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Yearly Archives: 2020
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‘Under the Ground: The Story of Liberation News Service’
Dorothy Dickie has documented a significant and nearly-forgotten chapter of our history. By Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | March 24, 2020 AUSTIN — Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Dorothy Dickie is completing production on an exciting 80-minute documentary film … Continue reading
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Preserve Houston’s historic underground newspaper
Read the latest on the Space City! project. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | March 9, 2020 HOUSTON — Did you work on Space City!, Houston’s historic underground newspaper? Did you sell it? Did you read it? Do … Continue reading
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A way station for the Underground Railroad in Blanco County?
Some may be surprised that there was an Underground Railroad network in Texas. By Steve Rossignol | The Rag Blog | February 13, 2020 We are all familiar with the tales of the Underground Railroad, how enslaved people in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blanco County Texas, Jean Charles Houzeau, Rag Bloggers, Slavery, Steve Rossignol, Underground Railroad
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‘Space City!’ project: Calling all hoarders
Help us preserve Houston’s historic underground newspaper. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | February 12, 2019 Did you work on Space City!, Houston’s historic underground newspaper? Did you sell it? Did you read it? You may be able … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Houston, Rag Bloggers, Sixties, Sixties Houston, Space City, Space City News, Underground Press
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The Pied Piper of Facebook
A cautionary tale in 2020, the Year of the Rat. By Elaine J. Cohen | The Rag Blog | February 4, 2020 I can’t remember when I first heard of The Pied Piper of Hamelin; possibly after I began to … Continue reading
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Tagged Elaine J. Cohen, Facebook Boycott, Pied Piper of Hamelin, Rag Bloggers
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Microsoft on climate: The game changer
Historic climate pollution emissions almost everyone missed. By Bruce Melton | The Rag Blog | February 3, 2020 Microsoft going net zero by 2030 is a tremendously insightful action, but what’s truly groundbreaking and ever so much more important today, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, Climate Change, Climate Policy, Environment, Historic Emissions, Microsoft, Net Zero, Rag Bloggers
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