The Last Man Burned at the Stake in Texas
On Saturday, December 2, 1933, a 30-year-old white woman named Nellie Williams Brockman was murdered near Kountze, Texas. Brockman had headed to town to...
Boiled Owl Customers, Employees Forcibly Eject Racists
“Some dumb old racists just learned the hard way that yelling the n-word at the Owl is not acceptable behavior. Proud of my community...
Families First Rally Draws Hundreds
Chants of “Families belong together!” echoed throughout the lobby of the Fort Worth Convention Center yesterday morning as part of an event dubbed the...
Varsity (Tavern) Blues
They’re fairly typical sneakers. Air Jordan 3s, to be exact. Clean, puffy, and black with white and red trim, they don’t look terrifically grungy...
Federal Judge Stops SB 4
Two days ago, a federal judge in San Antonio issued a preliminary injunction against most of SB 4. The “sanctuary cities” law that was...
Jefferson Davis Park: New Name Coming?
Though mayor and city council press secretary Cheraya Peña said discussions to change Jefferson Davis Park’s name have been going on “for some time...
Jefferson Davis Park Name Change?
Already 2,574 people are supporting an effort to change the name of a Fort Worth park named after Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Their virtual signatures,...
Democracy in Crisis: Charlottesville, Shattered
Two middle-aged men, one Black and one white, were walking up a street in downtown Charlottesville yelling at each other. It was a moment...
Not “Not Normal”
I went down to the White House to see Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner give his excuses surrounding the meeting that he, Trump’s son, and...
Dream Darker: The indictment of journalist Aaron Cantú portends grim future...
Dozens of defendants, each sitting with their own lawyers, fill a courtroom in Washington, D.C., looking like college students wearing their nicest clothes for...
