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: The Freeps calling out Trump, Earth Day, Goldsmith’s true colors, our Vapor Mayor’s unicorn dreams, the history of cannabis prohibiton, the CA Senate race, Denim Day, GOP’s clown show coverage, making love, the oxymoron of affordable housing, chatting with Janis Ian, 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
San Diego’s Earth Fair 2016: All in for the Environment
Replacing Rasputin: A Subtext of the Election Contest for City Attorney
Mayor Faulconer’s Republican Unicorns: Jobs! And the Minimum Wage Veto
Remembering the Racism of Pot Prohibition, Celebrating 420 Day
The Other Big 2016 California Primary: U.S. Senate
Denim Day: Calling Attention to Rape Kits and Domestic Violence in San Diego
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Listen Liberal: What’s the Matter with the Democratic Party?
From The Soul by Ernie McCray
Experience and Explosive Situations
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia (Editorial Cartoon)
GOP Clown Show Coverage
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Making Love
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán (Week in Review)
Looking Back at the Week: April 10-16
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Is Affordable Housing in the City of San Diego an Oxymoron? Part 1
By Katheryn Rhodes and John Lawrence
Jesse Egan, OB’s Funny Man and Host of “Tonight in San Diego”
By South OB Girl / OB Rag
A Chat with Singer Janis Ian
By Anne M. Haule
Evening News
By Karen Kenyon
We Will Show Trump the Beautiful Door to Get-The-Hell-Out-Of-San-Diego
By San Diego Free Press and OB Rag Editors
Keeping The Dream Alive: Biliteracy Scholarship Fundraiser in Memory of Beatrice Gonzales
By Rosalia Salinas
Senator Hueso’s ‘Equal Gender Pricing Bill’ Heads To State Senate Floor
By Miriam Raftery / East County Magazine
Three Cases Of Sexual Misconduct At IB’s Mar Vista High School …
By Barbara Zaragoza
‘Always Fly Away’ : Teaching Children to Be Smart, Strong and Safe
By Anna Daniels
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
Working Without a Net
By Tom Sullivan / Digby’s Hullabaloo
2016 Goldman Environmental Awards Announced Under Shadow of Murder of 2015 Recipient, Berta Cáceres
By Meteor Blades / Daily Kos
A Democratic Spring: Thousands March on Washington Demanding Fixes to a Broken Political System
By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet
Progressive Politics Don’t Feel So Inclusive When You’re Latino
By Roberto Lovato / YES! Magazine
Voting Problems Plague High-Stakes Primary Day in New York
By Deirdre Fulton / CommonDreams
Treasury Will Put a Woman On the $20, But the New Bill Won’t Appear Until 2030 … Or Later
By Meteor Blades / Daily Kos
What We Lost When We Lost Prince
By Kali Holloway / AlterNet
Now They’re Coming After the Librarians
By looty / Daily Kos
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