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Honduras and Western Hemisphere : Summer Rerun?
A new day dawns in the Western Hemisphere:The old day not yet buriedBy Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / July 1, 2009 Sunday the Honduran military carried out a coup ousting President Manuel Zelaya from power. Almost immediately leaders … Continue reading
Sign of Times : Coleman Out, Franken In
Sign of the Times… Finally! The GOP’s worst nightmare has become reality. When Franken is seated next week, the Democrats will have a filibuster-stopping 60 vote majority in the Senate. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / July 1, … Continue reading
Dick J. Reavis : Journalism Faces Full Court Press
Full Court Press Until and unless the press understands that its mission is to be the champion of the people’s welfare, nobody can plan for its recovery. By Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / June 30, 2009 As … Continue reading
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Tagged Journalism, Mainstream Media, New Media, Newspapers, Print Media, Sports
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Steve Russell on Native Hawaiians: Got Indigenous?
A sea of people of all ages embraced and honi’d, or touched noses, in early March at Lahaina while celebrating the end of a weeklong, 193-mile torch march around Maui to raise attention for Native Hawaiian issues. Photo from Hawaiian … Continue reading
Congress : Return Health Care to the People
Health care should be a profession, not a business. By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / June 29, 2009 The American, if he has a spark of national feeling, will be humiliated by the very prospect of … Continue reading
Greg Moses : Chinese Dragon in Aftershock?
Chinese dragon: still snorting through the global depression? Image from Scrape TV.Still time to put jobs first? In the chatter of Chinese ministers sounds a worry that the ‘socialist market economy’ could come out of the economic crisis fatter than … Continue reading
Short Attention-Span News : Tweet-ening the Pot
A little birdie told me…Short Attention-Span News By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / June 29, 2009 Help Army Nat.Guard Lt. Dan Choi, fighting discharge 4 being gay, NOW: http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/ic/rl0ze9ehwuz8th/SjZDRRMLFEAhUl4* * *92 city cops n Hidalgo busted by … Continue reading
Austin’s Lloyd Doggett and the Sorta Clean Energy Act
After working hard to reform it, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D,TX) finally voted for the energy bill. Here he speaks at the Austin Global Warming Press conference in June, 2008.The special interests’ ‘Clean Energy’ bill passes the House Austin’s own … Continue reading
Stonewall Was a Riot : Gay Liberation and the Struggle for Social Change
The Stonewall Rebellion, June 28, 1969. Top photo © Fred McDarrah.The Stonewall Rebellion, the fight for gay liberation and the Sixties movement for social change By Michael Bronski / The Rag Blog / June 27, 2009[With a response by Allen … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Gay Liberation, Gay Movement, GLBT Rights, Homosexuality, New Left, Sixties, Social Change, Stonewall Riot
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Where’s Waldo? Play ‘Find That Health Care Lobbyist!’
NPR has started to identify individuals and publish how much cash they have thrown at elected officials to maintain the status quo for private health care insurance companies… By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / June 26, 2009 National … Continue reading
Mexican Elections : Calderón Beats Law and Order Drum
Mexican President Felipe Calderón: his political muscle will be weakened. Photo by Gurinder Osan / AP. With all that sucking the sand from beneath his feet, President Felipe Calderón, like every beleagured right-winger since Nixon, is beating the Law and … Continue reading
