Music
August 15, 2021
Twenty Years Ago, William Basinski Witnessed 9/11—and Memorialized It in Music
How Dallas-raised Basinski’s life of trauma and creation prepared him to compose ‘The Disintegration Loops’ and console a grieving nation.
9/11
Meanwhile, in Texas
May 19, 2021
A 9/11-Themed Bar in Fort Worth Is Going Viral
“I don’t want anyone who comes into my restaurant to forget that day,” says Brent Johnson, owner of Bar9Eleven.
Media
September 9, 2016
Let’s Talk About That San Antonio Mattress Store’s 9/11 Ad
Miracle Mattress's 9/11 ad didn't go over well, to say the very least.
The Daily Post
September 14, 2015
A Group of Cheerleaders From Lumberton High School Are Going Viral for Their 9/11 Tribute Video
And they will not tolerate any haters.
Politics & Policy
August 6, 2013
Giving a Voice to Texas Veterans
Four StoryCorps segments of Texans who served in the Army shed light on what it means to be a post-9/11 veteran.
Eat My Words
September 9, 2011
Ten Years After: Tom Perini’s 9/11 at the White House
(The famous Perini Ranch mesquite-smoked peppered beef tenderloin. Photo by Pat Sharpe)Editor's Note: This guest post is by longtime Texan Jim Shahin, now a resident of Washington, D.C.... and "craving Central Texas barbecue almost every minute of every day," he says. The "Smoke Signals" columnist for the Washingon Post,
9/11
August 31, 2011
Karen Wagner’s Life
She lived outside the spotlight, quietly serving her country as most members of the military do, until one terrible day.
Politics & Policy
February 11, 2010
Medina self-destructs on Glenn Beck radio show
Beck’s question was whether she is a 9/11 “truther”–that is, does she believe that the United States Government blew up the World Trade Center. “I don’t have all of the evidence,” was the best she could do. After Beck cut short the conversation and Medina was off the line,
Politics & Policy
June 30, 2007
Lawrence Wright
“Al Qaeda would not have been able to come back to life, in my opinion, had we not invaded Iraq. That action breathed life back into the movement.”
Politics & Policy
January 1, 2005
Ben Barnes
“There’s not anything that’s happened since Election Day that proves to me that Bush is going to be moderate at all.”
True Crime
April 1, 2002
The Traitor Next Door
His name was Wadih el-Hage. He had an American wife and American kids, a home in Arlington, a job at a tire store in Fort Worth, and a secret past that led straight to Osama bin Laden.