By Brent E. Beltrán
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and locally sourced writers on: Trumpcare protests, the closing of Suzie’s Farm, the persistence of Indivisible SD, Trump’s latest tantrums, the end of public education, Puerto Rico, Faulconer needing to resign, chipping away at the homeless problem, Depersonalized learning in City Schools, Dumanis targeting a cannabis lawyer, 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
Protest Is Patriotic – Progressive Activist Calendar for San Diego – June 30-July 11, 2017
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
San Diegans Joining Nationwide Trumpcare Protests
Suzie’s Farm: Gone, But Not Forgotten
Indivisible San Diego Persists with Die In and Candlelight Vigil
Trump’s Latest Tantrums – Let’s Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller & Kelly Mayhew
Are We Witnessing the End of Public Education as We Know It? — Part One
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
Stream of Consciousness as a Brief Getaway
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
The Wind of Poetry
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. García
Puerto Rico: Colonialism and Debt
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: June 18-24
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally/Nationally Sourced Contributors:
Readers Write: Stadium Sabotage — Mayor Faulconer Needs to Resign
By George Mullen
In Congress This Week – June 26, 2017
By Indivisible 49
Dreams for Change: Chipping Away at the Homeless Problem
By Mimi Pollack
San Diego Schools Embrace Untested “Depersonalized” Learning
By Thomas Ultican / Tultican
Go ….. or Stay
By Stan Levin
How John Steinbeck’s ‘In Dubious Battle’ Helps Us Navigate Social Discord
By Stephen Cooper
AIA: Support the Morena Corridor Specific Plan
By AIA San Diego / San Diego UrbDeZine
Cannabis Industry Lawyer Targeted by District Attorney Dumanis
By Terrie Best / San Diego Americans for Safe Access
The Perversity of Success and the Case to Be Made for Failure
By Stan Levin