Rag, rags, RAG or The Rag may refer to: Common uses Rag, a piece of old cloth Rags, tattered clothes Rag (newspaper), a publication engaging in tabloid journalism Rag paper, or cotton paper Arts and entertainment Film Rags (1915 film), a silent film Rags (2012 film), a modernization of the Cinderella fairy tale Music Rag, a piece of ragtime music Rags (musical), a 1986 Broadway musical Ruhrpott AG, a German hip hop group Rags, a former name of the band Tin Huey Rags (EP), by EarthGang, 2017 Other uses in arts and entertainment Rags (novel), a 2001 Doctor Who novel Rags, a dog character in TV show Spin City Businesses and organisations RAG AG, a German coal mining corporation RAG Austria AG, a gas storage operator in Austria RAGS International, later Messiah Foundation International, a spiritual organisation People Rags (nickname), a list of people known as Rags Ēriks Rags (born 1975), a Latvian javelin thrower Places Rag Island, in the Seal Islands group, Australia Rag River, in County Cavan, Ireland Other uses Royal Galician Academy (Galician: Real Academia Galega), in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain The Rag, an underground paper in Austin, Texas, 1966–1977 Rag (student society), a student-run charitable fundraising group Rag (typography), the ragged edge of a block of text Recombination-activating gene, encoding enzymes RAG-1 and RAG-2 RAG rating (Red, Amber, Green), a traffic light rating system Ragioniere or rag., an Italian honorific for a school graduate in business economics Rags (dog) (1916–1936), 1st Infantry Division (United States) mascot in World War I The Rag (club), alternative name for the Army and Navy Club in London See also Rag and Bone (disambiguation) Rag doll (disambiguation) Raga or raag, a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music Ragga, a subgenre of dancehall and reggae music Ragging, initiation rituals in higher education institutions in the Indian subcontinent Rags to riches (disambiguation) Rags Brook, a tributary of the River Lea in England Ragulator-Rag complex, in cell biology On the rag, a reference to menstruation