Social Justice

Mansfield ISD Staff Will Notify Parents if Their Kid Is Transgender

Mansfield ISD Staff Will Notify Parents if Their Kid Is Transgender

Faced With Potential Changes, Dallasites Rally To Save Social Security

Faced With Potential Changes, Dallasites Rally To Save Social Security

It Took Decades, But Tyler's Kerry Max Cook Has Finally Been Exonerated

By Jacob Vaughn
Jun 21, 2024

After proof of false testimony, admissions of perjury and new scientific evidence, Kerry Max Cook has been deemed an innocent man.
PHOTOS: Opal's Walk for Freedom Brings Out Hundreds in Dallas on Juneteenth

By Charles Farmer
Jun 19, 2024

The 2.5-mile trek marks the end of slavery.
Forget About Housing — ForwardDallas Could Be Good for Environmental Justice.

By Jacob Vaughn
May 24, 2024

Advocates say that ForwardDallas could go well beyond housing help to assist neighborhoods historically beleaguered by industrial pollution.
After Vote To Legally Integrate Denton Cemetery, Mayor Voices Frustration

By Emma Ruby
May 14, 2024

The Denton mayor proposed rewriting a deed adopted by the city in 1933 that outlawed burials of non-whites in the cemetery.
Rowlett Kills Its DEI Commission

By Jacob Vaughn
May 13, 2024

The commission has been disbanded, but its chair says she won't stop DEI work in Rowlett.
'Our Voices Are Being Heard': How Student Arrests Inspired UTD Protesters

By Emma Ruby
May 2, 2024

One North Texas professor believes police responses to other campus protests may be "encouraging" students to join a Pro-Palestinian movement.
'Say No to Hate': Protesters at Lewisville ISD Board Meeting Want Suspended Teacher's Job Back

By Kelly Dearmore
Mar 5, 2024

The Hebron High School teacher has been on leave since mid-February when a video of him wearing a dress in class went viral online.
Southern Dallas Neighborhood Group Claims Local Shingle Factory Operates Without Permit

By Jacob Vaughn
Feb 9, 2024

A local group says an asphalt shingle factory has been operating in Joppa for decades without the proper permit. Now, they want the factory shut down.
A Rule That Has Caused Destruction in Dallas May Soon Be Repealed

By Jacob Vaughn
Feb 8, 2024

Dallas' development code has allowed for the demolition of historic structures under 3,000 square feet. Now, that practice is set to end.
Bishop Arts Theatre Center To Hold a One-Act Festival on Racial Justice

By Samantha Thornfelt
Feb 5, 2024

The plays by local writers are inspired by a book by Heather McGhee that analyzes racism and social justice.
Looking Back on When Martin Luther King Jr. Came to Dallas

By Kelly Dearmore
Jan 15, 2024

The iconic civil rights leader spoke in Fair Park in 1963 as racial tensions skyrocketed in Dallas, just months before the Kennedy assassination.
Best Foot Forward: Buckner Shoes For Orphan Souls Distributes 5 Millionth Pair of Shoes to Kids in Need

By Ava Thompson
Sep 7, 2023

The Dallas-based nonprofit's mission to help poor kids begins with a small, vital step.
Equal Pay Day For All Women Was Not on March 14, Especially for Working Single Mothers

By Ava Thompson
Apr 12, 2023

Women working full-time make about 83 cents for every dollar a man is paid, but the gap grows wider for single mothers and varies widely from place to place.
Dallas Nonprofit Heart of Courage Is Helping Mothers Get Their Children Back

By Desiree Gutierrez
Feb 15, 2023

When Larissa Retchless left Parkland Hospital’s labor and delivery in 2017, she left alone.She had barely laid eyes on her one-week-old daughter, Kennedy, let alone gotten the chance to hold her. And she didn’t know when or if she’d ever be able to.