Q&A with Sheriff Candidate Vance Keyes
Several Tarrant County seats are up for grabs during the November 3 general election, including the position of county sheriff. In Texas, the county...
Mule Alley Arrives
One recent afternoon, a few dozen people gathered on the south side of East Exchange Avenue to watch several cattle languidly walk to their...
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...
