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MICHAEL MEEROPOL / FOREIGN POLICY / Trump’s War of Choice
Caricature by DonkeyHotey SPECIAL TO THE RAG BLOG By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / March 23, 2026 People in the media have been scrambling in an attempt to actually figure out the reasoning behind Trump’s decision to launch … Continue reading
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Tagged Axis of Evil, Donald Trump, Foreign Policy, Iran War, Israel, Michael Meeropol
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LAMAR HANKINS / FARMWORKERS / Another civil rights icon who had feet of clay
Dolores Huerta. Image from Flickr. By Lamar Hankins / The Rag Blog / March 21, 2026 At age 20, all I knew about migrant farmworkers was found in Woody Guthrie’s song “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos.” Earlier in 1965 I … Continue reading
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Tagged Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Farmworkers, Lamar Hankins, Migrant Farmworkers, VISTA, Woody Guthrie
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LAMAR HANKINS / RELIGION / Make America’s public school children bible-readers again
By Lamar Hankins / The Rag Blog / March 2, 2026 It is increasingly likely that Republicans will make Texas the first state in the country to mandate all public school students read passages from the bible. There are several … Continue reading
JONAH RASKIN / BOOK REVIEW / Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground
Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground. By Zayd Ayers Dohrn; W. W.Norton & Company, 2026 By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / February 26, 2026 On July 26, 1982, the 23rd anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, a … Continue reading
ROXANN WEDEGARTNER / BOOK REVIEW / From the Octagon: People, Places, News, Views by Allen Young.
By Roxann Wedegartner / The Rag Blog / February 14, 2026 Royalston, Maine, resident, author, and journalist, Allen Young, is at it again. His latest book, From the Octagon – People, Places, News, Views, is an informative, delightful, easy-read collection … Continue reading
DAVE ZIRIN / CULTURE / Bad Bunny Steals the Show
Bad Bunny in Los Angeles, California, on October 11, 2019. Photo by Glenn Francis of www.PacificProDigital.com By Dave Zirin / The Rag Blog / February 10, 2026 Cross-posted with permission from Edge of Sports. The past year in Stephen Miller’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Bunny, Dave Zirin, Donald Trump, ICE, Puerto Rican Culture, Stephen Miller, Super Bowl
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ALICE EMBREE / REMEMBRANCE / Glenn Scott inducted into Texas Labor Hall of Fame
By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / January 27, 2026 [Cross posted from Alice Embree’s Substack] On January 24, 2026, Glenn Scott from Austin was inducted into the Texas AFL-CIO Labor Hall of Fame. It was icy cold outside, but … Continue reading
CARL DAVIDSON / POLITICS / SUMMING UP THE YEAR 2025
A turning point for Trump and the Left By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / January 16, 2026 Carl Davidson is the editor of Carl’s Left Links Newsletter, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers. Carl is a former … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Davidson, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Fascism, MAGA, Mamdani, No Kings Day, Political Analysis, Politics
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MICHAEL MEEROPOL / ECONOMICS / Inflation, unemployment, and President Trump’s speech
By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / January 1, 2026 The following is an expanded version of a commentary delivered over WAMC-FM on , by Michael Meeropol, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Western New England University. It has been … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Economics, Economy, Michael Meeropol, Rag Blog, Rag Bloggers
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BRUCE MELTON / CLIMATE CHANGE / Climate Change Review 2025
Occidental Chemicals CO2 air capture unit in the Permian Basin about to begin operations. The Science of the Effects of Warming By Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / December 31, 2025 The good news is real, but a bit … Continue reading
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Tagged Artificial Intelligence, Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Change Review, Environment, Global Warming
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JONAH RASKIN / BOOK REVIEW / Levitating the Pentagon
Levitating the Pentagon, and Other Uplifting Stories: A Life of Activism By Nancy Kurshan; Three Rooms Press; 2025 By Jonah Raskin / The Rag Blog / December 29, 2025 Nancy Kurshan might have carved out and published a big chunk of … Continue reading
MICHAEL MEEROPOL / ECONOMICS / Are there signs of serious problems in the economy?
By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2026 The following is a version of a commentary delivered over WAMC-FM by Michael Meeropol, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Western New England University on January 9, 2026. This version … Continue reading →