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Column: Dallas to honor lynching victim as it confronts past racial violence at the Trinity River
By Sharon Grigsby On March 23, 2023 Dallas is closer to confronting another ugly moment in its history of racial violence, this one dating back more than 138 years. That September night, the mob of vigilantes became more emboldened, its clamor for revenge at a fever pitch against the young Black man accused of assaulting a…
Read MoreVideo of Racial Slurs at Grand Prairie ISD School Ignite Outcry and Calls for Discipline
By Ken Kalthoff On March 14, 2023 Activists demanded action Tuesday over a video shared online that shows students in a classroom at Grand Prairie Dubiski Career High School chanting letters of a racial slur. The students display the racial slur on Post-it notes in the video, with the word “hate” also included in their…
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Racist graffiti sprayed painted at 2 North Texas schools
By Steven Dial On February 28, 2023 FORT WORTH, Texas – Parents at two schools in the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD were horrified to learn that someone spray-painted racist graffiti on two campuses. The graffiti had hateful and violent messages about Black people, Jews and Hispanic people. One of the messages contained a vague campus threat. Parents…
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Dallas City Council approves new housing policy focused on reducing racial disparities
By Paul Wedding On April 12, 2023 The city says they intend to provide quality affordable mixed-income housing initiatives across Dallas with this new policy. DALLAS — Dallas City Council approved a new housing policy Tuesday, which is intended to reduce disparities impacting historically disadvantaged communities in the city. The new policy, Dallas Housing Policy 2033,…
Read MoreHUD JUDGE ORDERS PLANO, TEXAS, LANDLORDS TO PAY $140,649 IN RACE DISCRIMINATION CASE
By HUD Public Affairs On January 12, 2023 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) has ordered three Plano, Texas landlords to pay damages, civil penalties, and attorney’s fees totaling $140,649 for violating the Fair Housing Act. The ALJ found that agent Quang Dangtran…
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Dallas tries to fix racial discrimination with housing policy
By Tasha Tsiaperas On March 2, 2023 Dallas is in the final stages of adopting a revised housing policy that seeks to fix the city’s long history of racial discrimination and segregation. Driving the news: Staff briefed City Council on Wednesday on Dallas Housing Policy 2033, which would finally establish goals to ensure equitable housing for…
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Dallas advisory group looks to add environmental justice measures to racial equity plan
By Leah Waters On March 7, 2023 Community group wants city to measure neighborhoods’ distance from environmental pollution to fresh food, tree canopy coverage and solar power accessibility Dallas’ environmental commission is asking for more specific environmental justice targets to be added to the city’s racial equity plan The commission on Tuesday will brief the…
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Child poverty task force members split on Hochul’s budget
By Raga Justin On April 3, 2023, updated on April 4, 2023 An advisory council has two different analyses of how effectively Gov. Hochul’s budget will begin reducing child poverty in the next decade. ALBANY — Some members of a group tasked with reducing child poverty in New York are questioning whether Gov. Kathy Hochul’s…
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Annual Kids Count report reveals lows for Texas children in well-being categories
By Raquel TorresOn March 24, 2023 An annual report on the status of Texas children and youth revealed that Texas now ranks 45th in overall child well-being and 20% of children in the state are living in poverty with Black and Hispanic children accounting for the highest rates. The state’s children also rank in the…
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