Jesse Jackson

Obama's Dallas Beachhead -- And the Food Ain't Bad, Either

The Top 10 Most Athletic Presidents in U.S. History

Channel surfing

The 1994 Dallas Video Festival mixes equal parts ineptitude and brilliance

Letters

The 1994 Dallas Video Festival mixes equal parts ineptitude and brilliance

A whiter shade of black

The 1994 Dallas Video Festival mixes equal parts ineptitude and brilliance

The House of Cottrell (Part I)

The untold story of bitterness and betrayal in black Dallas' royal family

All punk cons

Riot Squad breathes old life into a rotting corpse

Dynamic duo

Sapphic sistersslug it out with the mobin the terrific Bound

Dallas Confidential

The Texas Troubadour's Fatal Rendezvous and other amazing stories from the police department's cold case squad

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

Calling Jesse Jackson

Not even close

Letters

Not even close

Consider Yourself Entertained

Cedric hits the stage at Nokia

Something Happening Here

We're doing the hokey pokey on race and ethnicity. What's that all about?

The Man Who Would Be King

Freddy Haynes seemed a shoo-in to lead the NAACP. Then Obama's ex-pastor came to town.

Obama and Me

It was the year 2000, and I was a young, hungry reporter in Chicago with a young, hungry state legislator on my speed dial

Why is Hillary Neglecting Delegate-Rich Dallas County?

While Obama has events going on throughout the city, Clinton is nowhere to be found

Dallas Flashes Back to 1997

A Trinity River vote, the return of the Citizens Council, a corruption case at City Hall. Buzz is confused. Was this 2007 or 1997?

Former Warden Reconsiders Executions

Jim Willett oversaw 89 executions. Now, amidst dozens of DNA exonerations, he wonders whether it was right.

Wat Up, Dawg?

Michael Vick derails his career, divides the races and, hopefully, opens our eyes

Ice, Ice Maybe

Michael Vick derails his career, divides the races and, hopefully, opens our eyes

That's Not Fair

As the memoir boom winds down, authors are training their sights on sis and bro

The Reverend Pimp

As the memoir boom winds down, authors are training their sights on sis and bro

Sour Town

You think Dallas City Council is nuts? Well, yeah, but look at Garland.

Poor and Pitiful

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This Teardown Town

South Dallas' history is in danger of being demolished, so why are so few protecting it?

Cut Rate

The intentions outweigh the execution in Ice Cube's Barbershop

Sly Foxx

He steals Ali, but will Hollywood give Jamie Foxx a shot at the title?

Straight Talk

Soul 73 KKDA's Millie Jackson tells it how it is, no matter what that happens to be

Hop online

Is Russell Simmons' 360HipHop.com the best hope to bring hip-hop culture onto the Internet?

Killing machine

It is 6:07 p.m. John Albert Burks salutes the Oakland Raiders and says goodbye to his friends. Minutes later, he is a dead man. This year's 21st execution.

Black, white, and blue

Dallas' African-American cops say they are being unfairly disciplined by a racist department. The numbers suggest they're right.

A time to listen

Clinton's Austin speech posed a clear-eyed counterpoint to the Million Man March

The Top 10 Couples I'd Like to See on DWTS

​Granted, it would force me to actually watch the ridiculousy cheesy show, but I'd be willing to stomach Dancing With The Stars' sequins and sass and smarminess of Tom Bergeron if only I could orchestrate whom was boogieing down with whom. Following in the "Foxtrot" footsteps of Emmitt S ... More >>

Former Dallas Cowboys Running Back Ron Springs' Tale of Triumph Takes a Sad Detour Through Stagnation and Litigation

​Granted, it would force me to actually watch the ridiculousy cheesy show, but I'd be willing to stomach Dancing With The Stars' sequins and sass and smarminess of Tom Bergeron if only I could orchestrate whom was boogieing down with whom. Following in the "Foxtrot" footsteps of Emmitt S ... More >>

So There Are Celebrities in Town: A Round-Up of Some Famous Faces on Super Party Circuit

All photos WireImageAshton Kutcher, Demi Moore and noted comedy genius Justin Timberlake at the Rachovsky House​Woke up this morning to find some last-night souvenirs in the in-box -- some, from the Audi Forum at the Rachovsky House on Preston and Northwest Highway, which the car-maker's taken ove ... More >>

Does My Smoking Pot Support Mexican Cartels?

And why don't more Mexis appear on television news talk shows?

Purple Hazed

Pledge took beating, not oath, to become Omega Psi Phi.

Sons of Confederate Vets Commander: Perry "Playing Politician" By Denouncing Vanity Plate

​Gov. Rick Perry's record on racial issues has always been a little complicated. Earlier this month, there was that dust-up over his family's Paint Creek hunting lease, which Schutze thought unfairly loaded up Perry's shoulders with Southern-boy baggage. But back in 1990, during his run for ag ... More >>