AltWeeklies Wire
Paint by Numbersnew
AltWeeklies Award - Arts Feature
Dallas Observer |
Andrea Grimes |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
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
Dallas Has a Real-Life 'House' in Dr. Richard Buchnew
Some call Dr. Buch a troubled genius. His ex-patients and hospital bosses call him trouble.
Dallas Observer |
Glenna Whitley |
04-14-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Down-and-Dirty Developers Want Into Dallas' Inner Citynew
As the city council looks at rezoning, we're wary of the quick-money guys.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
04-14-2008 |
Housing & Development
Family Court Judge Sheds Light on Unfair Child Support Practices in Texasnew
Judge David Hanschen lets men challenge whether the kids they support are theirs. And the Texas Attorney General's Office is pissed.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
04-07-2008 |
Children & Families
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
Pentecostal Preacher Sherman Allen Turns Out to Be Reverend Spankynew
The Forth Worth preacher is accused of beating, threatening and assaulting women for more than 20 years.
Dallas Observer |
Julie Lyons |
02-25-2008 |
Religion
Tags: religion
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
Life After DNA Exonerationnew
After 27 years in prison, DNA exoneree Charles Chatman tries to pick up the pieces and catch up with a world that has left him behind.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
02-12-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Patrolling South Texas for Illegal Immigrantsnew
Border Patrolman Jorge Diaz left Mexico at 12. For 20 years, he's trolled the South Texas brush for illegal compatriots.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
01-28-2008 |
Immigration
DART Made a Billion-Dollar Goofnew
New train lines to cost $1 billion more than promised.
Dallas Observer |
Jim Schutze |
01-28-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Sharon Keller is Texas' Judge Dreadnew
When Sharon Keller turned off the clock on a Death Row inmate's last-gasp appeal, she became the most vilified judge in Texas.
Dallas Observer |
Matt Pulle |
01-22-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
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
Cuban Detour to Texasnew
Cubans reroute to Mexico before heading north to the U.S.
Dallas Observer |
Russell Cobb and Paul Knight |
01-14-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Tex-Mex Horse Meatnew
Horse slaughtering has stopped in Texas, but the horses are still dying -- now in Mexico.
Dallas Observer |
Megan Feldman |
01-14-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
