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...
Bells Will Be Ringing
At a recent outdoor rally calling for the reopening of Tarrant County classrooms, a mother with children in a private Christian school put it...
Baseball is back
The waiting is over. Baseball is back. Fans are not.
After a four-month hiatus that saw the cancellation of more than 100 games, the long-awaited...
Where Dogs Go before They Go to Heaven
Vici Menzel’s backyard is one hopping dog sanctuary. Sookie, an Olde English bulldogge, is next to me panting and periodically licking my knee. While...
Globe Life Field
“Build it, and they will come” is definitely true now as people are coming –– by the thousands –– not to see a baseball...
