Reining in Police Spending
Around a dozen activists representing a wide range of political affiliations gathered recently at a restaurant on the Near Southside to discuss the CCPD....
Anti-LGBTQ Facebook Post Causes Near Southside Uproar
Felipe Gutierrez counted himself as more than a fan of the Near Southside vintage retail store W Durable Goods. Until recently, he maintained a...
Smokable Hemp Banned in Texas?
Since the legalization of hemp farming in Texas last year, politicians and law enforcement officials have struggled with a straightforward problem: how to tell...
ICE’d Out?
The spread of COVID-19 has added a new sense of urgency to reforming how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) handles immigrant detentions. Lawyers...
Providing Safe Spaces for Children
Even before the realities of the COVID-19 crisis set in, March was set to be a challenging and formative month for Chuck Burton and...
Providing Safe Spaces for Children
Even before the realities of the COVID-19 crisis set in, March was set to be a challenging and formative month for Chuck Burton and...
Empty Tables
Lisa Little-Adams believes it’s “disappointing, to be sure.”
The owner of the Near Southside cocktail lounge Proper “cannot make sense of how are rationalizing...
Sheltering from a Pandemic
Fort Worth’s homeless face two dire and potentially deadly risk factors for the COVID-19 disease. The chronically homeless are largely advanced in age, and...
Sheltering from a Pandemic
Fort Worth’s homeless face two dire and potentially deadly risk factors for the COVID-19 disease. The chronically homeless are largely advanced in age, and...
Proceed with Caution
This all would be easier to, um, stomach if Texas wasn’t so bad at testing and contact tracing.
On Monday, when Gov. Greg Abbott announced...
