“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.”
Top story: When Fort Worth activist Opal Lee was invited in 2021 to stand alongside President Joe Biden as he signed the bill making #Juneteenth a federal holiday, “I could’ve done a holy dance,” the 97-year-old told the Texas Observer recently. “But the kids said they didn’t want me twerking.” https://www.texasobserver.org/juneteenth-museum-fort-worth-opal-lee/
It's the last day of the stock show. The news was showing those sweet fluffy cows at auction.
If you've never walked through the barns, the kids use blow dryers and fancy cow hairspray to make them all fluffy. They are just lovely, and well cared for.
Locals in the historic Fort 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.
"When Fort Worth activist Opal Lee was invited in 2021 to stand alongside President Joe Biden as he signed the bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday, “I could’ve done a holy dance,” the 97-year-old told the Texas Observer recently. “But the kids said they didn’t want me twerking.”"
Suspected gas leak and mass casualty incident in Fort Worth, Texas at the Sandman Hotel. Eleven injured, 9 transported,;1 critical 2 serious, the rest minor. Apparently concern about things going around "social media" #FortWorth#MCI#Texas#explosion
I need a #job. Since August, I've been living in the #Dallas / #fortworth area, applying to all sorts of jobs online but without success. I just spent over an hour applying to a #supermarket job that doesn't pay enough to afford rent. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. I'm studying IT support, A+ certification, #Python, and am good with #arabic
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A video of neo-nazis dining at Torchy's Tacos went viral on TikTok and Twitter. The same hate group was seen outside an #LGBTQIA+ affirming church in the #Dallas area.
Texas Observer has identified four neo-nazi's recently active in the #Dallas/Fort Worth area, associated with the hate group Goyim Defense League, two of whom recently appeared in a viral TikTok video taken at an area taqueria.
The Tarrant County Commissioners' Court Tuesday reallocated millions initially set aside for housing and education to a law enforcement project and a private prison contract.
Public meeting spaces at libraries in almost every major city in #Texas, and many smaller ones, saw 'Brave Books' events this weekend, which promoted this extremist publisher's storybooks under the guise of freedom of speech. The events were supported by Citizens Defending Freedom, aka 'Moms for Liberty in Suits' which is simultaneously seeking to ban 100s of books in #FortWorth.