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METRO | Lamar W. Hankins : Facing evil in
East Texas
We look at how the Church of Wells cult recruits members into its fold, and the almost total emotional control the three ‘elders’ have over the group. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | September 29, 2014 WELLS, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherokee County, Church of Wells, East Texas, Fundamentalism, Lamar W. Hankins, Metro, Rag Bloggers, Religious Cults
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METRO PODCAST | Thorne Dreyer : Lamar Hankins discusses a major scandal at the Church of Wells cult in East Texas
Lamar talks about the revelations in his chilling investigative report for The Rag Blog, entitled ‘Child murder in Texas.’ Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | September 24, 2014 Lamar W. Hankins, a columnist for The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Church of Wells, Faith Healing, Interview, Lamar W. Hankins, Metro, Podcast, Rag Radio, Religious Cults, Thorne Dreyer
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Marching for a green economy ‘built to last’
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio commits to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2030, calling it ‘a moral imperative.’ By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | September 24, 2014 NEW YORK — With hundreds of thousands … Continue reading
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‘Village Building Convergence’ rocks
small-town Sebastopol
The two-day event was designed to ‘improve our experience of community… by transforming public spaces and making them into special places.’ By Shepherd Bliss | The Rag Blog | September 23, 2014 SEBASTOPOL, California — Participants in the ambitious 10-day … Continue reading
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Gorgeous global march shows how to win
the climate fight
Huge environmental action in New York teaches us that the answer to change lies with the grass roots. By Harvey Wasserman | The Rag Blog | September 22, 2014 NEW YORK — The massive People’s Climate March, the most hopeful, … Continue reading
METRO EVENT | Beverly Baker Moore : Support your local musicians’ health
Have fun, celebrate live music, and support a great cause during HAAM Benefit Day throughout Austin, Tuesday, September 23. By Beverly Baker Moore | The Rag Blog | September 22, 2014 Event: HAAM Benefit Day Sponsor: Whole Foods Market Benefiting: … Continue reading
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PODCAST | Texas public interest crusader Craig McDonald, whose complaint triggered the Rick Perry indictment
On Rag Radio, Craig McDonald says the Perry case is about ‘coercion and abuse of power,’ and that only the Texas media has gotten the story right. Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | September 22, 2014 Texas … Continue reading
METRO | Lamar W. Hankins : Funeral Service commissioners thumb noses at Texas families
As far as I can tell the four public representatives were chosen not for their interest in supporting consumer protection, but because of their political connections to Governor Rick Perry. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | September … Continue reading
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From Vietnam to Iraq, lessons never learned
We cannot trust the ‘best and brightest’ to have the answers any more than students trusted their pedigreed elders 50 years ago. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | September 17, 2014 [The following remarks, provided to The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Ann Arbor, Iraq War, Peace Movement, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Tom Hayden, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Military, Vietnam War
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BOOKS | Cultural historian McNally takes readers on a long strange trip
For those who lived through the era and still care about issues of class, race, and gender, ‘Highway 61’ is the book to read about American music. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | September 16, 2014 [On Highway … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues, Bob Dylan, Books, Cultural History, Dennis McNally, Grateful Dead, John Lomax, Jonah Raskin, Lead Belly, Music History, On Highway 61, Popular Music, Rag Bloggers, Rock 'n Roll, Sixties, Social Change
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Obama and the myth that ‘war works’
Twentieth century narratives of international relations are no longer relevant (if they ever were). By Harry Targ | The Rag Blog | September 16, 2014 President Barack Obama spoke to the nation Wednesday night, September 10, about the need to … Continue reading
