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Use writing talent without losing it
The acid test of good writing is how it sounds when read aloud. When you write like an artist, people would pay to hear your words recited. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | June 2, 2015 This goes … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative Writing, English, Grammar, Rag Bloggers, Steve Russell, Writing Tips
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Stormy Weather: A Rag Blog interview with Bryan Burrough, author of ‘Days of Rage’
“The underground is not a place but a way of life. You can be underground most anywhere, from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Hermosa Beach, California.” — Bryan Burrough By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | June … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, Books, Bryan Burrough, Days of Rage, Interview, Jonah Raskin, Marilyn Buck, Radical Activists, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Weather Underground
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METRO | The heartbreak of children behind bars
The children we have come to know during our regular visits to detention centers have now spent an enormous part of their short lives behind walls. By Elaine J. Cohen | The Rag Blog | May 30, 2015 This is … Continue reading
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Elevators Reunion: (I Done Got) Levitation
at Psych Fest 2015
Like Icarus, the 13th Floor Elevators, a band that should have a special alcove in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, flew too close to the sun. Text and photos by Bob Simmons | The Rag Blog | May … Continue reading
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Move to Amend vs. the Supreme Court
We must put corporations in their place and acknowledge that money is a commodity, not speech. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | May 19, 2015 For five years, ever since the illogical and corporatist Supreme Court decision … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizens United, Corporate Personhood, David Cobb, Lamar W. Hankins, Rag Bloggers, Supreme Court, U.S. Constitution
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METRO EVENT | Wake Up*Dead Men
Bruce Jackson will be joined by the ‘San Antonio Four’ at La Peña’s opening of his Texas prison photography retrospective. By Beverly Baker Moore | The Rag Blog | May 18, 2015 Event: ‘Wake*Up, Dead Men: A Retrospective of Bruce … Continue reading
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Tagged American Photographers, Beverly Baker Moore, Bruce Jackson, La Peña Gallery, Metro, Rag Bloggers
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METRO | Hundreds gather in Dilley, Texas, in fight to #EndFamilyDetention
ICE’s ‘South Texas Family Residential Center,’ run by CCA, is the largest such facility in the country. By Elaine J. Cohen | The Rag Blog | May 13, 2015 DILLEY, Texas — I’ve been hearing about Dilley, Texas, for years. … Continue reading
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METRO EVENT |Author Smadar Lavie speaks on the Israeli elections and the Mizrahi predicament
By The Rag Blog | The Rag Blog | May 12, 2015 What: Smadar Lavie discusses her book, ‘Wrapped in the Flag of Israel’ Date: Sunday, May 24, 2015 Time: 4-6 p.m. Where: Resistencia Bookstore Address: 4926 E. Cesar Chavez, … Continue reading
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Tagged Jewish Voice for Peace, Metro, Misrahi, Palestinian Jews, Palistinian Solidarity, Resistencia Books, Smadar Lavie
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The beach house, south to Mexico, and a
rainbow victory, 1983
From this tiny spot on the edge of the earth I ventured out into the world, seeking adventures and trying to make Mother Earth a better place. By Michael James | The Rag Blog | May 12, 2015 [In this … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Electoral politics, Harold Washington, Memoir, Michael James, Pictures from the Long Haul, Rag Bloggers, Travel, Water Sports
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There may be an alternative to Obama’s pro-corporate trade deal
It seems unlikely, but should Obama decide to extricate himself from an inconvenient initiative, here’s a way out. By Tom Hayden | The Rag Blog | May 10, 2014 President Obama’s recent progressive initiatives — pursuing diplomacy with Iran, opening … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Global New Deal, Obama Foreign Policy, Rag Bloggers, Tom Hayden, Trade Policies, Trans-Pacific Partnership
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METRO EVENT | It’s a Rag Blog Happy Hour and you’re invited! With special guests Jim Hightower & Ellen Sweets
Rock out with us at Maria’s on Saturday, May 9, with our favorite populist pundit, Jim Hightower, and Ellen Sweets, author of ‘Stirring It Up with Molly Ivins.’ Event: Rag Blog/Rag Radio Happy Hour Special Guests: Jim Hightower and Ellen … Continue reading
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Tagged Ellen Sweets, Jim Hightower, Maria's Taco Xpress, Metro, Rag Blog Happy Hour
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