Want an NEA Grant? Only if You Voted Obama
In the 1930s, the U.S. government conscripted visual artists across the country to create what amounted to U.S. propaganda: murals of muscular farmers, posters...
Obama Tells Students to Stay in School, Not All Kids Hear...
“He said things that we, parents, teachers, ministers, have been saying for years: Stay in school, respect your teachers, listen to your parents, take...
The Lambchop Candidate
Who says the Fort Worth mayoral race is unexciting so far? Candidate Dan Barrett has raised the bar for campaigning by releasing this YouTube...
FWISD Board: Who is Responsible for $13 Mil Hit to the...
An amendment to approve the addition of 200 Fort Worth ISD teachers that were hired and/or retained on the payroll at a cost of...
I Am From Arizona. I Am Embarrassed.
I wasn’t born in Arizona, but I lived there through my childhood years into my 20s. My family is still there. I’m usually proud...
Events to Remember MLK and a Century-old Massacre of African Americans
In a night of unimaginable horror in late July of 1910 in Slocum Texas, a massacre of unarmed black farmers, shop owners and their...
Tatum Makes It Official
Rev. Kyev Tatum, minister, head of the local chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and co-founder of the Black, Brown and Tan Coalition,...
FW Streetcars in Trouble?
Earlier this year, we wrote about why Dallas got a federal TIGER grant for its streetcar plan, but Fort Worth did not, even though...
Streaming Review: The Fallout
I swear, I wasn’t looking for a movie about school shootings. I just wanted something to pass the time on my flight back into...
Curtain Comes Down on Class Act
On Thursday, June 5, Lon Burnam announced that he will not take his lawsuit--which dealt with how mail-in ballot applications were acquired in the...
