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 Summer Stephan’s shady campaign, shady political ads, shady placement of campaign signs by law enforcement groups, shady Trumpets Gaspar and Abed, shady gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigoza, the shady Janus Supreme Court case, a shady move to raise height limits in Midway area, 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:
Progressive Activist Calendar by Doug Porter
Santa Fe High Shooting Makes It 22 This Year [So Far] – Progressive Activist Calendar, May 18 – 31, 2018
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Clouds Gather Over District Attorney Candidate Summer Stephan’s Campaign
Mid-May Edition, Hinky Political Ads: Some Naughty, Some Pushing Back, Some Nice
Citizens Group Asks: “Who ya’ Gonna Call When the Sheriff and District Attorney Break the Law?”
County Supervisor Kristin Gaspar, Escondido Mayor Sam Abed Join Trump’s Immigrant Hatefest
Under The Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Antonio Villaraigosa: A Candidate Backed by the Billionaire Boys Club and Trump Megadonors
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Living On Volcanoes
Latinos in San Diego by Maria E. Garcia
Tina Real: San Diego Talent Agency Trailblazer
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: May 6-12
Video Worth Watching by Rich Kacmar
RUDY and the BEAST – Randy Rainbow Song Parody
A Mother’s Day Card for the NRA’s Dana Loesch
Lavette’s Choice – the Injustice of Cash Bail
Why Are Cities Still So Segregated?
What Life Is Like on Gaza’s Side of the Fence
A Wake-Up Call for Dems? 4 Women With Socialist Platforms Win PA Primary to Replace Male Incumbents
Koch Brothers-Backed Effort to Sabotage Unions Uses Secret “Tool Kit” to Encourage Members to Quit
Everybody Knows (The Trump Parody of the Leonard Cohen Classic)
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large, National and Locally Sourced Contributors:
DeVos ‘Corruption Racket’ Continues as Education Dept Shuts Down Probes Into Predatory Colleges
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams
Prohibition 2018: The Paradox in Recovery
By Orlando Barahona
Placemaking, Community Building and Permits: Taking Back the Alleys in San Diego Neighborhoods
By Beryl Forman
Newest Existential Threat to Oakland’s Public Schools
By Thomas Ultican
Democrats Act to Avoid Disaster in 49th, Other Key California House Races
By David Nir / Daily Kos
California Should Not Risk Its Clean Energy Future on Extreme Strategies
By Tyson Siegele, SanDiego350
The Janus Case: Free Riders Are An ‘Injury to All’
By Peter Zschiesche
City Poised to Dismantle 30 Foot Height Limit to Allow Massive Redevelopment in Midway District
By Frank Gormlie