By Candace Sweat Black bookstores have served as sacred spaces for learning, expanding, exploring, and organizing. For this edition, we wanted to shine a spotlight on Black women-owned bookstores in […]
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Fort Worth ISD drops sex ed despite $2.6 million purchase of instruction materials in April
BY JACOB SANCHEZ, FORT WORTH REPORT Originally appeared in Texas Tribune The decision to drop the course followed a Jan. 24 school board meeting that saw dozens of residents and […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Flight 2023
By Shewanda Riley The last couple of weeks have been full of news stories discussing the pleasures and perils of holiday travel. For those who chose to travel by airplane, […]
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She Reps: Shari Hicks
Shari Hicks recently joined JP Morgan Chase as the Executive Director for Community Impact Team where she leads the implementation of local strategies for the firm’s $30 billion commitment to […]
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She Reps: Kitwana Cottonham
Kitwana is a Louisiana native now living in Garland, Tx. After graduating from Southern University-Baton Rouge, La, she began her career with a Fortune 50 insurance company in the DFW […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Avoiding the Entitlement Trap
By Shewanda Riley It’s the most wonderful time of the year or so the well-known song by crooner Johnny Mathis would have you think. For some people, the holidays are […]
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Witherite Law Group Partners with K104 & Fiesta to Give Back
By Brianna Patt On Nov. 18, Witherite Law Group and Dallas radio station K104 provided 1,000 free turkeys to community members as one of their many efforts to give back […]
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The City Created a Repair Program for West Dallas Residents, But They’re Struggling to Qualify
By Jeffrey Ruiz Originally appeared in Dallas Free Press Every afternoon, 67-year-old Patsy Ruth Jackson visits her home on Shaw Street. She shuffles through the mail on her porch, checks […]
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Robyn Flatt Elevated Children’s Theater to New Heights: Thank you Robyn!
A Commentary by Vicki Meek I remember when Robyn Flatt came into the City Arts Program offices (now called Office of Arts & Culture) nearly 40 years ago to discuss […]
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Art Walk West Returns To West Dallas
Creative community of west Dallas with a self-guided art walk tour, new murals, & live music. DALLAS—Founded in 2015 by the West Dallas Chamber of Commerce, Art Walk West annually […]