Smooth Shaves, Rough Times
Race Street Barber Shop is in a time warp. Three barber chairs circa 1938 provide comfortable seats for shaggy visitors needing a clip. The...
In the Right Direction
Melvin Qualls’ story is unfortunately an all-too-common one.
His mother overdosed on drugs when he was five, and his dad was a drug addict as...
High-Rise = High Traffic?
The Near East Side’s Oakhurst neighborhood sprang up in the 1920s as an early Fort Worth suburb — I-35 hadn’t been built yet, and...
Gloria Steinem Comes to Fort Worth
Fort Worth Weekly got the opportunity on Thursday to talk with longtime feminist leader Gloria Steinem about gender issues, equality, and women’s healthcare in...
Financial/Health
Rachel was talking to her Sunday school class in Haltom City a few weeks before Christmas. Her voice broke, and she started crying.
“We have...
Trap, No Shoot
Three weeks after a new “trap, neuter, return” city ordinance took effect on Jan. 1 in response to an out-of-control feral cat population in...
Short on Electricity
The old adage is that you should never watch laws or sausages getting made. But this spring the question may be who is watching...
Cats, Balls, and Clocks
Nine lives? The Fort Worth Cats must be on 11 or 12 by now, particularly after former owner Carl Bell ran out of money...
Trusting City Hall
When the Fort Worth City Council approved major changes in the city’s ethics ordinance recently, it put the city in a different camp than...
Down But Not Out
The last of the Tar Sands Blockade tree-sitters voluntarily climbed down from their perches in Winnsboro just before Christmas, after maintaining their post in...
