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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
SUSAN VAN HAITSMA / CULTURE / Down on the Drag: Austin Music History
By Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / June 15, 2026 I love learning about the place, people and history of where I live. I often wonder about the people who once walked where I walk and who lived where I live … Continue reading
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Tagged Jason Mellard, Jesse Sublett, Kathy Valentine, Nanci Griffith, Susan Van Haitsma, Varsity Mural
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ALICE EMBREE / MEDICARE / Taking on the Medicare Disadvantage
By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / June 11, 2026 This article appeared in Alice Embree’s Substack on May 18, 2026. An interview with James Russell, mentioned below, will air on Rag Radio 91.7 FM, 2-3 p.m. Central, Friday, June 12, … Continue reading
AUSPOP / CULTURE / Retrospective of Underground Comix Pioneer Gilbert Shelton
By Austin Museum of Popular Culture /The Rag Blog / June 5, 2026 The Austin Museum of Popular Culture will launch its Retrospective of Underground Comix Pioneer Gilbert Shelton on Sunday, June 7, 2026. When: June 7 – July 19, 2026Where: 506 N. … Continue reading
ALLEN YOUNG / OPINION / June: From shame to pride
By Allen Young / The Rag Blog / May 31, 2026 Gay Pride flag. “June is bustin’ out all over,” says a memorable song composed in the 1940s for the musical Carousel, but more recently, June has become known as “Pride Month.” … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Young, Gay Pride, Pride Month, Stonewall Uprising
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BRUCE MELTON: UNGINEERING, Not Geoengineering
Ship trails in the North Pacific cool our climate through the oldest climate pollution treatment (geoengineering) strategy humans have been practicing for 150 years. Image: NASA. By Bruce Melton PE / The Rag Blog / May 27, 2026 Summary: Geonegineering … Continue reading
ALICE EMBREE / MAY DAY! MAY DAY!
NO WORK / NO SCHOOL / NO SHOPPING By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / April 30, 2026 On May 1st, we celebrate the original Labor Day, International Workers Day, that commemorates the May 1, 1886, General Strike in … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, May Day, Texas, Texas State Employees Union, Texas State Unviersity
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JAN LANCE / RETIREES / Senior Solidarity
By Jan Lance /The Rag Blog / April 2, 2026 Protecting Retirement Now and for the FutureThe Texas Alliance for Retired Americans (TARA) wants you! Hear Jan Lance on Rag RadioKOOP 91.7 FM TARA’s Senior Solidarity campaign focuses on four issues – … Continue reading
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Tagged Jan Lance, medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, Texas Alliance for Retired Americans, Voting Rights, WISeR
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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
