A Mother’s Heartache, and Perseverance, After the Flood
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OUR REPORTING
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The Kids Are All Right at Prosperity Park
In the Tenth Street Historic District, a Home Repair Program’s Promises Remain Broken
They Spent Weeks Housing the Homeless, Then Police Showed Up
The Public Won’t Be Seeing the State’s Report on Foster Care Problems
How Texas’ Foster Care Fix Fell Apart in Dallas
How Dallas Police Ramped Up Homeless Enforcement
The January storm was on its way, but the cops came first. Police approached a clearing filled with tents less than a mile south of Deep Ellum that winter morning, confronting nearly four dozen people who had settled onto the cracked pavement beneath Interstate 45. Those in the encampment awoke to a fleet of police…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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The Present Danger of Foster Care in North Texas
After two deaths, the state says third-party case managers are failing foster kids. What happens in this courtroom helps explain why.
NEIGHBORHOODS
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Where Did the Patrol Cops Go?
In 2021, after Dallas shifted its attention to curb violent crime, patrol numbers fell and response times skyrocketed. Those trends are changing, and so are the police department’s priorities.
