Rain bubbles asphalt —
Thunder’s light reopens wounds —
Seeps through cloud cover. [Read more…]
The True Origins of Black Friday | Video Worth Watching
From the Now This website:
Black Friday used to be a term to describe pedestrian and car traffic In the 1950s, police in Philadelphia always saw a ton of chaos the day after Thanksgiving Hordes of people would head into the city that Friday ahead of the huge Army-Navy football game held annually on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Philly police called that chaos Black Friday. They could never take that day off and worked extra shifts because of how congested it was.
Welcome the Stranger: Art of Illumination and Hope | Video Worth Watching
What are the remedies to the cruel spectacle of a trumped up military presence on our southern border and the laws and policies which rip families apart and put children in cages? Unremitting political activism and moral rebukes are essential. And so is art. [Read more…]
Thank Abraham Lincoln For Thanksgiving | Video Worth Watching
From the MSNBC website:
Joy Reid looks back at the 1863 presidential proclamation by Abraham Lincoln that set the last Thursday of November as a day of thanksgiving for citizens in every part of the United States.
An Awakening
Lately I’ve been feeling so good.
Like a little boy would
unwrapping the toy
he most wanted
on Christmas Day
simply because
we, as a society, finally,
the first opportunity
we got to have a say,
said “Enough is enough”
to a pretend president
who has had his way
trampling on our collective psyche
without mercy
like a hungry bull
trying to knock down
a barn door
separating him from a bale of hay. [Read more…]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez On Her Plans In Congress | Video Worth Watching
Chris Hayes of MSNBC’s All In talks with congressional representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, at 29, the youngest person to serve in Congress. He shares some of her Instagram posts from D.C.; gets her take on the letter opposing Nancy Pelosi’s run for Majority Speaker signed by 16 democrats; and discusses her relationship with Justice Democrats and the need to engage the community in political process. [Read more…]
Thanks for Everything. And Some Thoughts About Ending This Chapter
As of December 14, the San Diego Free Press will suspend publication. There will be new stories posted right up until the last day. I’ll write a bunch more columns.
The site will remain live, at least for another year. We’re not planning on adding any content going forward after that Friday.
Yes, this is a sad announcement. We need more, not less voices. But we’ve done what we could do, for now.
I am truly moved by the overwhelming support and kind thoughts directed at SDFP and myself.
Thank you all. [Read more…]
San Diego Free Press to Suspend Publication After Dec. 14
We — the people who’ve overseen this platform called the San Diego Free Press — have decided it’s time to move on. December 14, 2018 will be our last day of posting.
We’re going out on a high note. We’ve just had our best two months ever in terms of readership. We have funds in the bank, and — most importantly — all of us on the Editorial Board remain friends. So, sorry to disappoint, but there’s no drama to report.
It’s just time. The political and media landscape is changing. For now, let’s just say we’re suspending operations. [Read more…]
Changes – David Bowie | Video Worth Watching
Ch-ch-ch-changes are coming … [Read more…]
Xenophobia, Tijuana-Style: Caravan Migrants Fear Angry Mob
It’s a Trumpian dream come true in TJ: mobs seeking to attack migrants as they arrive seeking asylum.
With passions inflamed by –at best– hyperbolic claims made on social media, anti-migrant protests led by various right wing groups have been taking place as elements of the caravan demonized by the U.S. President and his cohorts have been arriving in Tijuana.
One Facebook post claimed Hondurans tortured and killed a dog. Another claimed LGBTQ migrants were seeking molest children. [Read more…]
“New Deeds for New”: Young Activists and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Demand a Green New Deal
Nothing in the wake of the midterm elections made me quite as happy as the sight of the newly elected Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joining young climate activists who were protesting outside of Nancy Pelosi’s office in Washington, D.C.
The protesters, who were part of the Sunrise Movement, put their demands bluntly: “They offer us a death sentence. We demand a Green New Deal.” [Read more…]
As Camp Fire Death Toll Rises, Meet the Prisoners Making $1 an Hour to Fight California’s Wildfires | Video Worth Watching
From the Democracy Now! YouTube web page:
As California continues to battle the deadliest fire in the state’s history, we turn to the hidden heroes on the front lines the raging climate-fueled wildfires: prisoner firefighters. At least 1,500 of the 9,400 firefighters currently battling fires in California are incarcerated. They make just a dollar an hour battling on the front lines but are rarely eligible to get jobs as firefighters after their release. In September, the Democracy Now! team traveled to the Delta Conservation Camp about an hour north of San Francisco, a low-security prison where more than 100 men are imprisoned. We interviewed incarcerated firefighters who had just returned from a 24-hour shift fighting the Snell Fire in Napa County.
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