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  • Public Health,South Dallas

    This mental health podcast from a South Dallas native recognizes we all need help

    For Reynolds, a South Dallas native who grew up in the South Blvd/Park Row neighborhood, The Help Show has been a spiritual journey that has allowed her to process her grief.

  • Bonton,Digital Divide,Education,South Dallas

    Could internet access in Dallas shift from a luxury to a utility?

    South Dallas’ Lincoln High School could place an antenna on its roof and transmit broadband signals to household receivers. A student could then type a code into her laptop and sign on to the network from home.

  • Dallas News,Digital Divide,Education,South Dallas

    As schools prep for virtual learning, 1/3 of Dallas families lack internet access

    Co-published by our media partner, KERA. Listen to the radio […]

  • Dallas News,Development + Zoning,Frazier,Housing + Property Taxes,South Dallas

    How to claim property when you don’t hold the title

    When South Dallas residents don’t hold the title to the […]

  • Dallas News,Education,Racial Equity

    New racial equity leader appointed to guide Dallas ISD efforts

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

  • Digital Divide,Education,Public Health,West Dallas

    How West Dallas parents experienced the vices and virtues of virtual learning

    Virtual learning has become the new normal in the wake […]

  • Education,Public Health,West Dallas

    West Dallas 1 videos simplify back-to-school safety plans

    Dallas ISD’s 41-page Reentry Playbook for Parents is thorough, but […]

  • Education,Frazier,Public Health,South Dallas

    Frazier pop-up camp breaks up long, hot, homebound summer

    Co-published by our media partner, The Dallas Weekly Wearing colorful […]

  • Economic Development,Fair Park Estates,Local Government,MLK Corridor,Park Row/South Boulevard,South Dallas

    South Dallas businesses, residents opt to pay extra taxes for public improvement

    Parts of South Dallas and Fair Park are using self-imposed tax dollars to improve the community by cleaning up streets, fixing infrastructure issues and increasing public safety and security.

  • History,MLK Corridor,South Dallas

    The MLK library branch remains closed, but neighbors can view its South Dallas history exhibit online

    The plan was to host a physical exhibit at the MLK library from April through June, but the COVID-19 pandemic changed their plans and made things more uncertain.

  • Colonial Hill,Education,South Dallas,St. Philip’s

    A $7 million facelift will transform South Dallas’ MLK school into an arts academy

    This fall, the school opens as a Dallas ISD “transformation” school focused on performing and fine arts.

  • Bertrand,Food Apartheid,South Dallas

    Amid a pandemic, Restorative Farms plants seedlings for South Dallas growth

    More than 300 of Restorative Farms’ GroBoxes are now producing basil, okra, peppers and more in backyards, front yards and patios across Dallas, including more than 50 in South Dallas.

  • Development + Zoning,Gilbert-Emory/Muncie,West Dallas

    West Dallas neighbors block Megatel’s plans for hundreds of townhomes, apartments

    Neighbors living in Soho Square, told the City of Dallas Plan Commission that problems would only worsen if Megatel's zoning application was approved.

  • History,MLK Corridor,Racial Equity,South Dallas

    MLK Community Center’s Juneteenth celebration different but ‘impactful’

    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.

  • Education,Lake West,West Dallas

    Future West Dallas STEM school finds its first leader

    Marion Jackson was named principal this month, more than a year before the school is expected to open.

  • Digital Divide,Los Altos,West Dallas

    Home alone yet connected: Casa Feliz equips seniors to be tech savvy

    Sylvia Deleon would arrive at the Wesley-Rankin Community Center in West Dallas at 8 a.m. each weekday, eager to see her friends and begin the morning’s activities.

  • La Bajada,Public Health,West Dallas

    CVS Minute Clinic opens first COVID-19 testing site in West Dallas

    In early June, the CVS at 3030 Sylvan Avenue became […]

  • Fair Park Estates,Housing + Property Taxes,Public Health,South Dallas

    South Dallas residents deliver brunch to their unhoused neighbors

    Co-published by our media partner, The Dallas Weekly Turkey bacon, French toast, muffins […]

  • Economic Development,Public Health,South Dallas

    ‘Stay vigilant’: Local leaders urge caution, protection as businesses reopen

    Co-published by our media partner, The Dallas Weekly When Dr. […]

  • Economic Development,Local Government,Racial Equity,South Dallas

    Johnson says minority communities will get ‘their fair share’ of coronavirus relief funds

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

  • Housing + Property Taxes,South Dallas

    How to defer a rent payment under Dallas’ new eviction ordinance

    Co-published by our media partner, The Dallas Weekly In the […]

  • Public Health,South Dallas

    Reentry groups respond to pandemic’s early release of prisoners

    During a typical month, Dennis Gant may welcome one or two new residents to the former South Dallas apartment building that now operates as a dormitory for men who just left prison and are trying to get on their feet.

    In the last three weeks, however, six new residents have been released to the care of Trinity Restoration Ministries.

  • Queen City,South Dallas

    South Dallas nonprofits join forces to address COVID-19 diaper shortages

    Dallas County had declared a state of emergency two weeks prior as cases of the novel coronavirus rose. Williams reached out to Carter, whose nonprofit Carter’s House provides children’s clothing and baby items to families from its headquarters at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center. The two women had teamed up previously to host pop-up baby boutiques for single parents, and they decided to face the pandemic head-on in another joint effort.

  • Public Health,South Dallas

    Parkland officials respond to COVID-19 crisis in DFW

    The coronavirus pandemic already is taking its toll on Dallas. And COVID-19 is likely to more fiercely attack disenfranchised sections of the city.

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