International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

The Rise of the Texas Atheist

With help from a former church boy from Dallas, the state's "nones" are getting organized and going public.

Mexicans Pay in Blood for America's War on Drugs

The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

Soldier Suicides

Two Texas brothers fall in the war on terror—one in combat, one by his own hand

Dallas' Political Designing Woman

When Dallas' political elite need a win, Carol Reed cheers them on and calls the plays

Twisters and Double Wides

Postmodern news you can use

Hotel Katrina

While the feds fumble, hurricane survivors find relief thanks to a Dallas hotel owner and friends

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

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Odds & Ends

Local friends of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown pay tribute to the late musical legend

On the Road Again

Jason Molina's Magnolia Electric Co. takes on 1,800 miles of Texas

After the Flood

Plus: Still Living, Wrist Slap, We Screwed Up

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

All Net

The Mavs gets Jazzed

Operation Florida Freedom

Papa wouldn't be proud of the Florida Seafood Grill

Get on the Bus

For one fellow traveler, the road to an anti-war protest in Washington is paved with good intentions and bad politics

The Big Hurt

Pauline and Paulette, about a neglected retarded woman, is hard to ignore

"Today, a Generation Died."

Revisiting the story of the 1937 New London gas explosion--the worst tragedy involving schoolchildren in American history

Reel War

The Army and Hollywood join hands to wage virtual, bloodless battles

Scene, Heard

Selected songs disappear from the playlists at Clear Channel stations

Crocodile Tears

City Hall is sorry it can't help the White Rock water main victims... or anybody else, for that matter

Baby Blues

Parkland has an insatiable need for newborn clothes and blankets--and is quickly running out

Up in the Air

Fort Worth's landmark Reata restaurant is back and waiting on a deal to save its home

One crazy lawyer

Within days of a shotgun attack in Rowlett, tempestuous Dallas lawyer Catherine Shelton found herself in the crosshairs of a murder investigation. It isn't the first time.

Night & Day

May 13-19, 1999

Hardhat utopia

Sixties social theory meets the building trade at Dallas contractor TDIndustries -- and it works

Oh Captain, my captain

Sometimes, being a supergroup just means they're really good

Charity Gall

Crippled children are the latest fund-raising ticket for a controversial Palestinian foundation

Local hero

Disaster-relief expert Fred Cuny disappears while rendering aid in Russia

BeloWatch

Death Row Granny

Bettie Beets killed two husbands. Now she's likely to become the first woman the state of Texas has ever executed