Publications

Denton Record-Chronicle
**Denton, City of Arts and Racism

Village Voice
**East Village Residents Ponder a Changing Neighborhood After a Homeless Woman’s Death
**Pin Up School

Dallas Observer
After Hours of Testimony, Board Delays First Vote On Social Studies Textbooks
Unaccompanied Immigrant Kids Are Still Coming into Texas
Dallas City Council Doesn’t Think Construction Workers Deserve Rest or Water Breaks
**After First Round of Corrections, New Texas Textbooks Still Deny Climate Change
**DISD Focuses on Parents and Young Kids for Two-Generation Strategy to Reduce Poverty
After Banning Fracking, Denton Braces for Backlash from Drillers, a Bush and its Own Lawyer
Denton Fracking Ban Passes, But for How Long?
Texas’ Voter ID Law Hinders Some, Inspires Other Voters to Come Prepared — and Angry
Want Your Vote to Count? Think Local. Or Move to Wyoming.
Nonstop Electioneering Could Sway Last-Minute Decisions on Denton Fracking Ban
**Dallas Women Deal With Catcalls, Too
Underdog Anti-Frackers Struggle for Denton’s Vote, But Fight Could Swing Either Way
**To Keep Guns Off Campus, School Cops Count on Students and Social Media
Locals Protest That One Washington Football Team’s Name
**Gender-Neutral Restrooms Open at UNT
The Dallas Police Finally Started DNA-Testing Old Rape Kits — and Now, the Hard Part
News that Richardson Will Get an Ebola Center Doesn’t Spark Panic in the Streets
**B.S. Meter: Voter ID Law Upheld Because It’s Too Close to the November Election
Presby’s Nurses Announce Support for the Hospital But Secrecy Remains
Local Attorneys Gearing Up For Ebola Lawsuits
Dallas May Soon Declare Ebola Disaster But THERE’S STILL NO REASON TO PANIC!!
Presbyterian’s Nurses Are Pushing Back on the CDC and Hospital Over Handling of Ebola
Poor Bentley the Dog Needs You to Buy 67 Items From His Amazon Wish List
As It Fights Ebola, Presbyterian Sends Medical Students and Non-Essential Workers Home
Frackers Have Launched an Aggressive Campaign to Kill Denton’s Drilling Ban
DFW Congregations Offer Sanctuary to Prevent Low-Priority Deportations
Ebola Fear and Misinformation Is Still Weighing on the People of Vickery Meadow
**Dallas County Leads Texas in Women Killed in Domestic Violence Cases
**Thomas Eric Duncan’s Death Shows Ebola Is a Killer Wherever It Strikes
Governor’s Task Force Should Focus on Diseases You’re Much More Likely to Get than Ebola
**Top 10 Apps for Dallasites
**The Economics of a Fear Epidemic Vs. Ebola Epidemic
Dallas Parents Keeping Kids Home from School, and “Wondering How Much to Freak Out”
**Feds Allot $9 Million for Unaccompanied Kids’ Attorney Fees, But How Far Can That Money Go?
Things Are Tense at Presbyterian Right Now
Dallas ISD Puts Parents on High Alert for Ebola Symptoms as CDC Monitors Five Students
**Fracking Emission Carcinogens Found in Denton Playgrounds
Dallas ISD Prioritizes Pre-K (Just Don’t Ask How They’ll Pay For It)
Finding a Safe Space for Dallas’ Homeless LGBTQ Youth
How Do We Determine What Books Are and Are Not Appropriate For Kids?
**Why There Are 3,400 Homeless Students in Dallas ISD
**Texas Could Bring In $166 Million from Legalizing Marijuana, Man
DFW Has the Most Unregistered Eligible Voters, Making Dems and GOP Salivate
**Gun Purchases Drop in Texas, but More Really Old People May Be Packing
Entrepreneurs and Educated Workers Changing the Face of Texas’ Immigrant Population
Highland Park ISD Bans Books Because Sex
The North Texas School Districts That Still Allow Corporal Punishment, Mapped
State Board Proves Unwavering Loyalty to Biased TEKS Standards Twice This Week
UPDATE: Taco Bell Corporate Owner’s Banh Shop Near SMU Has Won’t Have Commie Logo
The DeSoto School District Paddled Students 227 Times Last Year, but Won’t Say How or Why
**Surprise Bills from Texas Emergency Rooms Enough to Give Even the Insured a Heart Attack
Proposed Texas Social Studies Textbooks Get Climate Change Wrong Too
**Highland Park May Be Just a Little Jealous of DISD’s Bilingual Students
**The Game “Fugitive” Probably Won’t Kill Your Children, Despite What You Read in the Media
SMU Academics Speak Out Against Political and Religious Bias in Texas Social Studies Textbooks
Inside Davis’ “Seductive” Plan to Boost Minimum Wage in Texas
The Financial Cost of Repairing North Texas VA Hospital’s Reputation
TEA Says Mega-Dallas School District Idea Is a Recipe for Disaster
**Texas Relaxes STAAR Expectations Because Kids Can’t Handle the Pressure
**State Rep. Jason Villalba Threatens to Split DISD if it Doesn’t Move Faster on Reform
Dallas Homeless Population Sees a Jump in Kids and Families, but Fewer Chronic Homeless
What Exactly Is Going On at Parkland’s Troubled Psych Wing?
Dallas County Will Help Pay for a Gun Surrender Program for Domestic Violence Offenders
It Really Sucks to Be a Woman in Texas
**Texas Highway Speeds Limits Are the Fastest, but Good Luck Hitting Them
**New AP U.S. History Test Infuriates Texas State Board of Ed Members
**New Grading Policy Makes It Really, Really Hard for Denton ISD Students to Fail
Dallasites without Voter IDs Are Generally Poor, Non-White and — Surprise! — Democrats
**Dallas’ Libraries, Among the Nation’s Worst Funded, May Actually Get Some More Money
One Grown-Up Immigrant Adjusts to American Life Post-Honduras — For Now
Who Wins a Race to DFW from Downtown Using a Car and DART During Rush Hour?
Plano Developers Won’t Let Homeowners Install Solar Panels Because They’re Just So Ugly
TWU’s On-Campus Housing Is So Overcrowded Students Have to Live at Holiday Inn
Dallas Construction Workers Want the City to Make Working Construction in Dallas Suck Less
++The Surge
Young People Still Hate Dallas
How Dallas’ Schools Are Preparing for the Surge of Kids from Central America
Texas Is Actually Considering (Slightly) Tighter Fracking Regulations
Texas Republican Leaders Think Gay Marriage Leads to Polygamy, Incest and Pedophilia
**Texas Home-Buyers Pay Highest Closing Costs in Country, Survey Says
Another Step Toward the Dallas to Houston 90-Minute Train, But Don’t Buy Your Ticket Yet
Recent Study Shows Poverty in DFW Suburbs Has Doubled in the Past 12 Years
Oak Cliff Veteran Found Dead After Exiting VA Hospital Despite Signs of Dementia
Hell Is I-35 This Weekend
Dallas County Will Not Shelter Thousands of Central American Kids After All
Breast Cancer Rates Are Higher In Flower Mound, but Officials Have No Idea Why
**In Dallas and Across Texas, Teachers Keep Leaving Jobs as Fast as They Take Them
When Kids Go to Dallas’ Immigration Court
Dallas’ Animal Services Department Is Hot, Tired, Cranky, and Killing Too Many Dogs
Out in The Colony, an Undercover Sting and a Sex-Trafficking Ring in an Unlikely Place
It Really Sucks to Be a Kid In Texas
Texas Cities Follow Dallas’ Lead and Stand Up to Payday Lenders. Is the State Next?
It’s Official: Perry to Send National Guard Troops to Border
Dallas Service Workers Can’t Wait for the Notoriously Bad Tippers of Mary Kay to Leave
**Decision to Shelter Immigrant Kids Brings Out More Protesters on Both Sides
Why Immigration Judges Say Cornyn and Cueller’s Solution to the Surge Won’t Work
The People Choosing Texas’ Social Studies Texts Don’t Know Enough about Social Studies
Where Migrant Kids Will Likely Live in Dallas
“Pill Mill” Pharmacist Sentenced, Doctor Who Wrote Fake Prescriptions for Homeless Is Next
**Plano Declares a Water Holiday. Why Waste it on your Lawn?
Starting Today, Some Texas Teachers Are Learning to Become Armed School Marshals
Welcome to the ‘Hood, Kids: Visiting the Grand Prairie School Expected to House Migrants
Two Dallas Chinese Buffet Magnates Were Screwing Their Tipped Workers, and They’re Not Alone
School Buses Are Terrible for the Environment, and Texas Is Sort of Doing Something About It
DART Zips to DFW Airport Just in Time To Attract Other, Better National Conventions
**First DFW Tollway Became Toll-Free After Debt Was Paid Off. Why Not the Others?
**Careful Coordination Leads to Successful Delivery of Quintuplets at Parkland
Dallas Preps for Incoming Immigrant Kids, But Will Obama’s Promise of Federal Funds Be Enough?
Park Cities Parents Want Their Kids to Read the Classics, Not These Newfangled Porn Novels
Dallas County Plans to House Thousands of New Child Migrants from Central America
Texas Increased Mental Health Funding, but Dallas Isn’t Getting the Money — and It Hurts
You Can Now Drink at SMU Football Games, But You’ll Be Doing So with Wine-Sipping Alumni
Dallas County Has More Gun Stores Than Museums and Libraries (Map)
**It Really Sucks to Be Mentally Ill in Texas
It Really Sucks to Be Old in Texas
As Texas Shakes and Regulators Stall, Midland Will Have its Water and Frack Too
Dallas County Accidentally Approved a Resolution Calling for Slavery Reparations
You Can Find Out If You Live Near Explosive Chemicals Even If Texas Won’t Tell You
As the Central American Kids Flooding Texas Get Younger, Lawyers Struggle to Help Them
Texas’ Only Nuclear Waste Dump Wants to Triple Capacity and Slash its Liability Insurance
New Police Computer System Error Sets Three Inmates Free
The Feds Will Investigate Dallas County’s Use of AIDS Funds, Even If the County Won’t Admit It
Oh, Crap: Doctors Remove Wrong Kidney in Arlington Man
Plano Is Threatening to Close a Women’s Shelter Because It Shelters Too Many Women
Two North Texas Politicians Made Anti-Muslim Comments This Week, and Both Still Have Jobs
Meet the “Goon Squad,” One Big, Allegedly Drug-Dealing and Robbing North Texas Family
After Flirting with Moderation, Texas GOP Moves Further Right on Immigration
Texas Republicans Debate Immigration, as “The Future of the Party Hangs in the Balance”
As Dallas Courts the Republican Convention, the City’s Secret Weapon May Be Texas Demographics
Texas Is Getting Hotter Faster Than Almost Any State in the Country
The Average Dallasite Wasted 59 Hours of Life in Traffic Last Year
The Hidden Cash Craze Arrived in Dallas with Much Less Cash and Much Less Chaos

Mobile Marketer
Reaching college students on mobile requires innovation
Sports and mobile marketing: A no-brainer for content, interactive experiences

KUT News (Austin NPR Affiliate)
History Geeks Rejoice: George Washington’s Inauguration Bible Visits Austin On Tour
##UT-Austin Students Counter-Protest ‘Catch an Illegal Immigrant’ Game
On America Recycles Day, UT Students Go for the Record with Box Castle
Study: Texas Cities Lead the Nation For Careers After Military
Veterans Day 2013: What’s Open, What’s Closed and What’s Going On
Election Day Forecast: Voter Turnout, ID Law and Thunderstorms
Early Voting Underway: What Voters Need to Know for the Nov. 5 Election
##Can Runners, Cyclists and Dogs Coexist on Auditorium Shores?
Investigation Into West, Texas Explosion Stopped Due to Shutdown
Which Texas Congress Members Are Taking a Salary During the Shutdown?
Austin Showers Taper Off; City Opens Roads, Parks Still Closed; APD Officer Killed in Crash
Austin City Limits 2013: Road Closures, Transportation, Public Safety & More
State Points to ‘Federal Glitch’ that Could Delay Some Children’s Health Coverage
##Six Ways a Federal Government Shutdown Affects Austin
Imagine a Permanent Farmers Market in Downtown Austin
See the First Austin Prices for Health Insurance in the ‘Obamacare’ Marketplace
You Can Visit Over 40 Places this Austin Museum Day – For Free
UT Engineering School Graduates Record Number of Minorities
Best Selling Authors Top 2013 Texas Book Festival Lineup
After BYU Blowout, Longhorns Sack Defensive Coach Diaz
Photos: Austin Pride Parade 2013

The Texas Observer
House Passes Budget As Session Deadline Nears
No Sweat: Water Fund Resolution Passes the House
Guv for Life: Why the Texas House Ran Away from Term Limits
‘Only One Life’: Confronting LGBTQ Discrimination in the Workplace
Texas Closer to Banning Driving While Texting
Texas on the Brink: Too Few Graduates, Too Many Uninsured
Rep. Tom Craddick Wants to Regulate Payday Loans
Banishing the Breast Cancer-Abortion Link Draws Bipartisan Support
Tyrant’s Foe: Mothers Against Teen Violence Founder Helps Families Heal
Texas House Advances Big-Dollar Water Fund Bill
A Permanent Solution for the Ailing Texas Parks System?
Bad Bill: Drug Testing Welfare Applicants
At Emotional Hearing, Victims Urge Ban on Texting While Driving
Faith Leaders Rally for Bipartisan Support of Medicaid Expansion
Coleman and Janek Debate Responsibility over State’s Uninsured
Bikers Rally at the Capitol for Tougher Highway Safety Laws, Their Own Personal Freedoms
Guns Across America: Texas Officials Lead Gun Rights Protest at the State Capitol
Transparency, Seniority on Reps. Minds During House Rules Debate
Perry: When Business Profits, We All Profit
Cruz: Republicans Must Win the Argument
Texas Legislature Reconvenes for a Strange, but Peaceful, Day One
Yes, Texas, There Is a Santa Claus
Rancho Alegre Attempts to Revive Interest in Conjunto and Tejano
Faces of the Election
Voted for the Very First Time
A Testimonia from San Antonio
In Search of a Home

The Daily Texan

Co-op Market Doesn’t Cut It
Plastic Bags vs. Women’s Lives
It Ain’t Over ‘Til the Singer Gets a Job
Does Freedom Ring?

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