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Rep. Alan Grayson : Names of the (Health Care) Dead
Go here to add names of those who have died from the lack of health care.We should read the names of the deadFrom the steps of the Capitol By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / October 23, … Continue reading
Barbara J. Berg : Getting Real about Women’s Progress
Women at work: White Oak Mill in Greensboro, NC. 1909. Photo courtesy of the National Museum of American History.‘A Women’s Nation Changes Everything’The (feel-good) Shriver Report …instead of celebrating how far women have come, we should be asking why, after … Continue reading
Faultlines in Honduras : 100 Days of Resistance
Fault Lines — 100 Days of Resistance One hundred days since the coup d’état that ousted Manuel Zelaya, Fault Lines travels to Honduras to look at polarization and power in the Americas, and finds resistance and repression in the streets. … Continue reading
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Tagged Coups d'etat, Honduras, Latin America, Resistance Movements, Video
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David Richards : The Judge Who Brought Justice to Texas
Justice William Wayne Justice. Photo by Michael O’Brien / School of Law / UT Austin William Wayne Justice, Judge Who Remade Texas, Dies at 89 William Wayne Justice, a federal district judge who ruled on ground-breaking class-action suits that compelled … Continue reading
Life During Wartime : Extreme Makeover
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThanks to Dr. S.R. Keister /The Rag Blog
Greg Moses : The Cash Cops of Tenaha, Texas
Welcome to Tenaha! Photo by Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches / Flickr.Bizarre License on Highway 59: The Cash Cops of Tenaha By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / August 20, 2009 It was Friday of the last day of August, … Continue reading
Amazing Grace in North Carolina : Halloween Bible-Burning Bash
Graphic composite by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.It’s a Halloween bible roast!Burning ‘perversions of God’s Word’ By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / October 19, 2009 The Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, North Carolina, has big plans … Continue reading
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Tagged Censorship, Fundamentalism, Religious Fanaticism, Right Wing Extremists
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Austin : Billionaires for Wealthcare!
Healthcare Not Warfare demonstration in Austin. Above: “Billionaires for Wealthcare.” Below, demonstrators stage a “die-in” for peace. Photos by Alan Pogue / The Rag Blog.Austin rally calls for healthcare reform,An end to the Afghanistan War By Alice Embree / The … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Alice Embree, Anti-War Vets, Austin, Central Texas, CodePink, Health Care Reform, Social Action
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Mariann G. Wizard : Danger Found Code Blue
Cody Ryan Patterson on graduation day from basic training. Family photo.Army Spec. Cody Ryan Patterson:Danger found him in his own home He was a proud, happy soldier of the Imperium when he died, had never been under hostile fire nor … Continue reading
Health Insurance : Does Baucus Bill Make Things Worse?
Cartoon by David Horsey / Seattle P.I.Public option a necessity:Baucus Bill protects insurance companies By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / October 19, 2009 There are two especially devious ways that private health insurers use to keep their own … Continue reading
‘Tormenta Electrica’ : Mexico’s Calderon Busts Union, Fires 44,000 Workers
Mexican Electrical Workers Union members protest the summary firing of 44,000 members. Photo: La Jornada. At top, a laid-off worker protests in front of the National Palace in Mexico City. Photo by AFP.Lightning strikes in Mexico:Calderon, cops move against electrical … Continue reading
