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Dallas residents will recognize the strangulation creeping into Denver neighborhoods as houses become bigger and more expensive. "It’s depressing to feel like an endangered species, watching the place around you slowly go extinct," a housing expert with the nonprofit Strong Towns writes. His solution? Zoning code changes making it more likely for new homes to be sold at price points closer to existing homes.

Sharon Grigsby

School districts spent billions to station officers on every Texas campus after the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde. The result: Students have been subjected to heavy-handed tactics for behavior that once would have landed them only in the principal’s office, according to an investigation by The New York Times and San Antonio Express-News.

Kelli Smith

Single mothers, many of whom are commuting to work and shuttling their kids around, are among the hardest hit by rising gas prices due to the Iran war.

Claire Ballor