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Willie Mitchell and Mary Daly : Partners in Demise
Above, Willie Mitchell with his axe and, below, Mary Daly with hers (a labrys, a traditional symbol of the Goddess).Intertwined obit:Soul man and radical feminist leave the stage By Carl R. Hultberg / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Carl R. Hultberg, Deaths, Feminism, Jazz, Lesbians, Musicians, People, Soul Music, Theology
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Larry Ray : Haiti’s Horror Hits Home
Disasters past and present:Haiti’s horror hits home By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2010 GULFPORT, Mississippi — Many of my fading memories of destruction, death and total loss have come back into sharp focus as I … Continue reading
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Tagged Earthquake, Gulf Coast, Haiti, Katrina, Larry Ray, Natural Disasters, New Orleans
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Honduras : Micheletti Becoming ‘Second Pinochet’?
‘Congressman for Life’ Roberto Micheletti. Art by Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff / IndyBay.Honduran coup consolidating power:Micheletti named ‘Congressman for Life’ By David Holmes Morris / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2010 As violent repression continues, the powers that be … Continue reading
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Tagged Central America, Coups d'etat, David Holmes Morris, Honduras, Latin America, Manuel Zelaya, Roberto Micheletti
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Marc Estrin : GREED — A Bedtime Story
GREED — A Bedtime Story By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / January 26, 2010 I won’t bore or appall you with the toxic sludge spewing out of the mouths of our CEOs justifying — sans apology — their … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Capitalism, Corporate Corruption, Fiction, Greed, Marc Estrin
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Texas : Rick Perry Throws Kids Under the (School) Bus
Image from ConnectAmarillo.Governor Perry ignores student needs:Turns down $700 million in fed education funds Among the Republican leadership in Texas, politics is much more important than educating children or solving social problems. By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Public Schools, Republican, Rick Perry, Right Wing Extremists, Ted McLaughlin, Texas
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Texas : Rick Perry Throws Kids Under the (School) Bus
Image from ConnectAmarillo.Governor Perry ignores student needs:Turns down $700 mission in fed funds Among the Republican leadership in Texas, politics is much more important than educating children or solving social problems. By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / January … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Public Schools, Republican, Rick Perry, Right Wing Extremists, Ted McLaughlin, Texas
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Haiti : Anger and Courage in the Ruins
Haiti: Surveying the damage. Photos from AFP (top) and Reuters.As aid efforts flounder,Haitians rely on each other By Ansel Herz / January 15, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE — The roof of Haiti’s national penitentiary is missing. The four walls of the prison … Continue reading
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Tagged Charity, Disaster Relief, Earthquake, Haiti, Natural Disasters
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A Real Crime : How the Law Treats Sex Workers in New Orleans
‘Crimes against nature’:Prosecuting sex workers in New Orleans More than half of the people on Louisiana’s Sex Offender Registry — which was designed for rapists and child molesters — are indigent women convicted of sex work. By Jordan Flaherty / … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Jordan Flaherty, Law Enforcement, New Orleans, Poverty, Prostitution, Sex Crimes, Women
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Her Crime? Sex Work in New OrleansMore than half of the people on Louisiana’s Sex Offender Registry – which was designed for rapists and child molesters – are indigent women convicted of sex work By Jordan Flaherty / The Rag … Continue reading
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow on ‘Avatar’ : Celebrating the Tree of Life
Avatar and Tu B’Shvat:Celebrating the Great Tree of Life Avatar is extraordinary. Not only for the superficial but powerful technology… but most of all for its spiritually-rooted progressive politics. By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / January 15, … Continue reading
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Tagged Avatar, Film, Imperialism, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Religion, Science Fiction, Spirituality
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Textbooks in Texas : Rehabilitating Joe McCarthy?
Sen. Joseph McCarthy displays one of his many reports on Communists he found in the woodwork. Photo from Wisconsin History.What did you learn in school today?Efforts to vindicate commie-hunting senator By Justin Elliott / January 15, 2010 See ‘Who stays … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Censorship, Conservatives, Diversity, Education, Henry Cisneros, Joseph McCarthy, McCarthyism, Religious Freedom, Republican, Texas, Textbooks
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