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, cartoonists, and sourced writers on: Islamophobe anger at SDUSD, beyond 100 days, ZombieCare, Net Neutrality, People’s Climate Change March, no place for the homeless, calls growing for Gastelum’s resignation, the inevitability of Universal Health Care, a bike ride to heaven, San Diego Tenants United call for rent control, ACLU defending Ginsberg, 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:
Progressive Activist Calendar by Doug Porter
Persistence Pays! Progressive Activist Calendar for San Diego: April 28 – May 13
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Islamophobes Angry at San Diego School Board Over Anti-Bullying Policies
Looking Past 100 Days of Trump: Resistance Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
Will the Third Time Be the Charm for the GOP’s ZombieCare Bill?
Upcoming Net Neutrality Fight: More Than Netflix Streaming at Stake
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Why the People’s Climate March Matters Now More Than Ever
My Niche by Jeeni Criscenzo
There’s No Hiding It. There’s No Place for Homeless San Diegans to Go
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
The People of Salamis
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. García
Veteran Miguel Pérez’s Last Deployment
North of the Fence by Barbara Zaragoza
Chula Vista Joins Welcoming America Network; 4-1 Vote For Hector Gastelum’s Resignation
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: April 16-2
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally/Nationally Sourced Contributors:
In Congress This Week – April 24, 2017
Compiled by Indivisible 49
Media Covers Sessions’ Racism But Not The Protests Against It. Why?
By Jenn Budd / Crooks and Liars
The YUGE Job Losses Trump Is Ignoring: Retail Workers
By Sher Watts Spooner / Daily Kos
Attention, Please: We Can Guarantee Healthcare for All Californians
By Deborah Burger / Common Dreams
The Inevitability of Universal Health Care
By Bill Adams
Collapse: Against ‘Fierce Democratic Opposition’ Trump Surrenders on Funding for His Wall
By Mark Sumner / Daily Kos
From Ocean Beach to Santa Barbara: 4 Day Journey on a Bike to Heaven
By Dave Milligan / OB Rag
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’: A Story about Extremism and Complacency
By Doctor RJ / Daily Kos
Santee Moves Forward on Climate Action Plan
By Miriam Raftery / East County Magazine
Donald Trump Wants To Roll Back Two Decades of National Monuments
By Mark Sumner / Daily Kos
The Science of San Diego Mastodon Bones, Time and Human Habitation
By Anna Daniels
Readers Write: San Diego Tenants United on Rent Control
By Rafael Bautista / San Diego Tenants United
San Diego’s April 29 Climate March: Why It Matters
By Mark Hughes, SanDiego350
Are Carlsbad’s Good Old Boys Losing their Grip?
By Richard Riehl / The Riehl World
Unleashing the Howl: When the ACLU Defended Allen Ginsberg
By Anna Daniels
San Diego Warships Still Leading the Charge Against North Korea
By Michael Steinberg / Black Rain Press / OB Rag
5,000 Strong at People’s Climate March in San Diego (Photo Gallery)
Article by Annie Lane / Photos by Doug Porter