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Yearly Archives: 2020

Ivan Koop Kuper :
MUSIC | Lightnin’ Hopkins: Texas blues man

His appearance on Austin City Limits was a highlight of Lightnin’s career. By Ivan Koop Kuper | The Rag Blog | November 11, 2020 HOUSTON — Texas blues legend Samuel “Lightnin’” Hopkins was 66 years of age in 1978, when … Continue reading

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Joshua Brown :
POLITICAL CARTOON | POTUS graciously accepts defeat

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Bill Meacham, PhD :
BOOKS | Lighting the Fire: A Cherokee Journey from
Dropout to Professor

The book traces author Steve Russell’s life from his dirt-poor origins in Oklahoma. By Bill Meacham, PhD | The Rag Blog | November 5, 2020 [Lighting The Fire: A Cherokee Journey From Dropout To Professor, by Steve Russell. (McLean, VA: … Continue reading

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Alice Embree :
ENVIRONMENT | Sherwood Bishop, heroic San Marcos trailblazer

Founder of the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance and our New Journalism Project colleague wins major national award. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | October 29, 2020 SAN MARCOS, Texas — Sherwood Bishop, ever humble, says it is a … Continue reading

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JUDY GUMBO :
FILM | The Chicago 7 movie and me

It’s that major motion picture Abbie Hoffman lusted after. By Judy Gumbo | The Rag Blog | October 22, 2020 This article was first published at Judy Gumbo’s site, yippiegirl.com, and was cross-posted to The Rag Blog by the author. … Continue reading

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JONAH RASKIN :
FILM | See the movie on the 8: Vote and protest

I wish the movie had been more historically accurate. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | October 22, 2020 I would feel a whole lot better about Aaron Sorkin’s movie if he had titled it The Trial of the … Continue reading

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Joshua Brown :
POLITICAL CARTOON | Covid Man

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Alice Embree :
HISTORY | The original blueprint was white men.

The racist and sexist roots of the Electoral College. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | October 1, 2020 AUSTIN — Perhaps it is obvious, but it bears repeating. The Founding Fathers were men. They envisioned a democracy run … Continue reading

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JONAH RASKIN :
HISTORY | ‘Up Against the Wall’

Peter Laufer has observed and written about borders and walls all around the world. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | October 1, 2020 [Up Against the Wall: The Case for Opening the Mexican-American Border by Peter Laufer, PhD; … Continue reading

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JONAH RASKIN :
PROTEST | Writers against Trump

Texans rally during memorable 90-minute webinar. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | September 24, 2020 SONOMA COUNTY, California — “Texas can be California,” author Laura Moser said during a 90-minute Zoom Webinar hosted by Writers Against Trump, a … Continue reading

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Joshua Brown :
POLITICAL CARTOON | Horses’ asses of the Apocalypse

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STEVE ROSSIGNOL :
HISTORY | A feud most foul

Socialists versus the Klan in South Texas. By Steve Rossignol | The Rag Blog | September 23, 2020 The political atmosphere in Texas after World War I was markedly different. The several years of patriotic fervor that had stemmed from … Continue reading

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