Racial Equity

From notes by Dallas Documenter Drew Emrich A policy for […]

The Pointe South Business Group and the South Dallas arts institutions are working to ensure that the South Dallas community benefits from the millions of dollars being invested in the area, while also preserving its cultural heritage.

South Dallas Arts Leaders Roundtable discussed how their institutions intersect and how they're continuing to learn from the histories of both South Dallas and their own organizations, with the goal of creating lasting impact and preserving cultural memory for future generations.

Three newcomers to Dallas recently arrived on the scene at […]

The latest This spring the Dallas City Council voted unanimously […]

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The historically Black working-class neighborhood of Gilbert-Emory in West Dallas is facing gentrification due to the influx of new, much larger homes and the sale of the land where the segregated Black Fred Douglass School once stood, leading to frustration among longtime residents.

Dallas Free Press completed the Dallas TRHT 2022 ReNOW cohort, resulting in a racial equity policy and plans, as well as the launch of the Dallas Documenters program to recruit BIPOC residents to become community reporters and storytellers.

Officers ordered protesters to get on the ground and began throwing smoke bombs and tear gas that blended their flashing red and blue lights into purple fumes. The air was filled with smoke screens and screams.

More than 600 protesters, lying face down on the concrete, had their hands zip-tied behind their backs. A few even jumped over the side of the bridge in an attempt to get away from the arresting officers and flying projectiles.

But not Tramonica Brown.

The Dallas Free Press is hiring journalists to cover the challenges of food apartheid in South Dallas and West Dallas, while listening to and amplifying the voices of the community.

This WFAA airs from reporter David Schechter reveals how banks are still redlining southern Dallas neighborhoods.

Co-published by our media partner, the Dallas Weekly Two years […]

Normally, center turns into a festival on Juneteenth, with vendors and music in the parking lot, but with COVID-19 numbers still breaking record highs in Dallas County, this year’s event was done differently.

Co-published by our media partner, The Dallas Weekly Mayor Eric […]