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SHERRIE TATUM : MEMOIR | The Crying Game and Other Musical Memories
John Aielli created his daily alchemy of connections with the soul of the city for over 40 years. By Sherrie Tatum | The Rag Blog | September 15, 2022 This is a story I wrote in 2008 as a memoir … Continue reading
THE RAG BLOG : BOOKS | Thorne Dreyer’s ‘Making Waves’ and Alice Embree’s ‘Voice Lessons’ chosen for Texas Book Festival
By The Rag Blog / September 8, 2022 Thorne Dreyer and Alice Embree are among a group of almost 300 American authors, many of them nationally known bestselling writers, who were announced at an “author reveal” event on September 7, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Making Waves, Rag Bloggers, Texas Book Festival, Thorne Dreyer, Voice Lessons
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BILL OAKEY : ENVIRONMENT | Austin Energy’s rate case debacle: A stunning management failure
By Bill Oakey | The Rag Blog | August 12, 2022 This article first appeared in Austin Affordability and was cross-posted to The Rag Blog. It applies especially to the citizens of Austin but it might just strike home wherever … Continue reading
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Tagged Affordability, Austin Energy, Bill Oakey, Climate Change, Conservation, Energency Efficiency, Environment, Rag Bloggers
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Larry Piltz : VERSE | my god is godzilla
my god is godzilla my god is godzilla he too is a killa gets some kind of thrilla and makes a big dilla of the whole magilla by getting his filla keeping it rilla like an Attila or rabid gorilla … Continue reading
BILL MEACHAM, PhD : PHILOSOPHY | Moral confusion about abortion
One of my teachers has said that you can’t talk somebody into changing their mind, but sometimes you can listen them into it. By Bill Meacham, PhD | The Rag Blog | July 7, 2022 The controversy about abortion–whether it … Continue reading
ALICE EMBREE : ABORTION RIGHTS | Austin and Roe v. Wade’s backstory
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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Tagged Abortion Rights, Alice Embree, Austin, Judy Smith, Rag Bloggers, Roe v. Wade, The Janes, The Rag
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LAMAR W. HANKINS : SUPREME COURT | Of rights and liberties in the U.S.
How Alito gets the facts wrong about abortion history. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | May 18, 2022 The Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, part of the original Bill of Rights, reads: The enumeration in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Justice Samuel Alito, Lamar W. Hankins, Rag Bloggers, Roe v. Wade, U.S. Supreme Court
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ALLEN YOUNG : NEWS COMMENTARY | Federal anti-lynching law passed,
at last
From a young age, I knew that racism was wrong, as my parents helped me learn that important lesson. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | May 6, 2022 When I was a child, I saw a photograph of … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Young, Anti-Lynching Law, Emmett Till, Lynching, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Vigilante Justice
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JOSHUA BROWN : POLITICAL CARTOON | Majority rule
Previous installments are archived athttp://www.joshbrownnyc.com/ldw.htm
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Tagged Abortion, Joshua Brown, Life During Wartime, Political Cartoon, Rag Bloggers, Supreme Court
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JAMES RETHERFORD: BOOKS | Judy Gumbo’s ‘Yippie Girl’
Combating authoritarian repression with absurdist political theatre. By James Retherford | The Rag Blog |April 29, 2022 Listen to Thorne Dreyer‘s interview with ‘Yippie Girl’ Judy Gumbo on Rag Radio, here. As Kris Kristofferson sorta said, “[S]he’s a walkin’ contradiction, … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, James Retherford, Judy Gumbo, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Yippies
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ALICE EMBREE : DOCUMENTARY FILM | The Wobblies are coming to town
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
JONAH RASKIN : MEMOIR | One organizer, two cities: Jon Melrod’s ‘Fighting Times,’ from Madison to Racine
Jon Melrod recalls those heady days in his new memoir. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | April 7, 2022 The Port Huron Statement (PHS), which was written by Tom Hayden — with help from Al Haber and others … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Fighting Times, Jon Melrod, Jonah Raskin, Labor Organizing, Memoir, Rag Bloggers, SDS
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