Suds on Strike
As a mechanic at Molson Coors, John knows his job is dangerous. For the past nine years, the 38-year-old Kentucky native has worked in...
Caprock Cataclysm
The warmer weather this week couldn’t have come at a better time. The Dallas Cowboys are frozen in time. The Texas Lege is run...
The Great Voucher Scam
With more than 500 amendments, Texas’ constitution is at times vague to the point of incomprehensibility, but in its commitment to public education, it...
Kiddie Table
When I think too long on contemporary grown-ups, I do not like what I see.
Something about it reminds of the final scene in Citizen...
Bloodsport
Cruelty is our watchword now. On our phones, we watch in real time as Palestinians are slaughtered with our money and weapons, enduring Israel’s...
Handmaid Tells
Those who know, know.
Those who don’t know, need to be told
I am infected. I am a carrier.
I am contagious.
I didn’t realize it myself, at...
Memory, Loss
It’s said that in terms of geological measurement, the existence of humanity is just a blink in the eye of time, that, roughly speaking,...
Go West 7th, Young Woman
Why did I do this to myself?
The question kept running through my head as I sat in my car in a Crockett Row parking...
Checking Out
Javonte Myers’ body lay unattended for as long as six hours before anyone noticed he’d died. Based on findings by the Tarrant County medical...
Systemic Indifference
Life at Tarrant County Jail is rough and inhumane, but June was particularly tough. That’s when two prisoners died within three days of each...
