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  Fort Worth Magazine Publisher Says Magazine Isn’t Racist ... Just Classist

  March 17 at 4 a.m.

  On Feb. 19, a Fort Worth artist named Choke made a post calling out Fort Worth Magazine for its lack of diversity. At first, the artist says she simply meant to share a photo of the issue's cover, as her friend had worked on its art, but she took issue with...

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  Google Has Maimed Texas Press, New Report Says

  March 16 at 4 a.m.

  Over the last decade and a half, the American press has been bloodied and battered, pushed to the end of its rope by vulture capitalism, evolving technology and economic shocks like the 2008 housing crisis. There was a time when it was hard to own a newspaper and not make...

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  Dear Ken Paxton, Please Make Alex Jones Shut Up Before Somebody Gets Killed

  March 13 at 4 a.m.

  Alex Jones is out here trying to get people killed. The Austin-based conspiracy theorist got arrested for drunk driving this week after his wife called Austin cops to report a domestic disturbance. On Infowars, Jones' dystopian nightmare of a website, the man who disputed whether the Sandy Hook massacre actually...

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  Robert Wilonsky Is Quitting The Dallas Morning News

  March 11 at 3:57 p.m.

  Robert Wilonsky's column Thursday in The Dallas Morning News will be his last as the paper's full-time city columnist. After more than 30 years working for the Observer, LA Weekly and the Morning News, Wilonsky is moving on. He's taking a new day job as the communications director for Dallas' Heritage...

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  Dallas Restaurants and Bars Pay Homage to the Leaning Tower of Dallas

  February 28 at 4 a.m.

  Everyone loves it when the underdog, the little man — the old and forgotten — takes one on the chin and keeps standing. The city, and possibly world, have developed an odd and curious fascination with this elevator shaft and it’s little wrecking ball sidekick. It’s an ode to endurance...

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  Two Plays in North Texas Are Pushing, Prodding and Supporting Local Journalism

  February 27 at 4 a.m.

  Journalism has been a popular subject recently with theater-makers in North Texas. This past fall, Stage West Theatre in Fort Worth produced the snappy, witty play Lifespan of a Fact, in which an essayist and a fact checker go head-to-head over the factual accuracy of the essayist’s latest work. Now,...