From C to Shining C
This time last year, I made a spring getaway to Waco with my boyfriend and our best couple friends. We had a lovely time,...
Kickin’ and Screamin’
An hour southwest of Fort Worth, Glen Rose isn’t exactly Mayberry — there are more tourists, plus those dinosaur tracks, and a nuclear power...
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...
Separate & Unequal
An interim report commissioned by Fort Worth City Council puts the daily hardships of local poor black and Hispanic families into stark numbers.
Black residents,...
Kentrifying Fairmount
Graffiti wasn’t exactly the warm welcome they were expecting. Two months after opening Kent & Co. Wines, a posh bar/restaurant in the heart of...
The Slow Tease
The theatergoers sounded more like hockey fans during a bench-clearing brawl. The 150 souls who had crowded into Stage West on this otherwise soggy...
A Leg Up for the Homeless
No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, the fact that America’s middle class is shrinking is undeniable. Families, single people, college students,...
Scared/Silly
In a Home Depot parking lot near AT&T Stadium in Arlington, a small group of people, mostly in their mid- to late 20s, stand...
A Tribe at the Track
Those who have never been to a stock car race perceive NASCAR fans as rednecks with mullets and toothless grins — big southern...
THE FOILIES 2016-17
As proven by Sunshine Week every March, when government transparency advocates raise awareness about the importance of access to public records, government agencies and...
