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Looking Back at the Week: Jan 1-7

January 8, 2017 by Brent E. Beltrán

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SDFP square logoBy 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: accused sexual harasser Mickey Kasparian, the Russians, K-Faulc for governor (funny!), the spineless AARP, restaurant surcharges, action for the homeless, SD’s housing crunch, the war on the poor, another deadly year at Sunset Cliffs, and lots of other 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
Russian Hacking and the 2016 Presidential Election
Faulconer for Governor, Kill the Wabbit, Save the Chargers, and Other Post-Holiday News
San Diego Activism Abounds in January

Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
My New Year’s Resolution for 2017: Abandon Hope

City Height: Up Close & Personal by Anna Daniels
AARP’s Spineless Response to Social Security, Medicare Privatization Threat
Why Don’t San Diego Restaurants Add ‘Free Market’ Surcharges to Customer Bills?
Call to Action! Protect San Diegans’ Obamacare

From the Soul by Ernie McCray
The Hip School Where the Arts Rule

Desde la Logan by Brent E. Beltrán
Councilman Alvarez: “I am disgusted by the allegations” About Sexual Harassment by Labor Leader

Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Sunset

Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: Dec 25-31

 

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

Call to Action for Homeless San Diegans!
By Women Occupy San Diego

Letting Morality Guide You in the Age of Trump
By Kerry Eleveld / Daily Kos

As Resistance Grows, Trump’s Deportation Plans Unravel
By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams

The Obstacles to Navigating San Diego’s Housing Crunch
By David Jackson / San Diego UrbDeZine

The Year of ‘Post-Truth’
By Jill Richardson / OtherWords

Resistance Mobilizes as GOP Licks Chops Over Regressive Agenda
By Deidre Fulton / Common Dreams

War on the Poor Starts Soon
By John Lawrence

Off Limits: “Of Mice and Men” and the Death Penalty Today
By Stephen Cooper

Summary of 2016 Nuke Shutdowns
By Michael Steinberg / Black Rain Press

Readers Write: No! to Minimum Wage Surcharge on Restaurant Bills
By John Loughlin

Urging Millions to Rise Up, Trump Foes Issue Call to ‘Resist Fascism’
By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams

2016 Was Another Deadly Year at Sunset Cliffs
By Frank Gormlie / OB Rag

‘IN THE VA VA VOOM ROOM’ Captures Diversity, Complexity and Transformation
By Yuko Kurahashi

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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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