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2017: Peña Nieto’s swan song
“Mexico’s crisis manifests as violence, but it is rooted in the corruption and weakness of the state.” — Max Fisher, Amanda Taub, and Dalia Martínez, 2018 By Philip L. Russell | The Rag Blog | January 30, 2018 Philip Russell … Continue reading
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Tagged Enrique Peña Nieto, Mexican Politics, Mexico, Peña Nieto Series, Philip L. Russell, Rag Blog, Rag Bloggers
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Calculating our losses: Hugh Masekela, Rosie the Riveter, Ursula K. Le Guin
Some days, everything you need to know from the newspaper is in the obituaries. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | January 27, 2018 Some days, everything you need to know from the newspaper is in the obituaries. So … Continue reading
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Tagged Hugh Masekela, Obituaries, Rag Blog, Rag Bloggers, Rosie the Riveter, Steve Russell, Ursula K. Le Guin
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Report from the weeds: My struggles with the pharmaceutical pusherman
I see myself in some virtual Kafka novel. By Anne Lewis | The Rag Blog | January 18, 2018 January 10 4:53 p.m. Today I found myself suddenly unable to afford Jim’s basic medications. Rasagiline went from $24.38 to $716.00 … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Lewis, Drug Prices, Health Care, Medical Bureaucracy, Medicare, Pharmaceuticals, Rag Bloggers
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Climate change 2017: What happened and what it means
Unfortunately, new record-breaking science has made at least as much noise as Trump. By Bruce Melton | Truthout | January 10, 2018 Bruce Melton will discuss the latest in climate change, including material contained in this article, as Thorne Dreyer‘s … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Melton, California Fires, Climate Change, Climate Science, Global Warming, Hurricane Harvey, Rag Bloggers, Truthout
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METRO EVENT | It’s a Rag Blog Happy Hour and Stocking-Stuffer at Ruby’s BBQ!
Event: Rag Blog Happy Hour & Stocking-Stuffer! When: Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, 2-4 p.m. Where: Ruby’s BBQ Address: 512 W. 29th St. (at Guadalupe), Austin, TX 78705 Telephone: 512-477-1651 Cost: Free and open to the public Food: Ruby’s beer and … Continue reading
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Is gun violence our manifest destiny?
The last war on U.S. soil ended in 1848, unless you count the NRA v. common sense. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | December 11, 2017 Steve Russell wrote the following article for The Rag Blog as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Whitman, Guns, Manifest Destiny, Mexican History, Native Americans, Racism, Rag Bloggers, Second Amendment, Steve Russell, Texas History
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TELEVISION | ‘Flashpoint’ is an engaging Toronto SWAT-type thriller
CBS aired 75 edge-of-your-seat episodes of this emotional, well-written Canadian series. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | December 9, 2017 [In his Rag Blog column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his favorite films and TV series that readers … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Waldman, Canadian Television, Criticism, Flashpoint, Rag Bloggers
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Donald Trump and the great
transgender menace
This president picks on the least powerful because all that matters for him is winning. By Steve Russell | The Rag Blog | November 15, 2017 Why attack the powerless, beyond the exhilaration of winning? I don’t even get the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bathroom Bills, Danica Roem, Donald Trump, Rag Bloggers, Steve Russell, Transgender Ban, U.S. Military
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Workers’ demonstrations at Magic Kingdom just opening salvo
Jay Jurie reports from the front lines of the labor movement. By Jay D. Jurie | The Rag Blog | November 15, 2017 ORLANDO, Florida — While representing over a third of workers in the middle of the 20th Century, … Continue reading
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Tagged Direct Action, Disney World, Jay D. Jurie, Labor History, Labor Movement, Rag Bloggers
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METRO | Rev. Bob Breihan (1925-2017) was a courageous fighter for social justice
He opened the Methodist Student Center to an alternative view of the world during a period of tremendous upheaval. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | November 13, 2017 Listen to Thorne Dreyer‘s hour-long Nov. 29, 2013 Rag Radio … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, Austin Activists, Austin History, Methodist Student Center, Metro, Obituaries, Rev. Bob Breihan, Sixties, Social Justice
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SPORT | World Series moment: A national anthem in mime
The Yuli Gurriel-Yu Darvish story made this World Series even more glorious. By Glenn W. Smith | The Rag Blog | November 7, 2017 There was an inspiring American moment in the first inning of the seventh game of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017 World Series, Glenn Smith, Houston Astros, Rag Bloggers, Yu Darvish, Yuli Gurriel
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