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Bob Moser : The White-Power Legislature of Texas
Slash-and-burn:Texas’ white-power legislature By Bob Moser / The Texas Observer / May 17, 2011 AUSTIN — Back in February, at a rally protesting anti-immigrant legislation, State Rep. Lon Burnam raised some eyebrows by letting loose with the “R” word. “You … Continue reading
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What Will the GOP Demand in Return for Raising the Debt Ceiling? By Don Swift / The Rag Blog / For months Republicans have been threatening to shut down the government if they don’t get what they want as payment … Continue reading
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Christian Science Monitor / Thought TheaterDartmouth Independent The great municipal religious promotion of the 21st century By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / City councils have no jurisdiction over religion, yet throughout Texas and the rest of the … Continue reading
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The view from over the hill By David McReynolds / The Rag Blog / [On April 26, 2011, there was a book party for Martin Duberman’ s double biography of Barbara Deming and David McReynolds titled A Saving Remnant. (Listen … Continue reading
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Morning Gloria : Hasidic Rag Photoshops ‘Too Sexy’ Hilary From Historic Pic
Above, the photoshopped Situation Room image, as it appears in the Hasidic paper, Der Tzitung. Below, the original photo, sexy Hilary and all.‘I’m too sexy’:Hasidic newspaper photoshopsHilary from Situation Room pic “For those who thought mainstream press was sexist. Hasidic … Continue reading
The Way We Were By Chellis Glendinning / The Rag Blog / I plopped down onto the sidewalk in the first row of cross-legged protestors, eye-level with the shin-guards of the first row of National Guardsmen. My hair dropped down … Continue reading
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Margarita Alarcón : Obama sans Osama
Obama sans Osama:Now let’s see some ‘hope’ By Margarita / The Rag Blog / I was on my way to the beach on Monday afternoon when I heard the news this week. I have no internet at home and had … Continue reading
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Stoney Burns, a Sixties icon who was a pioneer in the underground press in Texas, died of a heart attack in Dallas on April 28, 2011, at the age of 68. Burns, who was called “King of the Hippies” by … Continue reading
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The One Percent By William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog / April 29, 2011 Jamie Johnson has a conscience if he can keep it. He is heir to one of the largest fortunes in America: Johnson and Johnson. In … Continue reading
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Josh Harkinson : The Making of Michael Dell
Illustrations by Jason Schneider / Mother Jones.Michael Dell:The making of an American oligarch How a homegrown geek outsourced, downsized, and tax-breaked his way to the top. By Josh Harkinson / Mother Jones / April 20, 2011 Before he became the … Continue reading
One Hundred and Fifty Years After General Strike, Bay Area Workers Still Fighting for JusticeThursday 21 April 2011by: David Bacon, Truthout SAN FRANCISCO — In the 150-year history of workers in the San Francisco Bay Area, the watershed event was … Continue reading
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Growing the War in Libya By Steve Weissman, RSN Special Coverage: Egypt’s Struggle for Democracy If America and its NATO allies flew into battle over Libya to prevent a bloodbath in Benghazi, as President Obama, Prime Minister David Cameron of … Continue reading
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