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Carcinogens Found in Gulf Coast Trout, Catfish
Catfish, like this one caught Tuesday by Mark Arnett of Alvarado, are now on the state’s consumption warning list. Photo by Julio Cortez / Houston ChronicleTexas issues health warning on some Galveston Bay fishBy Allan Turner and Rosanna Ruiz / … Continue reading
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Tagged Cancer, Environment, EPA, Fishing, Oceans, pollution, Public Health, Texas
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Robert Pardun : In Support of Barack
Robert Pardun, back in the day. And the words that are used for to get the ship confused will not be understood as they are spoken…And like Pharaoh’s tribe they’ll be drowned in the tide and like Goliath they’ll be … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, New Left, Obama, Presidential Campaign, SDS, Sixties, Social Change, Texas, The Movement
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Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis – Two Men With The Blues
Thanks to Harry Edwards / The Rag Blog / Posted July 7, 2008
Against the (Border) Wall!
Not even federal law can keep Bush’s fence from ripping through natural areas along the Rio Grande.By Melissa del Bosque / June 27, 2008 The following article appears in the current issue of the Texas Observer [Vol. 100, No. 13, … Continue reading
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Tagged Border Wall, Ecology, Environment, EPA, Immigration, Nature, Texas
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Fiddler Carmen Hilbert Brings Austin to Beijing
Carmen jams with a Texas touch BEIJING — From Wednesday to Sunday, Carmen Hilbert joins a collection of lone-star imports at her uncle’s restaurant, Tim’s Texas Roadhouse. Hilbert brings the music. With fiddle in hand and a guitarist for accompaniment, … Continue reading
Sex Slavery Crackdown in Houston
Jose Benitez, a Houston labor organizer, talks with two women who were victims of sex trafficking outside El Corralon del Chele Paco, a Houston bar targeted in the past for such trafficking. Photo by Sharon Steinmann / Houston Chronicle.120 women … Continue reading
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Tagged Houston, Immigration, Prostitution, Sex Slavery, Sexual Abuse, Texas
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For Your Information
Open Records and the Texas Public Information Act.By nhudson35 / June 28, 2008 The following post on public information in Texas — what it is and how to get it — was published in the Burnt Orange Report. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged Open Records, Public Information, Texas, Transparency, U.S. Government
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If you want to watch today’s vintage video, then just…
…Raise Your HandJanis Joplin and Tom Jones 1970 Somehow Tom Jones and Joplin together just gives me the willies but the backup dancers are worth the video. Besides, I think Tom is going to break a hip trying to keep … Continue reading
Dems Just Love That "Big Bad John"
Ride ’em Corn Dog : Already a Classic Cornyn video is campaign gold mine;Race in virtual dead heatBy John Moritz / June 27, 2008 AUSTIN — The sight of U.S. Sen. John Cornyn wearing cowboy threads while an ol’ boy … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising, Campaign Tactics, Corn Dog, Cornyn, Rick Noriega, Senatorial Campaign, Texas, Video
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Netroots Nation Comes to Austin
Netroots Nation director Gina cooper.Progressive politics meets the internetBy Sarah Lai Stirland / June 25, 2008 Gina Cooper is the director of an annual phenomenon now known as Netroots Nation. The four-year-old annual gathering, formerly known as the YearlyKos convention, … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, BlogAustinaging, Democratic Party, Electoral politics, Internet, Networking, Politics, Progressives, Technology, Texas
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Houston Immigration Raid Draws Protest : Employer Arrests May Follow
Dozens protest immigration raid in Houston. HOUSTON — Dozens protested against an immigration raid on an east Houston exporting company where 160 people were arrested, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said the raid at Action … Continue reading
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Austin Rock Musician Benny Thurman Dead at 65
By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | June 24, 2008 Benny Thurman, a founding member and bassist of the famed sixties rock group the Thirteenth Floor Elevators, died this past Sunday, June 22 in Austin. Thurman was in intensive … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Austin, Benny Thurman, Deaths, Music, Musicians, Psychedelia, Rock 'n Roll, Texas
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