This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week contains articles, commentaries, columns, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, cartoonists, at-large contributors, and locally and nationally sourced writers on: Black History Month, Trump’s budget, Russian trolls, the unaccountable Bill Horn, ending the NRA, Chiapas, the County going after reporter Kelly Davis, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s feisty, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site.
San Diego Free Press Columns:
Black History Month by Annie Lane
The Year of PhDs
Freedom’s Journal
John Woodruff
Cathay Williams
Phillis Wheatley
Progressive Activist Calendar by Doug Porter
ADA Access Reform Bill: Hurry Up and Wait? + Progressive Activist Calendar February 16 – 26, 2018
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
There’s More to the ‘SDPD Officer Punched in Barrio Logan’ Story
The Trump Administration 2019 Budget is an Illusion — The Racism is Real
The Russian Raiders of the Internet Are Coming (Again)
Supervisor Bill “Bah Humbug” Horn Bashes Evening Budget Hearings
End the NRA and Its Reign of Hate and Greed
Under The Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
“Money is Speech”: The Twisted Logic the Supreme Court Will Likely Use to Screw American Workers
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Invitation
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: February 4-10
Video Worth Watching by Rich Kacmar
Ruthie Foster and The Blind Boys of Alabama – Lord Remember Me
Free Health Clinics, Sickle Cell Testing, Acupuncture – The Black Panther Connection
Mardi Gras – From Bahia, Brazil to Ponce, Puerto Rico
The Trump-Fox & Friends Feedback Loop, Explained
Simply Beautiful – Queen Latifah ft. Al Green
I’m Afraid Of Americans – David Bowie
Has Rick Gates Had His ‘Queen for a Day’ Meeting With the Mueller Team?
Boney M’s ‘Rasputin’ On a 100 Year Old Player Organ
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large, National and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Chiapas Post Card: Dignity
By Nat Krieger
Statement on Kelly Davis Case: Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Chapter
By The Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego chapter
Getting an Official State of California Medical Marijuana Card, One OBcean’s Experience
By Joaquin Antique
Concerning Our Endless Quest for Self-Improvement
By Stephen Cooper
Race and Class in a Time of Crisis: Jeff Daniels’ ‘FLINT’
By Yuko Kurahashi
‘A Big Scare Tactic’: ExxonMobil Files ‘Conspiracy’ Counter Suits Against Climate Defenders
By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams
Coming to a School Near You | Readers Write
By Stan Levin
Denver’s Schools are a Dystopian Nightmare
By Thomas Ultican
Next Tuesday We Will Have an ‘Active Shooter’ / Intruder Drill …
By Phillip Timothy