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  • Blogs

    May 25, 2012

    Mike Rawlings Wants to Shoot Southern Dallas With Bullets. Of Economic Development.

    When I wrote yesterday about Mayor Mike backtracking from his backtrack on the Trinity Toll Road, I glossed over the real purpose of his visit to the Oak Cliff Chamber, which was to pitch his GrowSouth initiative. For the uninitiated, GrowSouth is the plan to revitalize southern Dallas, which Rawli ... More >>

  • News

    March 15, 2012

    As Dallas Boarding Homes Struggle, City Hall Sits on its Hands

    Texas lawmakers gave cities the power to regulate homes for the mentally ill -- but so far, Dallas hasn't used it.

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    Mayor Mike Rawlings: "South Dallas Is Not a Charity Case. It's A Business Opportunity."

    Photos by Anna Merlan​For months, Mayor Mike Rawlings has made it clear that he's got his eye on Southern Dallas. This afternoon, as promised, was the first of three public presentations he'll give on his Southern Dallas Economic Growth Plan, which played to a packed house of bigwigs at the So ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    David Liebe Hart Talks About His Role In Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie and Other Bizarre Stuff

    David Liebe Hart​Through his work on Los Angeles-based public access television program Junior Christian Science Bible Lesson Show, actor/musician David Liebe Hart began working with cohort Adam Papagan as well as catching the eye of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, creators of the Adult Swim pro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    Sore Losers and Mind Spiders Among First Round Of Bands Announced For SXSW 2012

    ​Considering that pre-South by Southwest bash 35 Denton announced its first round of performers last week, I guess it makes sense, then, that the Austin fest would announce its own first round of performers this week -- and that their list is indeed larger than 35 Denton's list of 17 names, clocki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    The Inland Port Is Still Screwed. Score One for the Perots.

    ​I guess if you took a pickax and a fire hose to it, you could have dug out a little bit of the truth from this morning's City Hall briefing on the inland port, but you needed to have your tall rubber boots on. Before we wade into the bullshit, please allow me to tell you what's really going ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    The Black Police Association vs. The Dallas Morning News (And a Few Others Too)

    "Cocksucker?" "Asshole?" You're working for the wrong paper, Tanya.​The Black Police Association of Greater Dallas, which represents the area's black police officers, is waging a serious PR campaign against The Dallas Morning News and journalist Tanya Eiserer, a longtime criminal justice reporter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Carter High, Once a State Champ, Turns to An Old Friend to Help Win Back the Neighborhood

    Patrick Williams, Class of '91, was a running back on Carter's state-title team.​Football coaches, even the high school kind, can be angry men. This is especially true early in the season, when their lives, from their standpoint anyway, are just one big shit salad of false starts and bad reads ... More >>

  • News

    March 31, 2011

    Mayor Dwaine Caraway still doesn't get how he abused the system.

    Patrick Williams, Class of '91, was a running back on Carter's state-title team.​Football coaches, even the high school kind, can be angry men. This is especially true early in the season, when their lives, from their standpoint anyway, are just one big shit salad of false starts and bad reads ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    They're From the Business Community and Here to Help You. Yeah, Right.

    ​The Reverend Gerald Britt Jr. of Central Dallas Ministries (now called "CitySquare" for some unfathomable reason) had an op-ed in The Dallas Morning News yesterday that made my heart ache. Britt, a good guy deeply dedicated to southern Dallas, recited all the recent population numbers that s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    This Christmas, All this Family Wants is for NFL Running Back Ricky Williams to Know He's Got A Home in Dallas

    Photos by Patrick MichelsRoss Williams, right, has been running right along with Ricky Williams through his football career, trying to convince the 1998 Heisman Trophy winner that he's his real father. Ross's brother Ray Williams, his daughters Patricia and Vernice and the rest of his family have jo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    Natinsky Shares Caraway's Enthusiasm for Memorial as Money-Maker

    Ron Natinsky​So, then, back to Memorial Auditorium for a moment. But only because council member Ron Natinsky shares with Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway the hope that sooner than later, the city can and will give the venerable arena a makeover and begin marketing it as an alternative to the Nokia Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Owner of Lake Cliff District Home Can't Blame City, Bank For Calling In the Bulldozers

    500 E. 6th Street in the Lake Cliff Historic District​Henry Spruiell does not disagree with the city of Dallas: The house he owns at 500 E. 6th Street in the Lake Cliff Historic District does indeed pose what's known as an "imminent threat to public health and safety" and probably should be torn d ... More >>

  • News

    December 17, 2009

    Civility is the Last Thing the DISD Board Needs

    500 E. 6th Street in the Lake Cliff Historic District​Henry Spruiell does not disagree with the city of Dallas: The house he owns at 500 E. 6th Street in the Lake Cliff Historic District does indeed pose what's known as an "imminent threat to public health and safety" and probably should be torn d ... More >>

  • Music

    July 23, 2009

    Dorrough’s Smash Hit “Ice Cream Paint Job” Is Pushing Dallas Hip-Hop Past Its Instructional Dance Song Phase

    500 E. 6th Street in the Lake Cliff Historic District​Henry Spruiell does not disagree with the city of Dallas: The house he owns at 500 E. 6th Street in the Lake Cliff Historic District does indeed pose what's known as an "imminent threat to public health and safety" and probably should be torn d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Yeah, But What If Baseball Went To The European Football Table?

    I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top ... More >>

  • Music

    July 2, 2009

    Rock With You

    I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2009

    Richard Allen brings jobs to the black community.That makes him racist?

    I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    February 25, 1989: Where Were You?

    We celebrated God's Coach with a Devil's Night. Was that wrong?I was at Valley Ranch, a 24-year-old piss-ant reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Only a couple years removed from punching holes in my college apartment walls when the Dallas Cowboys lost, I was totally unprepared and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Echoes and Reverberations: Loco Gringos Vivir Para Siempre en Nuestros Corazones

    For more photos, album art and show posters, check out our slideshow here.Dallas bands are usually judged within the context of their efforts and accomplishments. Some spend stupid money on hair care products and aspire to a label deal; other bands actually rehearse and wanna make an important art ... More >>

  • News

    December 25, 2008

    Port Whine: Delays on Inland Port Part of Familiar Pattern

    On a clear day, you can see why development in southern Dallas has been screwed forever

  • News

    December 11, 2008

    What's Commish John Wiley Price's Real Beef With the Inland Port?

    On a clear day, you can see why development in southern Dallas has been screwed forever

  • News

    August 21, 2008

    What a Drag

    Not long ago a rising All-Star, Josh Howard is suddenly regressing professionally and personally

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2008

    Mayor Tom: Man, What An Amazing Year! And It's Gonna Get Awesomer.

    Not long ago a rising All-Star, Josh Howard is suddenly regressing professionally and personally

  • News

    May 10, 2007

    Old-Time Religion and New Americans

    Hispanic evangelical leaders join to push for compassionate immigration reform

  • News

    December 14, 2006

    The Hunted

    Minutemen train their sights on a new target: Hispanic day laborers

  • News

    September 28, 2006

    Boshketball

    Dallas hoops legend comes home to spread good in the 'hood

  • News

    September 7, 2006

    Cruising With the Whore Cop

    Officer Terry Peters knows just about every hooker in town. And they love him--because he keeps them alive.

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2006

    Going Down in Downtown

    Officer Terry Peters knows just about every hooker in town. And they love him--because he keeps them alive.

  • News

    July 7, 2005

    The One That Got Away

    In a Lancaster gym, Greg Hatley is raising boxing champions, but the best fighter he ever saw isn't among them

  • News

    June 9, 2005

    This Teardown Town

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

  • News

    February 24, 2005

    BBQ Sauce for the Soul

    When he's not catering for the president, barbecue maven Eddie Deen caters to the spirits of the indigent

  • News

    July 8, 2004

    DART Guns

    Transit agency kisses off gunplay story

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Rude Boy

    The life and times of John Soldier

  • News

    September 4, 2003

    Ted's Excellent Adventure

    City manager fires chief, finds self in hell

  • Calendar

    May 22, 2003

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    City manager fires chief, finds self in hell

  • News

    August 15, 2002

    Bad News, Good News

    The Texas-bred Amber Plan for missing kids works and is spreading

  • Best of Dallas

    September 20, 2001

    He's Got the Hook

    Carl Savering, actor and repo man

  • News

    November 18, 1999

    Dissed robes

    On the prosecution-biased Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, justice isn't blind. It's dumb.

  • News

    November 12, 1998

    Beat down

    Dallas' hip-hop scene is more vital than ever, but you'd never know it: no clubs, no radio, no major-label deals. But the musicians, some of this city's best, refuse to give up.

  • News

    September 18, 1997

    Soul food & crackers

    How two black Dallas men learned to love the lily-white Republic of Texas--especially the part about phony checks and payment-free plastic

  • News

    September 4, 1997

    Aural Sex

    Holly Mullen meets Dunham and Miller, the radio jocks whose sports talk show leaves Dallas women panting for more

  • News

    November 7, 1996

    Babes in Boyland

    Her left hook is suspect, but Darla Johnson is a knockout. Ring rats at The Nuway Athletic Club think there should be more boxers just like her.

  • News

    August 1, 1996

    Trail of Tears

    Ruth Smith set out to enshrine a Cherokee battleground and started a war of her own

  • News

    June 6, 1996

    Kiss and Tell

    Author and screenwriter Harry Preston reflects upon a career spent traveling from here to obscurity

  • Calendar

    April 25, 1996

    Events for the week

    Author and screenwriter Harry Preston reflects upon a career spent traveling from here to obscurity

  • News

    February 29, 1996

    Letters

    Author and screenwriter Harry Preston reflects upon a career spent traveling from here to obscurity

  • News

    March 9, 1995

    In The Name Of The Father

    Sheryl Lew Sterrett, daughter of a Dallas political icon, charts her own New Age course

  • News

    January 5, 1995

    Talking trash

    Ferris' landfill stays in limbo--while state regulators fight among themselves

  • News

    November 10, 1994

    The Trashing of Ferris, Texas

    When a giant came to a tiny town, it soon became clear that almost everyone has a price.

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