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Looking Back at the Week: April 9-16

April 16, 2017 by Brent E. Beltrán

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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: the War on Drugs redux, fickle Faulconer, Sessions border session, Trumpcare redux, tax marches, MLK through COMD, ending Carlsbad cronyism, Into the Beautiful North, Don Carlos, doing something in Park City, 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
The War on Drugs Returns – Racism Included at No Extra Charge
Memo to Mayor Faulconer: This Is No Time for Fickle Leadership on Climate Change
Sessions Takes a Stand at the Border, Hate Group Alumni Drive Immigration Agenda
Trump: Nice Healthcare Plan You’ve Got There. Be a Shame If Something Happened to It…
Progressive Activism Calendar April 14 – 24, 2017
Photo Gallery: Tax Marches Around the Nation

Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
On Labor and Climate Justice: ‘An Injury to One is an Injury to All’

From The Soul by Ernie McCray
Keeping the Spirit of Martin Luther King Alive Through COMD

Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Invaded

North of the Fence by Barbara Zaragoza
Hector Gastelum Still Won’t Resign: Community Wants Investigation of Otay Water District

Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: April 2-8

 

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

Nuclear Shutdown News – March 2017 : San Onofre Nuke Waste to Be 100 Feet from Ocean
By Michael Steinberg / Black Rain Press

In Congress This Week – April 10, 2017
By SDFP Staff      

Will 2018 Election End Carlsbad Cronyism?
By Richard Riehl / The Riehl World

Anti-Trumpcare Ad Will Greet Issa and Other House Republicans Home for Recess
By Laura Clawson / Daily Kos

Marching for Trump Tax Transparency
By Sarah Anderson / Common Dreams

America’s Abortion Divide
Deborah Klugman / Capital & Main

Democratic Momentum in Georgia Race Signals Shifting Electoral Tide
By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams

Democrats Have Uphill Battle in ’18 and Need to Elect Governors to Fight Gerrymandered GOP Monopoly
By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

Into the Beautiful North: A Play at the San Diego Repertory Theater
By Mimi Pollack

Trump Administration Considering ‘Back-Door Way’ to Cut Social Security
By Deidre Fulton / Common Dreams

Twenty Minutes with Reggae Legend Don Carlos at Belly Up Tavern
By Stephen Cooper

Popular CA Republican Mayor Praises Community Choice Energy
By Tyson Siegele, SanDiego350

Park City is Still Damned: What Needs to Be Done?
By Will Falk

San Diego Tax March: A Photo Gallery and Videos
By SDFP Staff

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Brent E. Beltrán

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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