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wants to read Rehab on the Range by Holly M. Karibo

Holly M. Karibo: Rehab on the Range (2024, University of Texas Press) No rating

The first study of the Fort Worth Narcotic Farm, an institution that played a critical …

Inside the political rise of Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare

“They no longer feel like they have to compromise,” said Whitley, who recently endorsed Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president and U.S. Rep. Colin Allred of Texas in the U.S. Senate race. “You either vote with these people 100% of the time, or you’re their enemy.”

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https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/11/texas-tarrant-county-tim-ohare-far-right/

When the True Texas Project initially publicized the organization’s bday at the venue, the Botanical Gardens stated the event would not be held there— following a story by the Tribune that outlined the event’s agenda, which included sessions on “Multiculturalism & The War On White America” and “Great Replacement Theory,” and “top-down” government under biblical “natural law.”

Formally the NE Tarrant Tea Party, The TTP was added to a national list of extremist groups in 2022. 👇

“Here we are in downtown Fort Worth, a place I had visited so many times ... and never did I learn about this man and what happened here. We have no idea about the ghosts that are walking the streets of Tarrant County.”

Retracing the steps of a Texan lynched in 1921 requires a trip through dark days in state history. From the March/April issue of our magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/fort-worths-forgotten-lynching-in-search-of-fred-rouse/

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Locals in the historic Forth Worth neighborhood were interested in the proposed Juneteenth museum ... but what they really needed was a grocery store, a health clinic and a pharmacy. Architects and civic leaders worked together to make the new site a part of the community.

From Correspondent James Russell, in our magazine:
https://www.texasobserver.org/juneteenth-museum-fort-worth-opal-lee?utm_campaign=mastodon

A rendering of the Juneteenth Museum site shows a cluster of matching homes with glass facades and pointed, gabled roofs around a central courtyard with sculptural trees. Rendered people rest, talk and explore the site.