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Latest Articles

Dallas native Karen Baum Gordon’s ‘The Last Letter’ probes the lasting scars of the Holocaust

Karen Baum Gordon knows how to tell a story, and most of all, how to begin one. From the moment you open her memoir, The Last Letter, you’re hooked. “My father tried to kill himself when he was 86 years old” are the words that launch this remarkable journey, which …
By Deborah Rood Goldman
• Dallas News

‘Everybody’s completely traumatized’ after shooting at Arlington high school

ARLINGTON — The warnings of an “active shooter” at Timberview High School instantly stirred the worst fears. Even after hundreds of relieved families learned their children were safe, they were still struggling with the tragedy of a critically wounded 15-year-old among the four injured — and the reality that the …
By John Gravois
• Dallas News

Churches will host health care clinics to fight inequities in southern Dallas County

Several Dallas ministers have agreed to host health clinics in their churches to help underserved communities in southern Dallas County. Leaders of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance signed a deal Monday with a local nonprofit, Health Momentum, that will set up the pilot clinics run by Our Home Test and At …
By LE Brown
• Dallas News

After COVID put her young career on hold, Dallas’ Skye Turner is returning to the spotlight

Skye Turner knew the stage was where she was meant to be, but the events of the past year and a half changed everything. The Dallas-born actor had been cast as the childhood version of the rock queen Tina Turner (no relation) in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical and was …
By Corinne Dorsey
• Dallas News

Post Malone is bringing Posty Fest back to AT&T Stadium in Arlington

Following Post Malone’s latest release, “Motley Crew,” the Grapevine native this week announced the return of Posty Fest. Post Malone’s annual music festival will return to AT&T Stadium in Arlington for a third installment this year on Oct. 30 and 31. This year’s festival will be held entirely outdoors. Posty …
By Corinne Dorsey
• Dallas News

Bookstore spotlighting diverse authors opens at Music City Mall Lewisville

Music City Mall Lewisville is home to a new Black-owned bookstore, Kindred Creatives Art and Literary Press, with shelves reserved for authors and creatives who are BIPOC — Black, indigenous and people of color. The bookstore has a mission to promote literacy, creativity and entrepreneurship for children and hopes to …
By Corinne Dorsey
• Dallas News

Artist Jeremy Biggers tackles insecurities, burdens that Black men face in new exhibition

Artist Jeremy Biggers, a South Dallas native, has a new solo exhibition, “Unspoken Burdens,” on view through Aug. 14 at the South Dallas Cultural Center. The exhibition is composed of a series of paintings and drawings that broach the conversation around male identity, social constructs and unspoken burdens that men …
By Corinne Dorsey
• Dallas News

Oak Cliff starlet to join Jennifer Hudson in new Aretha Franklin biopic, ‘Respect’

Respect, the upcoming musical biopic about the Queen of Soul, has a rising Oak Cliff star in its cast. Twelve-year-old Skye Turner will play a young Aretha Franklin in the film, due out Aug. 13. The movie follows Franklin’s journey to find her voice in the turbulent social and political …
By Corinne Dorsey
• Dallas News

‘That was perfection’: North Texan Breez Carver advances in ‘America’s Got Talent’

North Texas dancer Breez Carver has moved on to the next round of America’s Got Talent. The 13-year-old contestant received a standing ovation Tuesday after her lyrical dance performance to Kelly Clarkson’s song “Piece by Piece,” which pulled at the judges’ and audience’s heartstrings. “When I was little, I was …
By Corinne Dorsey
• Dallas News

North Texas teen to compete on ‘America’s Got Talent’

A 13-year-old North Texan, dancer Breez Carver, is set to be a contestant on America’s Got Talent on July 6 at 7 p.m. on NBC. The Lantana resident will perform a lyrical dance, a style that combines ballet and jazz dancing techniques, to the Kelly Clarkson song “Piece by Piece.” …
By Corinne Dorsey
• Dallas News

Tyler, the Creator’s pop up show in Deep Ellum leaves fans starstruck

“Honestly, this is just so I can practice for the festivals I have next year, If I’m keeping it a buck,” Tyler, the Creator told fans at Trees in Deep Ellum on Wednesday night. He was there for what was billed as a “secret” show. It was the second in …
By Corinne Dorsey
• Dallas News

Lights All Night reveals headliners for 2021 festival

Lights All Night, the yearly electronic dance music festival, is returning to Dallas this New Year’s Eve after being canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic. And it’s now out with its lineup. The two-day event, which runs Dec. 30-31 at Dallas Market Hall, will feature more than 30 festival …
By Corinne Dorsey
• Dallas News

Pop-up shop brings Black designers to Galleria Dallas

The Galleria Dallas is hosting a stylish pop-up shop through Sunday that showcases more than a dozen designers who are BIPOC — Black, indigenous and people of color. The pop-up features menswear, women’s apparel, jewelry, beauty and home decor. And the designers will be on hand so visitors can hear …
By Corinne Dorsey
• Dallas News

D-FW musicians team up on an album to boost Black-led causes

A Dallas-based endeavor called the Truth to Power Project is honoring Record Store Day by dropping a new vinyl album featuring local artists, with proceeds going to Black-led advocacy groups. Truth To Power hit record stores across the country on Saturday, June 12, as music fans celebrated the culture of …
By Corinne Dorsey
• Dallas News

Concerns over racial injustice, hopes to keep Texas red drove North Texans to vote on Election Day

Tens of thousands of North Texas voters cast ballots on a mostly uneventful Election Day with relatively short lines, after a record-breaking three weeks of early voting. In an election season marked by anxiety and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, voters were driven to the polls for different reason. One said …
By Vandana Ravikumar
• Dallas News

Here are your candidates for the Dallas College board of trustees election

Oct. 28: This story has been updated to reflect more information about the Voters Guide questionnaire. Dallas College, which has pivoted to nearly all virtual classes during the pandemic, has two board seats up for election on Nov. 3. The elections come at a time when the system -- previously …
By Vandana Ravikumar
• Dallas News

University of Dallas' Rome campus under quarantine after 29 test positive for coronavirus

Oct. 21.: This story has been updated to include comments from a university student who tested positive for the coronavirus. All students at the University of Dallas campus in Rome are in quarantine after more than two dozen of them tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the university. Since …
By Vandana Ravikumar
• Dallas News

5 ways Texas can improve training for teachers

Texas teachers need better training that more accurately reflects classroom needs and prepares them for times of crisis, advocates told state lawmakers on Wednesday. The Texas Senate Education Committee held a hearing to discuss best practices for recruiting and training teachers throughout the state. Here are five ways Texas can …
By Vandana Ravikumar
• Dallas News

Denton ISD investigating allegations of racial slurs, inappropriate comments at football game

Some students from Guyer High School in Denton directed racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments toward students from an opposing school at a football game last Thursday, witnesses said. The alleged comments were made during a game against Mansfield’s Lake Ridge High School. “We were unable to corroborate instances of racial …
By Vandana Ravikumar
• Dallas News

Here are your District 8 Dallas ISD candidates

Exactly how the Dallas Independent School District should implement school choice and a teacher evaluation system are at the center of the race between two candidates vying to replace longtime trustee Miguel Solis. Attorney Joe Carreón, 32, and charter school teacher Alicia McClung, 29, are running for the District 8 …
By Vandana Ravikumar
• Dallas News

Texas earns an ‘F’ in how it teaches students about climate change, groups say

Texas is failing to properly educate students on the realities of climate change and global warming, according to a new report by the National Center for Science Education and the Texas Freedom Network Education Fund. The report gave Texas and five other states an “F” grade in terms of how …
By Vandana Ravikumar
• Dallas News

Advocacy and accountability key for Dallas educator who is first Black man named Texas Teacher of the Year

Dallas elementary school teacher Eric Hale believes that you don’t need to wait for Superman if you’ve got your own cape in the closet. Hale draws on his own experiences as a Black student, saying he knows what it’s like to be “failed up” through the American education system. He …
By Vandana Ravikumar
• Dallas News

A Dallas elementary school once facing closure now celebrated among nation’s best

Just two years ago, Edward Titche Elementary School in Dallas was facing the possibility of closing because it had long been failing state academic standards. But this week, Titche was one of 28 Texas schools named a National Blue Ribbon School, an honor awarded by the U.S. Department of Education …
By Vandana Ravikumar
• Dallas News

Does Campisi’s have ties to the Mob? Curious Texas investigates

Editor’s note: Take a look back into The Dallas Morning News Archives. A mysterious aura surrounds the Campisi family, the tightknit klan that owns and operates Texas’ longest-running Italian restaurant chain. Its first pizza fixture was on Mockingbird Lane, a restaurant aptly named “Campisi’s Egyptian Restaurant” after owner Joe Campisi …
By Sarah Smith-Rüehle
• Dallas News

DeSoto ISD is using this broken school year to engineer a new educational system

What if online K-12 education could take place in the evening, when more parents are available to help kids with their studies? What if, once a student learns a concept, the child could move on to the next concept right away, rather than waiting for classmates to catch up? What …
By D'Andre Weaver, Ph.D.
• Dallas News

Can schools deliver a better distance learning experience this fall?

If you’ve been on social media lately, you might have noticed parents gearing up for an impending battle. Not against the coronavirus, but something many seem to dread even more: remote learning. “I can’t do this again!” some exclaim, while bothering every homeschooling family they ever met for advice and …
By D'Andre Weaver, Ph.D.
• Dallas News

Think you know the history of Plano, Frisco, Allen and McKinney, Texas? Take this quiz and win a $50 gift card

Editor’s note: Take a look back in The Dallas Morning News Archives. Test your historic knowledge of some of North Dallas’ most loved suburbs — Frisco, Plano, McKinney and Allen. The top three scores will win a $50 gift card to a local restaurant through our Support Local marketplace*. • …
By Sarah Smith-Rüehle
• Dallas News

Breaking systemic racism starts by reforming public education

Recently I’ve been taken back to December 2015, when my former student, Quintonio LeGrier, was killed on his front porch by a Chicago police officer who said he reacted out of fear. Q was the perfect student, quiet, and loved math and science. He was one of the students who …
By D'Andre Weaver, Ph.D.
• Dallas News

Martial law once enforced quarantines in Dallas

Editor’s note: Take a look back in The Dallas Morning News Archives 125 years ago, pandemics were handled with scarce resources and little knowledge of appropriate treatment and precautions. The coronavirus crisis has undoubtedly sent Dallasites into a state of discomfort. Unsure of what the next weeks and months will …
By Sarah Smith-Rüehle
• Dallas News