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Who is Hasan Piker: The Republican Midterm Convention’s apparent sexiest man alive
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (435+ words) Best things to do in Dallas this week, Sept. 7 – 13 Neilson Barnard, Getty Images If you’ve been on the highway in the last 24 hours, then you know the Republican Midterm Convention, hosted by the Republican National Committee, is in Dallas this…...
Demolishing City Hall would continue the city's erasure of its civil rights history
1+ week, 4+ day ago (959+ words) Best things to do in Dallas this week, Aug. 31 – Sept. 6 Historian and author Dr. Michael Phillips, SMU Professor Dr. Rick Halperin and Hadi Jawad, co-founder and president of Human Rights Dallas, submitted the op-ed below on Dallas City Hall’s position…...
Colorado school district rejects controversial reading curriculum because of errors, Texas focus
1+ week, 6+ day ago (699+ words) How the Observer funds our journalism. And why we need your help. On Aug. 12, elementary schools in a small southwestern Colorado district stopped using a controversial reading curriculum developed by the state of Texas. It was the third day of…...
As evictions rise, Dallas may cut an advocacy program it failed to fund last year
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1362+ words) How the Observer funds our journalism. And why we need your help. In 2025, the city of Dallas budgeted nearly $1 million toward an eviction advocacy program, although those funds never materialized. Now, officials have suggested scrapping the program entirely. Dallas is…...
Breaking up with your loser boyfriend costs at least $7K in Texas
2+ week, 5+ day ago (406+ words) How the Observer funds our journalism. And why we need your help. We’ve all had at least one really messy breakup. There’s no character-building experience quite like packing up all your things and moving out of your shared one-bedroom apartment....
CORRECTION: Kid Rock is the biggest douchebag of all time
3+ week, 1+ day ago (839+ words) How the Observer funds our journalism. And why we need your help. An unfortunate truth of journalism is that occasionally, and embarrassingly, incorrect information is reported. It’s exceedingly rare, but it’s of the utmost importance for publications to correct their…...
Military sexual trauma survivors can’t sue the government. A new bill could change that.
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1521+ words) How the Observer funds our journalism. And why we need your help. Michael Heckman, III Corps PAO / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain When Mayra Diaz opened the door of her Army barracks room in 2022, she didn’t realize it was the beginning…...
WTF is happening to the Garland Road Dickey’s space?
4+ week, 2+ day ago (431+ words) How the Observer funds our journalism. And why we need your help. The Observer has a column — the Weekly WTF — in which readers submit burning questions about anything related to North Texas. And then we find out. It’s fun, and…...
Le Sol lives on: City council approves experimental recreation club in Oak Cliff
1+ mon, 6+ hour ago (575+ words) How the Observer funds our journalism. And why we need your help. How would you feel if suddenly one day, two homes on your street transformed into a mecca for the neighborhood’s most meditation-minded, the hipsters, the edgy entrepreneurs? If…...
Mark Lamster’s 'Welcome to Paradox City' finds poetry in Dallas contradictions
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (648+ words) How the Observer funds our journalism. And why we need your help. Provided by Deep Vellum Publishing Mark Lamster still remembers the first time Dallas entered his imagination. It wasn’t a skyline. It wasn’t a building. It was a helicopter…...