Michael Hoinski
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Instruments of Peace
Jonathan Cooper was watching a TV report about the abduction of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002 when an old photo of [...] Full Story -
And the Beats Go On
Music has proved a wand of empowerment for the vast array of Texans who have wielded it. The state’s native inhabitants ramped up their [...] Full Story -
Tear Down the Wall
It was a frigid Saturday night just before Christmas, and there was a fiesta going on at Plaza de las Americas. Inside an abandoned [...] Full Story -
How Sweet the Sound
This year marks the 75th anniversary of gospel’s bedrock song, “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.” Recorded by Chicago piano man Thomas Dorsey following the [...] Full Story
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Tear Down the Wall
It was a frigid Saturday night just before Christmas, and there was a fiesta going on at Plaza de las Americas. Inside an abandoned [...] Full Story -
Close to Homeless
No food or water. No money. No cell phone. Just proof of I.D., the clothes on our backs, and a backpack stuffed with a [...] Full Story -
Dodging the Ditches at GM
It’s kind of sad that it had to happen,” says Enrique Flores Jr., union president at the General Motors assembly plant in Arlington, of [...] Full Story -
Destination Dance Hall
Live music promoter Steve Dean may have solved his location problem. The veteran impresario’s previous venue, The Oaks, was just far enough northeast of [...] Full Story -
Dateline
The pressure was on Danielle Rucker and Chelsea Barragan. The Sabinal Lions Club Wild Hog Festival queen and princess, respectively, were hometown favorites in [...] Full Story
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