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We learned a lot about ourselves over the past year and a half. Life paths, career choices, how to disappoint a sourdough starter or cross-stitch pattern. Some leaned on the importance of family while others found sanity in solitude.

The NCAA says that the essence of college football is that players don't get paid; a supreme court justice called foul and likened it to saying food from low-paid cooks tastes better.

Restaurants Need Customers to Prefer Food from Better-Paid Cooks

By Brian Reinhart

That thought crossed my mind for the first time recently. It’s surprising not just because he’s a Supreme Court justice appointed in ultra-controversial circumstances, but because he was talking about restaurants.

The current board and commission appointees' terms end in September, but City Council member Paul Ridley wants them replaced before then.

Paul Ridley Won the District 14 Race. Now, the Old Appointees Won't Leave.

By Jacob Vaughn

City Council member Paul Ridley beat David Blewett with 61% of the vote in District 14, despite the raising a fraction of the funds. Now, Ridley is having trouble getting his opponents' board and commission appointees to step down for his replacements.

Body camera footage showed Arlington Police officer Ravinder Singh killing Margarita "Maggie" Brooks during a welfare check. A lawsuit filed by Brooks' father this month raises questions about police's role in conducting welfare checks and responding to mental health crises.

Arlington Police Went to Conduct a Welfare Check. It Ended Fatally.

By Michael Murney

Just about everyone around Arlington's Seville Commons shopping center knew Margarita "Maggie" Brooks and her dog. Brooks, 30, and her boyfriend had been living on the streets, but she had earned a reputation in the area as a "good hearted person," said Larry Hamilton, who lives nearby and knew her...

Pictured is David Rodriguez, 13, and his brother Santos in 1973, only months before Santos was murdered by a Dallas police officer.

Will Dallas Also Name a Street After Santos Rodriguez?

By Jacob Vaughn

Santos Rodriguez was killed in 1973 by a Dallas cop who tried to get him to confess to an $8 vending machine robbery with a Russian-roulette interrogation. It took 40 years for the Rodriguez family to get an apology from a Dallas mayor. It took them 48 years to get an apology from the city's top cop. Now, people wonder if a street should be named after Santos.

A supposed social justice campaign targeting Highland Park has raised more questions than answers

Flyers Threatening White HP Parents Who Send Their Kids to the Ivy League Reek of Fakeness

By Steven Monacelli

As soon as Casie Tomlin found the FedEx envelope in her mailbox, she knew something looked fishy. Inside, a flyer from a group called Dallas Justice Now urged parents in Dallas’ wealthy — and largely white — Highland Park and University Park suburbs to not send their kids to Ivy...

Texas congressman Louie Gohmert on C-SPAN. Gohmert wants the federal government to let him and his republican colleagues monitor the investigation of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attacks.

Louie Gohmert Takes On the Criminal Justice System, Kind Of

By Michael Murney

America’s criminal justice system is rigged, exacting punishment and inhumane imprisonment disproportionately upon certain targeted groups, U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert contends. The victims of this oppressive system? Trump supporters like him, of course. In a Monday tweet, Gohmert wrote, “Sadly, two systems of justice exist in America today: one for...

Zach Person is excited to pick up his guitar and play for live audiences again.

We Need a Guitar Hero, and Zach Person Is Among a Crop of Austin Musicians Ready to Step In

By Alex Gonzalez

Zach Person was a skateboarding kid in North Carolina when his friends turned him on to the music of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. He was enticed by the sounds of the electric guitar, and when he began to take lessons, he took inspiration from BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughn and...

A new art and history exhibit from the Smithsonian Institute called Men of Change that celebrates African American men is now open at the African American Museum of Dallas in Fair Park.

African American Museum of Dallas Hosts New Smithsonian Exhibit Men of Change

By Danny Gallagher

Artist Patrick Earl Hammie says the opportunity given to him by the Smithsonian Institute to display his portraits of prominent African American artists Romare Bearden and Khande Wiley wasn't just a chance to showcase his talent in its new touring exhibit. It's also an opportunity to show who he is as...

Tips for good karma might prove more lucrative than for handing over a can of Diet Coke.

Stop With the (Tip) Flip: Has Counter Service Tipping Gone Too Far?

By Kristina Rowe

You walk up to the counter and order a burger and fries, swipe your card to pay for it and what’s this? The cashier swivels the screen around with suggested options for tipping. 15%? 20%?

Barred from the Olympics after testing positive for cannabis, track star Sha'Carri Richardson is winning friends in high places.

Dallas Track Star Sha'Carri Richardson Is the New Face of Beats By Dre

By Bryson "Boom" Paul

During Game 6 of the Milwaukee Bucks-Phoenix Suns NBA finals, Beats By Dre unveiled a commercial starring 21-year-old track superstar Sha'Carri Richardson, whose 10.86-second run recently set the record for the women's 100-yard dash at the U.S. Olympic track field trials only to be barred from the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games after...

Members of the Dallas Cred team, from left to right: Mar Butler, Debra Mendoza, Victor Alvelais, Tony Rodriquez, Damion Hall

Dallas Cred Wants to Help the City Heal

By Jacob Vaughn