AltWeeklies Wire
Dallas' Letot Center Helps to Stop the Sex Tradenew
Every week, the Center takes in girls as young as 13 who are part of a thriving underground sex trade that stretches from Miami to Los Angeles.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
11-17-2008 |
Sex
Polygamy and Menew
Seven months have passed since the polygamist raid in Eldorado, but for one mainstream Mormon, the effects linger.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
11-03-2008 |
Religion
Wheels of Justice in Dallas County Public Defender's Office Grind Up a Few Lawyersnew
Lawyer Mike Howard, one of five felony attorneys who have left the office in the last month, says an overburdened caseload drove him out.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
09-15-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Texas Woman Fights Abuse at the State's Schools for the Mentally Retardednew
Her son was beaten up by an angry caregiver at Denton State School.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
08-05-2008 |
Science
Freddy Haynes Seemed a Shoo-In to Lead the NAACP ... So What Happened?new
Haynes' commitment to Rev. Jeremiah Wright's brand of theology -- the very thing that had shaped his ministry and brought him so much success -- may have derailed his chance to lead the nation's oldest civil rights organization.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
06-17-2008 |
Race & Class
Teaching Teens How to Parent and Stop Having Childrennew
Battling the highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation, Texas counselors have their work cut out.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
04-21-2008 |
Sex
Battle Against Teaching Evolution in Texas Beginsnew
Should creationism win out, textbooks throughout the country -- not just Texas -- will challenge the theory of evolution in science curricula.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
03-24-2008 |
Education
Families Blame Dallas' VA Hospital for Two Vets' Suicidesnew
They're putting the troubled institution back in the spotlight. In 2005, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs ranked the hospital the worst VA facility in the country. Dallas VA spokesperson Susan Poff says the hospital has cleaned up its act since then, but family members of both men remain unconvinced.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
02-12-2008 |
War
Gentrification Welcomed by Some Dallas Artistsnew
To keep the Deep Ellum neighborhood alive, artists say change is necessary.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
01-22-2008 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Weed Killersnew
DEA agents see Mexican cartels behind huge pot farms here.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
08-27-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
Old-time Religion Confronts 21st-century Texas Prisonsnew
Does the InnerChange Freedom Initiative work, and is it constitutional?
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
05-01-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Texas' Stem Cell Stance Could Have Economic Effectsnew
If Texas continues to essentially criminalize stem cell research, the state could lose out on billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
04-24-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
By Selling Cockfighting Mags, Is Amazon.com Breaking the Law?new
One man joins the Humane Society in a quest to get the online retail giant to stop selling cockfighting material.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
03-20-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Inside America's Drug War at the Juarez House of Deathnew
A dozen men were tortured, killed and buried in a small house in Juarez -- three years later, the U.S. government is still trying to cover up what happened.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
03-13-2007 |
Drugs
Tags: Drugs
From the Ground Upnew
Central Dallas Ministries helps the poor find their own bootstraps.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
01-08-2007 |
Religion
Tags: religion
