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Fathers Figure
Last Monday, UMOJA, a 16-year-old Fort Worth-based youth advocacy organization of African-American men, led a local effort to encourage black men to lead their...
Guilt By Association
While it's painful to read about the sorts of barbaric executions performed throughout history, it's also important to remember that those were unenlightened times.
In...
(Not)Waving a Red Flag
Jerry Lobdill begs to differ with Static's deDELETEion of what happened at city hall last week when a group of local activists asked the...
Tear Down, Build Up
The bungalow on West 4th Street in Fort Worth’s Monticello neighborhood is a well-kept 1940s model, its yard manicured.
To its left, the neighborhood...
Logic by Craddick
State Rep. Jim Pitt has the best phrase for how Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick, his former ally, thinks of his position: "a divine...
And Now, Wearing the Geeksta Crown …
The grainy video on YouTube shows a rapper with wild hair, goth-like mascara, and vintage clothes, marching from one end of the stage to...
Impeach — Is That a Fruit from Parker County?
In far-flung parts of our great land - admittedly, the more foreign parts, like California and Vermont - there is a homegrown movement afoot...
Crash and a Long Burn
A Fort Worth couple involved in a serious car-and-motorcycle accident in the Stockyards several months ago say their struggle to deal with the aftermath...
Want a Cookie, Little Reader?
Ten years ago, I got four newspapers delivered to my house every day. These days, I don't get a single one, not even the...
Who killed Brad Will?
OAXACA — Those of us who report from the front lines of the social justice movement in Latin America share an understanding that it’s...
