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Arson Attack on Women’s Health Organization in New Orleans By Jordan Flaherty NEW ORLEANS — Women With a Vision (WWAV), a New Orleans advocacy and service organization that provides health care and other support for poor women of color, was … Continue reading
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BOOKS / Leslie Griffith : Dan Rather’s ‘Rather Outspoken’
Dan Rather is Rather Outspoken Reporters had best be careful when they set about the business of digging up news. Dan Rather’s unsettling ‘push under the bus’ is an instructive case in point. By Leslie Griffith / Reader Supported News … Continue reading
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Jerry Brown’s karma runs over his dogma By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver / The Rag Blog / May 18, 2012 Back in January, California Governor Jerry Brown optimistically forecast that the state budget deficit would be $9.5 billion. To close the … Continue reading
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Austin native Marilyn Buck, who spent 25 years as a federal political prisoner, wrote this collection of “spare… but flagrant” poetry — much of it about “how the human mind can escape the sterility of prison” — while “racing against … Continue reading
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Fascinating stuff! From my interview with Chris Mooney, author of “The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science — and Reality.” Post includes the podcast of our hour-long interview. In his work, Mooney taps scientific research ranging from … Continue reading
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In a fascinating intersection of history, real estate, and the legacy of a 1960s guru, Ivan Kuper tells the story of the Heaven on Earth Inn, an abandoned hotel in downtown Houston that was purchased by former Beatles spiritual guide, … Continue reading
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Chris Mooney : The Republican Brain on ‘The Republican Brain’
Image from Grist.The Republican Brain on ‘The Republican Brain’ (And how my conservative critics prove the point) By Chris Mooney / Truthout / May 3, 2012 Chris Mooney, author of The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science … Continue reading
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Theologian and Social Ethicist Gary Dorrien
From left: Theologian Gary Dorrien, Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer, and Robert Jensen, UT-Austin journalism professor and Rag Blog contributor, in the KOOP studios, Friday, April 27, 2012 . Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio. Rag Radio:Theologian and social … Continue reading
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The Beats are back! Allen Ginsberg biographer and former Yippie activist Jonah Raskin profiles and interviews Jack Kerouac scholar Gerald Nicosia as three new Beat movement-inspired movies are in the works, including Walter Salles’ version of Jack Kerouac’s “On the … Continue reading
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : David P. Hamilton and Philip L. Russell on the French and Mexican Elections
Philip L. Russell, left, and David P. Hamilton at the KOOP studios in Austin Friday, March 30, 2012. Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio. Rag Radio:Writers David P. Hamilton and Philip L. Russelldiscuss the French and Mexican elections By … Continue reading
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Theologian and social critic Gary Dorrien http://www.utsnyc.edu/Page.aspx?pid=351 will speak on “Breaking the Oligarchy” to keynote a weekend gathering on economic justice and faith. Dorrien, an Episcopal priest and professor at Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University, is a frequent speaker … Continue reading
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