The Arlington City Council voted 7-2 to approve a revised anti-discrimination chapter in the city’s code and unanimously passed a resolution disavowing discrimination and hate. The new ordinance no longer allows city staff to investigate complaints of discrimination based on protected classes or mediate the situation. It also no longer clarifies which classes are protected, rather deferring to state and federal law like the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Under the new ordinance, city staff will still

Returning to their east Fort Worth temple, the Buddhist monks who walked cross-country for peace were welcomed with rose petals, traditional lion dances and chants by hundreds of well-wishers who followed their 2,300-mile journey. Four months ago, 19 Buddhist monks trekked quietly out of their Historic Stop Six temple with one goal in mind: to walk for peace. Many knew nothing about the monks — or their loyal pup Aloka — in those early days. But over 110 days, the expedition to Washington on foo