Tag Archives: Alice Embree

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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Alice Embree :
HISTORY | The original blueprint was white men.

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Thorne Dreyer

The racist and sexist roots of the Electoral College. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | October 1, 2020 AUSTIN — Perhaps it is obvious, but it bears repeating. The Founding Fathers were men. They envisioned a democracy run … Continue reading →

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Julie Fleming y Alice Embree :
EL VOTO | Salirse de la línea para la democracia

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Thorne Dreyer

Por Julie Fleming y Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | 1 de septembre, 2020 Leer este artículo en inglés. La votación temprana comienza en 43 días en Texas. Si usted ya solicitó una papeleta por correo, es probable que … Continue reading →

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Julie Fleming and Alice Embree :
THE VOTE | What you need to know about voting in Texas

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Thorne Dreyer

Step out of line for democracy By Julie Fleming and Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | September 1, 2020 Read this article in Spanish. AUSTIN — In 43 days early voting begins in Texas. If you requested a ballot … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree and Julie Fleming :
THE VOTE | Step out of line for democracy!

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Thorne Dreyer

This is the most important election of our lives. By Alice Embree and Julie Fleming | The Rag Blog | August 4, 2020 AUSTIN — Get ready to step out of line for democracy for the national election on November … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
REPORT | ‘Space City!’ lives online,
survives quarantine

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Thorne Dreyer

Houston’s underground paper is now digitized; soon to be a book. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | June 18, 2020 AUSTIN — On March 11, 2020, I shipped a near-complete collection of Space City! newspapers to Indiana to … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
ANALYSIS | Vote by mail in Texas: Do it!

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Thorne Dreyer

In the courts, the issue continues to be a roller coaster ride. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | June 5, 2020 AUSTIN — In this ongoing pandemic and national uprising over the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, … Continue reading →

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Alice Embree :
OPINION |We have a binary choice in November

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Thorne Dreyer

A second Trump administration would be an existential crisis for democracy, the planet. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | May 19, 2020 I signed a letter with Rag Blog editor Thorne Dreyer and 75 other founders and early … Continue reading →

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