Feeling pretty good about those recent special election results that show twenty point gains in Democratic votes? Before becoming too complacent about that Blue Wave, check out Amy Hoggart’s reporting on a recent Trump rally in Michigan. [Read more…]
Looking Back at the Week: April 29-May 5
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 SDFP’s Progressive Voter Guide, National Poetry Month, UFCW playing politics while members suffer, Stephan’s bad day, Scott Sherman’s possible problems, and […]
JustSomeMotion (JSM) – The JSM Hallway Dance (Jamie Berry feat. Octavia Rose – Lost in the Rhythm) | Video Worth Watching
Time for a change up. After yesterday’s somewhat lugubrious, even if bluesy selection, here’s an up-tempo toe-tapping electro-swing rhythm that JustSomeMotion demonstrates is not just for the dance floor or the hallway; he takes it to the street. [Read more…]
Ranky Tanky — O Death — Live at Philadelphia Folk Festival | Video Worth Watching
This is a very different version than the ones that I’m most familiar with: the spare unaccompanied vocal delivery of Ralph Stanley as featured in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? or the Gullah version of Bessie Jones re-imagined by TangleEye. This version, by the group Ranky Tanky, also has roots in the Gullah tradition, but it’s taken in a different direction. The trumpet (Charlton Singleton) just melts my heart! [Read more…]
Workers Suffer While the UFCW Plays Politics | Progressive Activist Calendar May 4 – 14, 2018
The Union-Tribune and Times of San Diego have both posted stories about a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit filed on Thursday. A San Carlos Albertsons is alleged to have created a hostile work environment and harassed Hispanic employees by forbidding them from speaking Spanish on the premises, even to each other on break or to Spanish-speaking customers.
From the Times of San Diego:
Beginning in late 2012, the Albertsons store on Lake Murray Boulevard near Navajo Road prohibited employees from speaking Spanish around non-Spanish speakers, including when they spoke to Spanish-speaking customers and during breaks, the suit said. [Read more…]
California Statewide Offices & Local Legislative Seats | Progressive Voter Guide for June 2018
Today: California Statewide Offices & Local Legislative Seats
Upcoming:
Monday:Federal Offices, plus Ballot Measures
Tuesday: Voter Guide Crib Sheet (All Contests)
Already Published:
Progressive Voter Guide for County of San Diego Elected Offices
San Diego City Council | Progressive Voter Guide 2018
The San Diego Free Press and OB Rag are pleased to present part three of our 2018 Primary Election Progressive Voter Guide. As usual, we tried not to let perfect be the enemy of good in our decision making. This year we’re breaking it into parts to make it more digestible. [Read more…]
Victory Lap | Geo-Poetic Spaces
When my father
looked at me
he saw the arms
he lost as a child
I never swam fast
or hit hard enough
to knock myself out of a match
I couldn’t win [Read more…]
Feeding Kids in San Diego – 1 In 6 Children In San Diego County Are At Risk Of Hunger | Video Worth Watching
The Times of San Diego reports that the local non-profit Feeding San Diego (a member of the national Feeding America organization) released a study revealing thet nearly 380,000 people in San Diego county (11.7% of the total population) are food insecure. That includes 127,280 children under the age of eighteen, or roughly one out of six children in San Diego County. The study uses data from a number of sources, including the Department of Agriculture and the Census Bureau. [Read more…]
San Diego DA Candidate Summer Stephan’s Bad Day
Wednesday, May 2, wasn’t a good day in appointed interim District Attorney Summer Stephan’s quest to win her first election in the June Primary.
In Justice Today, a leading publication in the field of criminal justice reform called out Stephan’s claims about human trafficking, suggesting she’s used inflated numbers to bolster her political and professional profile.
And Genevieve Jones-Wright, Stephan’s opponent in the upcoming June primary, has asked the State Attorney General’s office to investigate ten alleged violations of state law prohibiting employees–in this case, local law enforcement–from participating in political activities of any kind while in uniform. [Read more…]
San Diego City Council | Progressive Voter Guide 2018 Have You Made a Plan to Vote?
Today: Information on races in San Diego City Council Districts 2, 4, 6 & 8, but only two endorsements.
The San Diego Free Press and OB Rag are pleased to present part two of our 2018 Primary Election Progressive Voter Guide. As usual, we tried not to let perfect be the enemy of good in our decision making. This year we’re breaking it into parts to make it more digestible.
Upcoming: Friday-Statewide Offices & Legislative Seats, Monday-Federal Offices, plus Ballot Measures, >b>Tuesday: Voter Guide Crib Sheet (All Contests) [Read more…]
World Press Freedom Day: US Press Freedom Ranking Drops To 45th
May 3rd is World Press Freedom Day as declared by the United Nations. This year’s theme is “Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law”.
By Mark Taylor Canfield / Daily Kos
Although this annual commemoration serves to highlight the struggle for press freedoms around the globe, the real work of securing these rights goes on daily in dozens of nations where reporters are threatened, jailed and killed.
The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that 262 reporters were imprisoned in 2017. 62 have been killed in 2018 and 58 are missing globally.
Meanwhile, in the United States, the press is facing major challenges from an adversarial presidential administration. [Read more…]
May Day in Puerto Rico: Police Attack Anti-Austerity Protesters with Pepper Spray & Tear Gas | Video Worth Watching
Disaster capitalism hits Puerto Rico. PROMESA, the board appointed by Congress to oversee Puerto Rico’s economy, is calling for, among other things, the privatization of the school system and a 10% cut to pensions. On May Day citizens turned out to protest. From the streets of San Juan we have a report filed by Democracy Now! correspondent Juan Carlos Dávila. [Read more…]
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