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Together They Win
When Fort Worth Weekly's Best of 2008 issue came out on Sept. 28, I was surprised to find that the Brentwood-Oak Hills Neighborhood Association,...
Tipping Pointe
Dancers and directors put blood, sweat, and tutus into Texas Ballet Theater's survival.
By JIMMY FOWLER AND LEONARD EUREKA
The Saturday afternoon was hot and windy,...
Race Redux?
How many times can a phoenix rise, for chrissakes?
Fifty years ago, Race Street became a thriving business district serving East Fort Worth at the...
Giving Citizens a Voice
When Fort Worth leadership recently backpedaled on commitments to allow citizens to redraw the city’s district lines (“ City Officials Backpedaling on Promises?” Jan....
Compassionate Paying
George McGovern was my generation's Barack Obama. I worked in his campaign in 1972 with all the enthusiasm for hope and change that we...
His Trousers Should Have Been Toast
Debbie Russell, who runs the ACLU's Texas hotline for Taser victims, was shocked - no pun intended - to receive an e-mail from TASER...
Humanizing Life Behind Bars
Diane Wilson was familiar to physically grueling and mentally challenging situations, but nothing prepared her for the 150-day sentence to the Victoria County Jail...
JJ
Some of you may remember the story we published about a year ago that featured JJ, the striking male mandrill at the Fort Worth...
’Chuting Fish in a Barrel
Surely, surely, his handlers warned that if he did this, hilarity would ensue.
The pictures alone, they must have said, could be grist for...
Fearful Wonders
Every year brings change, but some years really are turning points: 1492, 1789, 1914, and 1989, for example. Was 2011 one of those Really...
