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Making it in DFW: Dallas-founded Ann’s Health Food finds that compassion is good business
| March 26, 2025
Community | DALLAS | DFW | DFW Lead Story | food & drink | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | LIFESTYLE | SMALL BUSINESS | TEXAS
DFW chain Ann's Health Food Center & Market has survived 41 years by running a compassionate, community-focused business.
‘Striking close to home’: Zoning bills tackling Texas affordable housing crisis evoke emotion
| March 25, 2025
Affordability | bills | EQUALITY | funding | HOUSING | INFRASTRUCTURE | lawmakers | laws | national politics | old texas | politcal | political | politics | state legislature | TEXAS | TEXAS ECONOMY | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | TEXAS POLITICS
As part of a potential slate of solutions to Texas’ housing affordability crisis, state senators recently examined a bill authorizing the use of small auxiliary residences behind a larger main house.
Federal investigators were preparing two Texas housing discrimination cases — until Trump took over
| March 25, 2025
Affordability | CIVIL RIGHTS | Community | Donald Trump | ECONOMY | EQUALITY | funding | HOUSING | INFRASTRUCTURE | lawmakers | laws | national politics | politcal | political | politics | state legislature | TEXAS | TEXAS ECONOMY | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | TEXAS POLITICS | trump
The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that Texas discriminated against minority residents in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, only to suddenly reverse course under Trump.
Texas A&M can’t ban “Draggieland” drag show, federal judge rules
| March 24, 2025
censorship | CIVIL RIGHTS | COLLEGE STUDENTS | CULTURE | Donald Trump | EQUALITY | LGBTQ | politcal | political | politics | state legislature | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | TEXAS LEGISLATURE | TEXAS POLITICS | trump
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Texas A&M University System from enforcing a ban on drag shows being held at its special event venues. Judge Lee H. Rosenthal said the student group that organizes Draggieland, the Queer Empowerment Council, was likely to succeed in showing the ban violates the First Amendment.
Dallas names 5 finalists for new police chief
| March 24, 2025
Community leaders speak out on what qualities they want to see in the next leader of the Dallas Police Department.
Gwen Frisbie-Fulton: ‘The people closest to the problem are often the ones who can find the solution’
| March 24, 2025
About two years ago, tents started to show up in my neighborhood along the creek beds and in small stands of trees. Most only became visible when the leaves fell, exposing their orange rainflies and blue tarps. This increase in houselessness didn’t feel surprising to me or to my neighbors: The rent has nearly doubled […]
A love letter to the working class, from Gwen Frisbie-Fulton
| March 21, 2025
It started in the back seat of my family’s Jeep Cherokee, the one with the broken AC and vinyl seats that stuck to my thighs in the late summer heat. After school we would wait, all the doors flung open, for my dad to get off work. My mother reading in the front seat, her […]
10 speakeasies in Dallas-Fort Worth
| March 21, 2025
Hidden within bookstores, grocery stores, laundromats, and other DFW locations, speakeasies offer vintage vibes, carefully crafted cocktails, and plenty of merriment.
10 things to do in Dallas that are off the beaten path
| March 20, 2025
From buildings people regularly pass by to attractions tucked away from the hustle and bustle, here are 10 things to do in Dallas you may have missed.
These librarians won’t let America’s fever hit Fahrenheit 451
| March 20, 2025
bannedbooks | bookbans | books | CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | CIVIL RIGHTS | Community | CULTURE | EQUALITY | History | libraries | library | LITERATURE | national politics | old texas | politcal | political | politics | public education | schools | TEXAS | TEXAS POLITICS
A new documentary shows us our local guardians of intellectual freedom in battle.
Reality romance, Texas style: Bachelor filming spots you can visit
| March 19, 2025
Explore The Bachelor’s Texas filming spots, why Houston invested $240K to host the show, and where fans can visit these reality TV landmarks.
The 9 Texas teams participating in March Madness 2025
| March 18, 2025
Texas is well-represented in both the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments. Learn more about these schools and their history during March Madness.