollar and a Dollop of Socialist History
Will California Feel the Bern? Vermont Senator’s Michigan Win Changes the Game
Gonzalez Bill Opens the Door for Gig Economy Workers Rights
Beat the Press: The Violent Side of Trump’s Campaign
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
A New American Majority in San Diego?
North of the Fence by Barbara Zaragoza (South Bay News)
Parents Angered By Attendance Boundaries Change In Chula Vista …
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Home Grown Terror
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán (Week in Review)
Looking Back at the Week: Feb 28-Mar 5
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
It’s Not Smart Growth… It’s Called Avoiding a Housing Crisis
By Howard M. Blackson III / San Diego UrbDeZine
Carlsbad City Council “Very Unfamiliar” with Lagoon Mall Review Process
By Richard Riehl / The Riehl World
Homeless Evicted in San Diego as Major El Niño Storm Approaches
By Doug Porter
Restaurant Review: Jimmy Carter’s Café
By Judi Curry
America Lost One of its Finest First Ladies…in 2011
By Brett Warnke
Extreme Weather Watch: February 2016 – Tornadoes Devastate South, West Sets Heat Records
By John Lawrence
Guest Workers Or Bracero Slaves? Historically, Chicano Activists Opposed the Bracero Program
By Herman Baca
Illegal Pot Shops Sell Black Market Products, Challenging Legal Dispensaries
By Dr. David Blair / A Green Alternative
The Emergence of Queer Women and the Disappearance of Lesbian Spaces
By Krizia Puig
Is Jerry Brown Involved in the San Onofre Nuclear Plant Shutdown Scandal?
By Michael Steinberg / Black Rain Press
Readers Write: Eliminate Under the Table Gifts and Payments to San Diego Politicians
By John Stump
Latinos and Baseball: In the Barrios and the Big League
By Maria E. Garcia
Carlsbad City Hall No Place For Apologies
By Richard Riehl
Police Body Camera Footage Must Be Made Public
By Rob Tindula
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
Trump Is the Most Offensive GOP Candidate, But Cruz Would Be More Dangerous in the Oval Office
By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet
Why Seniors—Not CEOs—Deserve a Raise
By Elizabeth Warren / TalkPoverty.org
What the GOP’s Supreme Obstruction Means for Women
By Martha Burk / OtherWords
GOP Congressman Furious After Obama Stops Sale Of Sacred Apache Land
By Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story
‘Free Trade’: The Elites Are Selling It But The Public Is No Longer Buying
By Dave Johnson / Campaign for America’s Future