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: Cali’s sinking GOP, Papa Doug’s D3 donation, Superior Court judges, getting sandbagged by SANDAG, SD’s crisis of compassion, the Mayor not caring, illumination, May Day, the Supes MMJ moratorium, UCSD’s racial climate, Puerto Rico, CV’s Millenia Project, affordable housing, transportation justice, making Earth Day everyday 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
Nothing But Misery for a Sinking California GOP
Papa Doug Donation Rocks D3 City Council Contest (There’s More!)
America’s Finest City Preparing for a Visit from Donald Trump UPDATED – Postponed for Now
Superior Court Judges Adverse to Open Seat Contests
Raise the Wage Super Walk, OB Residents Organizing for Rent Control
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Getting Sandbagged by SANDAG: San Diego’s Failure of Imagination
My Niche by Jeeni Criscenzo
San Diego’s Crisis of Compassion: Scorn, Indifference Don’t Solve Homelessness
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché
The Mayor Doesn’t Care
North of the Fence by Barbara Zaragoza (South Bay News)
Door Between U.S. and Mexico Opened …
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Illumination
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán (Week in Review)
Looking Back at the Week: April 24-30
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
May Day: The Forgotten Celebration of America’s Labor Struggles
By Brett Warnke
County Board of Supervisors Extends Moratorium on Medical Marijuana Projects
By Terrie Best / San Diego ASA
Whose University? UCSD’s Racial Climate and the Making of Student Minorities
By the Lumumba- Zapata Collective
Puerto Rico is the Next Greece
By John Lawrence
A Call for Ocean Beach to Celebrate 40th Anniversary of Huge Vote that Established Planning Board and First Popular Community Plan
By Frank Gormlie / OB Rag
The Millenia Project: San Diego County’s New Downtown
By Barbara Zaragoza
Is Affordable Housing in the City of San Diego an Oxymoron? Part 3
By Katheryn Rhodes and John Lawrence
Nuclear Shutdown News – April 2016: Chernobyl + 16 – It’s Far From Over
By Michael Steinberg / Black Rain Press
Make Earth Day Every Day: How to Fight Climate Change Year Round
By Hutton Marshall / SanDiego350
Transportation Justice for San Diego: Our Message From the Start
By Environmental Health Coalition
Wild and Wooly
By Sloanranger
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
Daniel Berrigan Dead at 94
By Andrea Germanos / CommonDreams
The Death Gap
By Sam Pizzigati / OtherWords
The Massive, Tragic Trashing of Our Oceans: Is There Still Time to Do Something About It?
By Reynard Loki / AlterNet
Men’s Awful Tweets To Women Sportscasters Sparks #MoreThanMean
By Abby Zimet / Common Dreams