A Whirl of a World Series
Well, Major League Baseball pulled it off. They completed the shortened 60-game baseball season that culminated in the World Series.
The strange and historic 2020...
Forgotten Halloween Hero from Texas
To say that Texas and Texans have had a memorable imprint on modern history and culture would be a grievous understatement. Texas heroes —...
Voting on the Commish
Before the tumultuous year that has been 2020, county commissioner meetings drew minimal public attention. Held at the county administration building downtown, the four...
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...
