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Jasmine Crockett Hopes Fighting for all Texans leads to Congressional Seat

by Steven MonacelliDecember 23, 2021December 23, 2021

By Tyler Carter
Freshman state house representative Jasmine Crockett may be young in politics, but her verve is igniting voters who want to see a more progressive movement embody the political arena in Texas.

Culture, The Edit

OP-ED: Over A Century Later, Dallas’s ‘Strange Fruit’ Yields Single Crop

by Steven MonacelliDecember 23, 2021December 24, 2021

By Tyler Carter
Close your eyes and listen to Billie Holiday sing ‘Strange Fruit.’ Really listen. Holiday’s accentuation of “fruit” and “black bodies swinging in the southern breeze” paints vivid imagery in the mind and places you at the center of an event our ancestors are far too familiar with.