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Politics

Politics

Rick Perry vs. The Gays

This is pretty sad. Our governor is trying to resurrect his gaffe-prone presidential campaign by appealing to Iowa's evangelical voters, and he has chosen...

Crime Control District Board Dissolved by City Council

  Is it a power grab or just good government at work?   On Tuesday, the Fort Worth city council voted unanimously to dissolve the 14-year...

DMN Story: Bush + Abstinence + Condoms = Win

I'll begin with acknowledging that President George W. Bush is an easy target. Criticizing the cowboy president that embroiled America in the longest wars in...

Action on Extraction

This afternoon (Wed Apr 20) 5-7pm, a group of local environmental activists will converge on downtown Fort Worth for a march and rally to...

Sarah Palin Going Rogue All The Way To Bank

Why? For the love of God, why? Why in the name of all that’s reasonable and sane -- why? Why in the mind-numbingly dense "Achey Breaky Heart"...

Historic Mayoral Forum

I can’t think of another Texas city that has used a horrible event like the summer 2009 Rainbow Lounge raid to accomplish so much...

Rick Perry Just Killed His (Slim) Chance at Being President

With the lightning-fast way news cycles and political fortunes change nowadays, the 2016 presidential election might as well be a century away. Predictions are...

Breaking News: Melody Johnson to Resign

Fort Worth Weekly has just learned from Fort Worth school trustee Ann Sutherland that Superintendent Melody Johnson has told her board that she will be resigning...

Rest in Peace – Wangari Maathai

        Wangari Maathai, Ph.D. Nobel Peace Prize Winner from Kenya, died of ovarian cancer Sunday, September 25, 2011.  She was 71. Best known for...

Holy Mischief

Accusations of child sexual abuse against Catholic priests are so unsurprising, they barely blip on the media radar, as when seven Tarrant County women...