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  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Rais Bhuiyan, Victim of Post-9/11 Hate Crime, Calls for Forgiveness for His Attacker

    Photo by Alex ScottRais Bhuiyan speaking to a group from Amnesty International at SMU earlier this spring​On September 21, 2001, Rais Bhuiyan, then 27 years old, was working behind the cash register of a Texaco station in Pleasant Grove when a man wearing a bandanna, sunglasses and a baseball ... More >>

  • News

    June 3, 2010
  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Last Night: U2, Muse at Cowboys Stadium

    U2, MuseCowboys StadiumOctober 12, 2009Better than: Half-time at the proper name spelling bee.Hal SamplesFor more photos from last night's performance, check out Hal Samples' slideshow.​The first thing everyone noticed, of course, was the much ballyhooed stage, a spider-looking contraption that ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2009

    In Dealey Plaza Saturday, Dallas Participates in the Global Day of Action for Iran

    Photos by Megan Feldman​On Saturday afternoon, around 100 people gathered at Dealey Plaza to protest the Iranian government and show support for pro-democracy demonstrators in that country, where the regime has been retaliating against widespread protests since the June 12 election. Saturday's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    At SMU Over the Weekend, the Art for Darfur Event Raised Money and Spirits

    Alexa Schirtzinger Check out more photos from the auction in our slideshow.In front of a room at SMU's Meadows School of the Arts crammed with fine art and well-dressed folks sipping coffee, Ismail Omer gingerly approached a microphone. "I left Sudan in 1994," he began "I had friends who died in jai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2007

    Farmers Branch Needs Dough to Fight "Frivolous Lawsuits." Yeah, Frivolous. Right.

    Alexa Schirtzinger Check out more photos from the auction in our slideshow.In front of a room at SMU's Meadows School of the Arts crammed with fine art and well-dressed folks sipping coffee, Ismail Omer gingerly approached a microphone. "I left Sudan in 1994," he began "I had friends who died in jai ... More >>

  • News

    January 11, 2007

    Stone Cold | Recipe for a Resurrection

    Alexa Schirtzinger Check out more photos from the auction in our slideshow.In front of a room at SMU's Meadows School of the Arts crammed with fine art and well-dressed folks sipping coffee, Ismail Omer gingerly approached a microphone. "I left Sudan in 1994," he began "I had friends who died in jai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2006

    Hoedown & Throwdown

    Alexa Schirtzinger Check out more photos from the auction in our slideshow.In front of a room at SMU's Meadows School of the Arts crammed with fine art and well-dressed folks sipping coffee, Ismail Omer gingerly approached a microphone. "I left Sudan in 1994," he began "I had friends who died in jai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2006

    No "Bullshit!" Really.

    Alexa Schirtzinger Check out more photos from the auction in our slideshow.In front of a room at SMU's Meadows School of the Arts crammed with fine art and well-dressed folks sipping coffee, Ismail Omer gingerly approached a microphone. "I left Sudan in 1994," he began "I had friends who died in jai ... More >>

  • News

    July 21, 2005

    Oklahoma Railroad

    Accused of killing a cop's son, Emily Dowdy learns the hard way that in Oklahoma City justice isn't blind. It works for the prosecution.

  • Music

    April 1, 2004

    Rock On, Denton

    A report from the first-ever WakeUp '04 festival

  • Calendar

    December 25, 2003

    Come Together

    Kwanzaa is about living a good life, not filling a stocking

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    Lost Youth

    A civil suit alleges prosecutorial misconduct in one child's death, another's incarceration

  • Music

    November 21, 2002

    Too Fast for Love

    With a white-hot major-label debut, the Donnas don't have time for Avril Lavigne--or you

  • Culture

    December 6, 2001

    Hunger Strike

    Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

  • News

    October 18, 2001

    Innocence Lost

    Was the case against Lacresha Murray, the youngest Texan ever tried for capital murder, a rush to judgment or a story of justice denied?

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    Whizzing inside the tent

    ExxonMobil shareholders use their stock to push a corporate giant toward change

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Gimme shelter

    Ethnic Albanians seeking asylum are snared in a battle between the INS and a determined lawyer

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Innocence Lost

    Railroaded onto death row, Kerry Max Cook endures rapes, beatings, and suicide attempts while waiting for justice

  • Music

    January 7, 1999

    Justice served

    As her former band gets embalmed on a new collection, Maria McKee finally finds her voice

  • News

    July 9, 1998

    Deathtrap

    While Erica Sheppard sits on death row, penniless and convicted of a gruesome murder, her cadre of elite Dallas lawyers tries to prove that the justice system has gone fatally awry

  • News

    August 1, 1996
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    December 7, 1995

    Events for the week

    Dick Armey will eat his lunch.

  • Calendar

    October 5, 1995

    Events for the week

    Dick Armey will eat his lunch.

  • News

    August 24, 1995

    Out of Africa

    Two Ghana natives chronicle a continent few know about

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