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General Rick’s Hospital
The governor’s refusal to expand Medicaid coverage in Texas is costing lives and — even closer to his heart — jobs.PETER GORMAN
Patters Barnes works two jobs, running the register at a retail store and cooking at a fast-food restaurant in Dallas. Neither employer provides her with health insurance, but they do influence her healthcare choices: Combined,...
Two Futures for Lake Worth
Dredging has brought new life and new questions for the 100-year-old reservoir.JEFF PRINCE
A silvery fish jumps in the air, curls toward the sun, and lands with a splashy smack before disappearing back into the water. Not an uncommon occurrence at a lake, until you consider that this happened last week near the south...
Tequila and Tater Salad
Comedians Ron White and Alex Reymundo’s friendship has led to this: a Fort Worth company that imports top-flight tequila.ERIC GRIFFEY W/ PHOTOS BY BRIAN HUTSON
The interior of Will Rogers Memorial Center went dark. A man in black walked hurriedly toward two empty stools that stood center stage. He placed a silver bucket filled with ice on one; on the other he carefully rested a bottle...
A Degree in Debt
Attempted reforms haven’t changed all that much in Texas’ for-profit college industry.STEVE MILLER
Five days a week, Robert Rowlett heads off to work at his $7.75-an-hour job with the City of Dallas’ sanitation division. From his roughly $310 a week in take-home pay, he sets aside whatever he can to pay down the $25,000 st...
Occupied Lives
A photographer who cut her teeth in Fort Worth works to show real people in the Middle East.ERIC GRIFFEY W/ PHOTOS BY TANYA HABJOUQA
From her home in East Jerusalem, Tanya Habjouqa occasionally hears warning sirens wailing. The Jordanian-born photographer and writer with strong Fort Worth roots is a relatively safe distance from the battle zone, but the area...
Burning Passion
The prairie is in Fort Worth’s DNA, and environmentalists are fighting to preserve it.NICOLE CRITES AND MELISSA WYLIE
A mammoth slab of concrete known as the Chisholm Trail Parkway runs toward the horizon on her right. A colossal, rolling pasture wishfully known as Fort Worth Prairie Park stretches to her left. In the middle stands JoAnn Colli...
The Trans Frontier
Transgender folks want to be more than the T in LGBT.JIMMY FOWLER W/ PHOTOS BY LEE CHASTAIN
Last June Time featured a statuesque TV star on its cover. The appearance of an attractive celebrity on a magazine was nothing new, of course, but this particular actress –– Laverne Cox from the acclaimed Netflix prison dra...
To Breathe Free
Fort Worth is a major way station for young refugees from around the globe.EDWARD BROWN W/ PHOTOS BY BRIAN HUTSON
As Ruth Brasier looked out across the large meeting room, she saw something she hadn’t seen in years: a standing-room-only crowd. As the recruiter for Catholic Charities’ international foster program, Brasier normally has h...
Drying Up in DWG
Water and facts have a way of getting lost in Dalworthington Gardens.ERIC GRIFFEY AND KENNETH KOST
As Steve Flowers walked along what used to be the shoreline of Pappy Elkins Lake in Dalworthington Gardens, he became sentimental. “That’s where I taught my son to fish,” he said, pointing to a tree standing in what looke...
Eat, Drink, and Burn Bridges
Celebrity chef Tim Love struggles at Colonial, TCU.JEFF PRINCE
Fort Worth’s most famous celebrity chef will begin spreading his brand even further this month with the television premiere of Restaurant Startup. Restaurateur Tim Love stars opposite MasterChef judge Joe Bastianich in the Sh...