Is a Tax Increase How Dallas County Solves Homelessness?
On Nov. 3, voters will decide whether the county’s solution to helping get unsheltered people off the streets is worth their money.
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The Summer of Flock
What to know about all those Flock cameras, a preview of the first update to the city’s zoning code in 40 years, and some encouraging news from the jail.
Behind the Gates with the Daughters and Sons of Incarcerated Mothers
Dallas nonprofit Janie’s Angels brings children to visit their moms in prison. A photographer captures a day inside the Christina Melton Crain Unit.
Dallas Pioneered Specialty Criminal Courts Decades Ago. Are They Still Working?
The courts connect defendants with treatment and help some get charges dismissed. Last year, the state launched reviews into half of them.
The Neighborhood Experiment Unfolding in Red Bird
One of the most dangerous spots in Dallas has united elected officials, neighbors, developers, cops, and activists intent on changing this pocket of Oak Cliff.
Dallas’ Foster Care System Unraveled. Foster Parents Are Living with the Fallout.
As new private companies gear up to take over CPS cases in North Texas, families are grappling with damage done by the last contractor in charge.
Pushing Forward in Tenth Street
While the city works to fix a wrong, this Oak Cliff neighborhood waits with cautious optimism for long-awaited public investments.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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The Kids Are All Right at Prosperity Park
How a rubble-ridden lot in Oak Cliff became a safe place for children who do far more than play.
NEIGHBORHOODS
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A Mother’s Heartache, and Perseverance, After the Flood
Pat Ramsey was no stranger to grief when her son went missing in the Texas Hill Country floodwaters last July.
