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Growing Community
The idea of turning a city’s unused green space into urban gardens has been slow in coming to Fort Worth compared to the rest...
Unhealthy Costs
To the editor: Fort Worth Weekly’s recent cover story, “The Cost of Staying Alive” (May 5, 2010), showed the true picture of the healthcare...
Recruiting Tolerance
On my way to work a while back I saw a solitary picketer at the corner of Camp Bowie Boulevard and Cherry Lane. He...
Urban Explorers: New Thrills in Old Buildings
We stood hidden from sight in the tall grass on the outskirts of the ruin as John, our guide, stepped out to meet the...
Not Easy Being Green
Whether you vote red, blue, or green, a ballot access petition drive coming down to the wire in the next week sheds an interesting...
Direction Home: Up
Larry Andrews had been homeless for almost 15 years, most of that time spent down in the East Lancaster Avenue area, near the shelters...
The War on Sunshine
A war against open government is being fought in Texas. Cities and public officials — including some in Arlington and Hurst — are using...
Rethinking Guardianship
The gray-haired woman drifts in and out of reality. One moment, her mind seems sharp. “Isn’t that a perfect tree?” she says, rolling in...
New Math on the School Board
In a stunning victory over well-established incumbents, Tobi Jackson in District 2 and Ann Sutherland in District 6 upset the Fort Worth school board’s...
Bruce Rogers’ treatment in jail: rushed or right?
It’s hard to feel much sympathy for Bruce Terrell Rogers. The young Crowley man tried to poison his parents in 2005, served five years...
