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 Trumptanic, Kasparian getting the boot from Labor Council, Amy Goodman, making schools safe, sexual assaults at SWC, Smart People, Truax House, 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
Trump’s World Tour. (Gulp) Meanwhile, Here’s the Progressive San Diego Calendar – May 19-31, 2017
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
‘My Way Or the Highway’ Isn’t a Rallying Call for Activism
Party Over Country. Tax Cuts Over Treason. Follow the Money.
Amy Goodman Speaks Out for the Silenced Majority in SRO San Diego Appearance
The Trumptanic Springs a Bunch of Leaks
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
What’s the Matter with Labor in San Diego?
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
Keeping a Neighborhood “Be the Best” Spirit Alive
Making our Schools Safe for Muslim Students in a Climate of Hate
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
The Sirens of Amathus
North of the Fence by Barbara Zaragoza
Sexual Assaults at Southwestern Community College Prompts Protest
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: May 7-13
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally/Nationally Sourced Contributors:
In Congress This Week – May 15
By Indivisible 49
10 San Diego Progressives Who Brought Down Mickey Kasparian
By Marcus Bush
Sessions Doubles Down on the War on Drugs
By Udi Ofer / ACLU Blog
Secrets of the Fire: A Reflection On George Winne Jr.’s Self-Immolation And Other Nonviolent Gestures
By Niall Twohig / The Triton (UCSD)
Inequality Makes Us Sad
By Josh Hoxie / Inequality.Org
Paying Homage to Single Mothers
By Julie Kohler, Nicole Rodgers / Common Dreams
Just So We’re Clear: Black Mothers Aren’t to Blame for High Infant Mortality
By Ambreia Meadows-Fernandez / Yes! Magazine
New Hampshire Republican Who Founded Woman-Hating Site Makes Outrageous Statements Validating Rape
By Kali Holloway / AlterNet
Race, Gender and Nostalgia: Lydia R. Diamond’s Play ‘Smart People’
By Yuko Kurahashi
How Well Can One Eat For Less Than $5 A Day? My Family Is About To Find Out.
By Dave Rice / OB Rag
San Diego Commons at the Crossroads: The Sell-Off of ‘Excess’ Properties
By Jay Powell
Why Is City of San Diego Delaying Sale of the Truax House Property?
By Charles Kaminski
“Frickin’ Illegal”: Congressman Says Trump Has No Authority for Latest Bombing
By Jon Queally / Common Dreams
The Federal Aviation Administration’s New Airport Communication Policy
By Raymond Bender
ACLU on Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ First 100 Days
By ACLU