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METRO | Melanie Scruggs : Houston’s regressive trash burning proposal
The global Zero Waste movement is actively opposing Houston’s proposed ‘One Bin for All.’ By Melanie Scruggs | The Rag Blog | May 14, 2014 HOUSTON — The environmental community in Texas has organically cultivated an unofficial division of labor … Continue reading
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Tagged Environmental Activists, Houston, Melanie Scruggs, Metro, One Bin for All, Rag Bloggers, Recycling, Renewable Energy, Waste Disposal, Zero Waste
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Bob Feldman : Texas Still Ranks High in Poverty and Segregation by Race and Income, 1964-2012
Poverty in Texas has continued to grow in recent years. Image from WebGovernments. The hidden history of Texas Conclusion: 1996-2012/Final Section — Texas still ranks high in poverty and segregation by race and economic status and low in health care … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Bob Feldman, Demographic Change, Houston, Poverty, Racial Segregation, Racism, Texas History, Texas Politics
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PHOTO ESSAY / Otis Ike : The NRA War Party in Houston
Undercover at the NRA: Otis Ike with new friend at the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Houston, May 3-5, 2013. All photos by Otis Ike / The Rag Blog. A Klan rally without hoods:The NRA War Party in Houston … Continue reading
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Tagged Gun Culture, Houston, NRA, Otis Ike, Patrick Bresnan, Photo Essay, Right Wing Politics
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Kristin Moe : Polluted Houston Neighborhood Draws the Line at Tar Sands
Children from the Manchester neighborhood in Houston with oil refinery smokestack in the background. Photo by Tar Sands Blockade. Photo by Tar Sands Blockade / YES! Magazine. Houston’s most polluted neighborhooddraws the line at Alberta Tar Sands East Texas is … Continue reading
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Stacy and Bunni: A Montrose Love Story
If Stacy Sutherland of the 13th Floor Elevators were alive he’d be celebrating his 65th birthday this May. By Ivan Koop Kuper | The Rag Blog | March 31, 2011 HOUSTON — On the corner of Pacific and Hopkins streets … Continue reading
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Tagged 13th Floor Elevators, Houston, Ivan Koop Kuper, Montrose, Popular Music, Psychedelic Rock, Sixties, Stacy Sutherland
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Lamar W. Hankins : Ted Poe is the Bully with the Booming Voice
U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX). Photo from zimbio.Politico Ted Poe:The bully with the booming voice By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / March 24, 2011 The recent article in The New York Times (picked up this past Sunday … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Criminal Justice, Houston, Lamar W. Hankins, Ted Poe, Texas Politics
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James Noland : Sarah Palin and JFK’s Houston Speech
John F. Kennedy, then a candidate for president of the United States, speaks before a group of Protestant ministers at Houston’s Rice Hotel, September 12, 1960. Photo from AP.Palin wrong about JFK:Kennedy’s famous speech on church and state As the … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Catholic Church, Houston, James Noland, JFK, Presidency, Religion, Sarah Palin
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Ivan Koop Kuper : Ken Kesey’s Houston Acid Test
The original “Furthur,” the magic bus of Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, on the road. Photo from NoFurthur.Paying Larry McMurtry a visit:The Merry Pranksters’ last acid test By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / December 1, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Drug Culture, Houston, Ivan Koop Kuper, Ken Kesey, Larry McMurtry, LSD, Merry Prankstes, Psychedelics, Rice University, Sixties, Tom Wolfe
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Ivan Koop Kuper : KFMK-FM Was Houston’s ‘Mother Radio’
Bumper Sticker design for FM radio station KFMK. Graphic © Joel R. Cheves 1965 – 2008. Image from OmegaGraphix. Progressive Radio Roots:KFMK-FM was part of a radio revolution By Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Counterculture, Houston, Houston History, Ivan Koop Kuper, KFMK-FM, Pacifica, Progressive Radio, Sixties
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Glenn W. Smith : Attacks on Voting Rights in Houston
The top photo is the captured still from a video (see it here) put out by True the Vote that alleges “Democrats” manipulate elections. Digital Dupes then reported that it appeared that some of True the Vote’s evidence might be … Continue reading
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Tagged Dirty Tricks, Electoral politics, Glenn W. Smith, Houston, Republican Party, Right Wing, Voter Suppression
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Glenn W. Smith : It’s Getting Hot in Houston
Image from Dog Canyon.Likely Arson in Houston, and Voter suppression from the Right By Glenn W. Smith / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2010 A mysterious fire last Friday destroys all of the voting machines in Harris County (Houston), … Continue reading
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Tagged Arson, Dirty Tricks, Electoral politics, Glenn W. Smith, Houston, Right Wing, Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression, Voting Machines
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Houston Pride : 2010 Parade is Horse of Different Color
Houston gay and lesbian community — and friends — stage a massive and joyous Pride Parade in the Montrose neighborhood, for the 31st straight year. Photos by Bill Maxey / The Rag Blog.(And the cops manage to hold their horses)Massive … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Maxey, Gay Pride, Houston, LGBT, Montrose, Police Tactics, Pride Parade
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