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THE VOTE | Step out of line for democracy!
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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Tagged Alice Embree, Julie Fleming, Rag Bloggers, Register2Vote, TARA, The Vote, Vote by Mail
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REPORT | ‘Space City!’ lives online,
survives quarantine
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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Tagged Alice Embree, Internet Archive, New Journalism Project, Rag Bloggers, Space City!
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ANALYSIS | Vote by mail in Texas: Do it!
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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OPINION |We have a binary choice in November
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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Tagged 2020 Elections, Alice Embree, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Rag Bloggers, SDS
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FILM |’Parasite’ vs. ‘Schitt’s Creek’
Two takes on class-based cluelessness. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | April 21, 2020 I have been able to see Parasite again on the small screen in Corona-induced isolation. The film won the Palme d’Or at Cannes and … Continue reading
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Injunction allows voting by mail in Texas
Attorney General Ken Paxton set to fight it in court. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | April 20, 2020 AUSTIN (Breaking News) — Texans should apply for their mail-in ballots ASAP. An injunction went into effect April 20, … Continue reading
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‘Virtual Cough-In’ called for
Seniors confront Dan Patrick’s ‘Coffin Campaign.’ By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | March 29, 2020 AUSTIN — On March 23, as the coronavirus pandemic sent shock waves across the nation, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick told Fox News … Continue reading
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Spotlight on women’s activism at UT’s Briscoe Center
Oral history project is online while major exhibit shelters in place. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | March 28, 2020 AUSTIN — To honor women’s history, the University of Texas Briscoe Center for American History opened a major … 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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‘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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BOOKS | ‘Odd Birds’
The book is a fictional coming of age story set in San Antonio. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | December 17, 2019 Listen to Thorne Dreyer’s November 25, 2019 Rag Radio interview with Severo Perez about his new … Continue reading
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Houston’s historic ‘Space City!’ to get
new life
’60s-’70s underground paper to be digitized, featured in NJP book. By Alice Embree | The Rag Blog | December 5, 2019 In 1969, Space City News, a newly minted underground newspaper, hit the streets and newsstands of Houston, Texas. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Embree, New Journalism Project, Sixties Houston, Space City, The Rag, Underground Press
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