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 the June 3 Primary Election, La Neighbor, saying NO to Saldaña, Puerto Rico, San Diego’s budget, the County’s War on Marijuana, rent control in National City, Nathan Gunn, homelessness and capitalism, 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
Walking, Talking, and Voting for the June 5 Primary | Progressive Activist Calendar June 1 -10, 2018
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Looking Back: D4 Supervisor Candidate Lori Saldaña – The Truth Will Set You Free
Looking Back at Our Coverage of County Primary Contests – These Are the Races to Watch
Slate Mailers and Other Weapons of Mass Deception
Documents Suggest Favoritism on San Diego County Property Tax Appeals by Assessor’s Office
A National March on the NRA Headquarters? Approach With Caution
Under The Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Lori Saldaña and the Lincoln Club? Just Say NO
From The Soul by Ernie McCray
Feeling in Tune With La Neighbor and Logan Height
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Intrusion
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. García
Nothing Changes in Puerto Rico
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: May 20-26
Video Worth Watching by Rich Kacmar
Superorganism: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
Bill Withers – I Can’t Write Left Handed
Dial Telephones: “How to Use the Dial Phone” 1927 AT&T
So, How Many Deaths Were Due to Hurricane Maria? 64? 4,645?
Missing Migrant Children – Full Frontal
To Create a More Welcoming World
Penguin Cafe – the Captivating Product of a Fever Dream
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large, National and Locally Sourced Contributors:
War and Moral Injury
By Saurav Sarkar / OtherWords
From Police Reform To Playgrounds, San Diego Coalition Seeks A City Budget For The People
By Susan Duerksen / Center on Policy Initiatives
Democracy’s Schools: A Good Read on the Origins and Evolution of Public Education
By Thomas Ultican / Tultican
San Diego County’s Continuing War on Marijuana
By Frank Gormlie / OBRag
Homelessness and Capitalism: Some Untold Truths
By Jeeni Criscenzo
San Diego Disabled Homeless Who Live in RVs Will Have Their Say in Court – Some Day
By Frank Gormlie / OBRag
An Open Letter to the California Charter Schools Association
By Thomas Ultican / Tultican
Why Is National City Mayor Morrison Against Rent Control? | A Cartoon Story by Antho
By Antho
‘America’s Finest City’ is Worst in Nation in Housing the Homeless
By Murtaza Baxamusa / SanDiegoUrbDeZine
The Life and Performances of Nathan Gunn – FLYING SOLO
By Yuko Kurahashi
National City Leads Way on Rent Control in San Diego
By Anna Daniels
The Wall
By Anita Endrezze
Interim District Attorney Summer Stephan Did Nothing When I Was Assaulted By White Supremacists
By William Johnson