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 Sheriff Groper, bad Republican tax bill, Greedy Old Perverts, California on fire, Republican looters, Coco, climate change effects on San Diego, Maria Garcia Day, Airbnb, 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
Sheriff Groping Scandal: Nine Women and Counting… Progressive Activist Calendar December 8-18, 2107
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Organize the Outrage: The Republican Tax Bill Is Bad, What Are You Going to Do About It?
BREAKING: Senate GOP Screw Up on Tax Bill Forces Another Vote
Facebook Minions, Greedy Old Perverts, and the War on Women
As California and the World Burns: December 6, 2017
Republicans Plan to Continue Looting
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Taxing Our Democracy: The GOP Plan is Part of a Larger Assault on Democratic Institutions
From The Soul by Ernie McCray
Feeling Hope for a Better World in the Middle of My Pain
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Black Friday for the Birds
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: Nov 26-Dec 2
Video Worth Watching by SDFP Staff
Trump vs. Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime | Video Worth Watching
What The GOP Tax Scam Sounds Like | Video Worth Watching
Trump’s Lawyer Pulls a Nixon | Video Worth Watching
ACLU Vows to Keep Fighting as Supreme Court Allows Trump’s Mostly Muslim Travel Ban to Take Effect | Video Worth Watching
Impeachment Campaign Rolls Out New Ad, Rep. Al Green (D-TX) Introduces Resolution to Impeach | Video Worth Watching
Through Our Eyes: Life in Puerto Rico Two Months After Hurricane Maria | Video Worth Watching
Nina Simone: Mississippi Goddam | Video Worth Watching
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Veterans Challenge Trump’s Islamophobia
By Brian Trautman
‘Coco’ – A Movie for Both Children and Adults to Enjoy
By Mimi Pollack
Celebrate Maria Garcia Day in San Diego!
By Anna Daniels
Readers Write: ‘Non-Partisan’ Forum Slanted for GOP Candidate in District Attorney Race
By Terrie Best / OB Rag
California State Board of Education is a Corporate Reform Tool
By Thomas Ultican / Tultican
A Look at Climate Change Effects On San Diego County
By Cynthia Wootton and Angela Deegan / SanDiego350
Brian Alexander’s ‘Glass House’: Examining Industrial Grief in the Heartland
By Peter Zschiesche
Time to Escalate? First-Ever Rights of Nature Lawsuit Dismissed
By Will Falk
ACLU Asks City of El Cajon to Reconsider Its ‘Food Sharing’ Ban
By ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties
Will the Coast Be Toast? Tuesday City Council Hearing on Vacation Rentals Will Decide
By Frank Gormlie