Houses Divided
All I heard was “something something Trump something.”
I was on my way to my open garage after a passeggiata, or after-dinner walk, with my...
Walking for Justice
Leon Reed Jr.’s steadfast devotion to social justice issues is fueled by several influences. As a criminal defense lawyer, he sees the results of...
Defunding Texas
Nothing says “Texas” like rodeos, smoked ’cue, and underfunded government services. When public services are cut, Texas always goes big, and the poor suffer...
Battered but Unbroken
Minutes before class started, Adisson Grant was preparing booklets and organizing special LEGO pieces for the day’s engineering lesson.
“We are teaching foundational engineering using...
A Monumental Undertaking
The party Demetria McFarland’s family throws every Juneteenth is so big they usually need at least three trailer-size smokers to cook enough food for...
Gang Life
Recently, while attending a housing meeting on the East Side, I overheard a conversation between two residents, one of whom appeared to be a...
COVID at Carswell
Dressed in all black, her hair in long, meticulous braids, Shenita Cleveland stood outside the gates of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) South...
Blacklisted
The return to school has morphed into a season of unrest unto itself. The “COVID question” is still very much unanswered, but one group...
Bridging America’s Wealth Divide
The United States accounts for 4.4% of the world’s population but nearly a quarter of COVID-19-related deaths. The fact that the wealthiest country continues...
Seeing Green
After a several-decade hiatus from the Texas agricultural landscape, hemp is back. Waxahachie-based Texas Botanics is one of a few dozen hemp farms to...
