Tag Archives: Alice Embree

ALICE EMBREE : ABORTION RIGHTS | Austin and Roe v. Wade’s backstory

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Thorne Dreyer

This fight didn’t start in a courtroom and it will not end there. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | June 25, 2022 AUSTIN — The Supreme Court decision was telegraphed on May 1st and moved across the weeks … Continue reading →

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ALICE EMBREE : LEFT HISTORY | The Rag v. Regents

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Thorne Dreyer

The Board of Regents did not love ‘The Rag’ and Austin’s underground newspaper did not love the Board of Regents. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog |June 17, 2022 In 2016, former staffers held a reunion to commemorate the … Continue reading →

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ALICE EMBREE : DOCUMENTARY FILM | The Wobblies are coming to town

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Thorne Dreyer

The Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the Wobblies, are coming to Austin. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog |April 28, 2022 Listen to Thorne Dreyer and Alice Embree‘s Rag Radio interview with labor historian Jane Little … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
THE VOTE | Voting by mail in Texas

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Alice Embree

Voting rights and voting access are fundamental to democracy. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog |January 13, 2022 It’s time. If you are eligible to vote by mail in Texas, send in your application, mark “annual,” and be aware … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
IN MEMORIAM | Recent passages: JoAnn Mulert, Pat Cramer,
Gregg Barrios, and Steve Russell

Posted on September 30, 2021 by Thorne Dreyer

Sometimes they happen in quick succession. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | September 30, 2021 Sometimes the passages happen in such quick succession. This has been a summer of such passages with four friends and colleagues who were … Continue reading →

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SHARON SHELTON :
BOOKS | Alice Embree’s ‘Voice Lessons’

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Thorne Dreyer

This important book tells the story of Alice Embree’s struggle to be heard at a time when women were especially marginalized. By Sharon Shelton | The Rag Blog | August 26, 2021          Voice Lessons by Alice Embree (Briscoe Center for … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
THE VOTE | Free the vote and the governor’s hostages

Posted on August 4, 2021 by Thorne Dreyer

Rev. William Barber of the Poor People’s Campaign led a four-day march from Georgetown. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | August 4, 2021 The Austin American-Statesman headlined their story on July 1: “Republicans counter Willie Nelson, Beto O’Rourke … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
THE VOTE | Voter suppression in Texas

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Thorne Dreyer

It’s all wrapped in a thin white sheet called ‘voter integrity,’ but you can call it Jim Crow Revisited. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | March 25, 2021 AUSTIN — Texas is one of the hardest states to … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
POLITICAL CRIME | Ken Paxton and the Three ‘Enemigos’

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Thorne Dreyer

Charting the flagrant abuse of power by Texas’ indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | February 13, 2021 AUSTIN — Indicted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is getting star billing in the crime genre, … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
MIXED MEDIA | The not so funny comics of indicted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Thorne Dreyer

By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | December 5, 2020 The Great Pen Caper: In 2013 Ken Paxton picked up a $1,000 Montblanc pen from a Collin County metal detector tray. Fifteen months later, after being identified by a … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
REPORT | Houston’s historic underground newspaper…

Posted on November 25, 2020 by Thorne Dreyer

…on the really small screen. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | November 25, 2020 Space City News hit the streets of Houston in June 1969, but got a name change when a UFO group informed the paper they … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
ENVIRONMENT | Sherwood Bishop, heroic San Marcos trailblazer

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Thorne Dreyer

Founder of the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance and our New Journalism Project colleague wins major national award. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | October 29, 2020 SAN MARCOS, Texas — Sherwood Bishop, ever humble, says it is a … Continue reading →

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