BLOOD on Whose Hands?
At a time when outrage over the frequency of police shootings is growing regionally and nationally, the killing of Daniel Brumley on a brisk...
A Shift in Thinking
One morning in the summer of 2010, Rosemary Reed awoke to her house shaking and the sound of engines screeching so loudly that it...
A History of Violence
The big cardboard box filled with dusty books hypnotized Don Dow.
He’d become temporarily separated from his family on the town square in Santa Fe,...
Habits on Horseback
A swanky Western jacket hung nearby as Sister Camella Menotti, 84, thumbed through a folder filled with old photographs and newspaper clippings.
“We’re supposed to...
A Short, Wild Ride
In the midst of the last show at The Where House, I looked around the room and tried to make sense of everything going...
Tricky Therapy
They don’t waste any time at the Weatherford Acting, Film, and Stunt Academy, known as WACT. When I pay my first visit there on...
Open Scary
The masked gunman paces in front of the government building wearing black coveralls and a white ski mask. A large man, he towers over...
Opening the Door to Polluters
In 2007, Texas regulators quietly relaxed the state’s long-term air-pollution guideline for benzene, one of the world’s most toxic and thoroughly studied chemicals. The...
Retro Rocket
The recording studio looks like a shantytown, with its walls made of blankets and sheets held together by bungee cords and plastic clips. It...
Music on the Edge
The artist named Vincent couldn’t have had a good Christmas Eve. His head was bandaged, he’d been in a fight that day, and the...
