Ossie Kendrix, executive director of the new Dallas Community Land Trust, stationed himself at an open house in South Dallas’ ...

A Singleton United/Unidos sign demands the removal of GAF shingle factory from a front yard on Bedford Street in West Dallas ...

From notes by Dallas Documenter Brianna Patt As the city continues to take over Fair Park, city staff said they’re aiming to ...

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Cynthia Rogers-Ellickson, a West Dallas native, is retiring after 19 years in the City of Dallas housing department, where she rose to the position of director, and her legacy will continue in the ...

Residents of West Dallas have expressed health concerns due to pollution from the GAF shingle factory, and the City of Dallas has initiated an authorized hearing to reexamine zoning in the area, ...

Dallas Documenters pays and trains Dallas residents to attend and take notes at these public meetings. Those fact-checked notes are then published and shared via newsletter and social media, filling ...

Ossie Kendrix, executive director of the Dallas Community Land Trust, stands in front of a home being sold by the nonprofit ...

L.G. Pinkston High School soon will be remodeled to house the West Dallas STEM school, which opened this fall to seventh- and eighth-graders. Image courtesy of Dallas ISD. When school started in ...

West Dallas’ environmental justice movement is transforming the neighborhood. After decades of fighting for a voice, the community is moving heavy industry away from their homes — fast. In the past ...

A rendering of the future Forest Theater, provided by the Forest Forward team. For the first time in its history, the Forest Theater on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is owned by a Black-led entity.

Diane Ragsdale in the Innercity Community Development Corporation conference room. The Hon. Diane Ragsdale, who will turn 70 this year, has spent her entire life in South Dallas. Her story has been ...