Racial Issues

By Holding Craig Watkins in Contempt, Judge Lena Levario Shows She's a Good Democrat. Some Dallas Democrats May Disagree.

So who is this Democrat judge, Lena Levario, who not only stands up to Democratic Party golden boy Craig Watkins, our embattled district attorney, but holds him in contempt of court? Does she not understand the most basic tenet of Dallas County Democratic Party philosophy -- that Dr. King died so th ... More >>

The North Dallas Plot to Take Over DISD

Rich, white, North Dallas businessmen are plotting to take over Dallas' schools. Maybe this time it'll work.

America's War on Brown People Has Gone Too Far

A hostile Supreme Court. A feckless Obama administration. America's war on Mexicans has gone too far.

By the Numbers: Few Black Students Leave DISD College-Ready

Only three out of every 100 black students in Dallas Independent School District graduate ready for college. Among black students entering DISD high schools as freshmen, 28 percent don't graduate at all. Those are some of the findings in a report DISD District 9 trustee Bernadette Nutall passed on ... More >>

Sensitivity Alert: DeSoto Principal Called Racist for Emailing Video of Arby's Dancing Apes

So Kevin Dixon, principal of West Middle School in DeSoto ISD, is apologizing for emailing "a video of dancing chimpanzees to his staff last week that a school board trustee found racist," the Morning News' Matthew Haag writes in today's Metro section. For some reason, the News didn't see fit to emb ... More >>

Mayor Rawlings, If You Want Better Schools, Why Not Ask a Mexican?

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings is allowed to ramble on at some length about public schools in a blog piece by Robert Wilonsky on today's Dallas Morning News web page. It's a Q&A. Rawlings comes across, as usual, as a smart decent man who cares. But is he the right smart decent man who cares? And what d ... More >>

Black, Korean Leaders Agree to End Kwik Stop Protests. But Nation of Islam Isn't Through.

As promised, Korean and black leaders met today in Oak Cliff to announce the end of the Diamond Shamrock Kwik Stop protests on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Rev. Ronald Wright addressed the media first, standing next to Korean Society of Dallas vice president Ted Kim. The two were flanked by bla ... More >>

As Shamrock Protests Near An End, Local NAACP President May Be On Her Way Out

Anthony Bond, founder of the Irving chapter of the NAACP, looked at what was happening in South Dallas, at the Diamond Shamrock Kwik Stop on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and decided: Enough's enough. Those protests at the Korean-owned convenience store had to stop, as did calls for its owner Th ... More >>

Perennial Dallas Mayoral Candidate Edward Okpa Is Not Impressed EBJ's Running Again

​From what I can tell, Jessica Huseman and Shawn Williams were the sole media members to attend Eddie Bernice Johnson's campaign kick-off held yesterday at the beleaguered Southwest Center Mall. The event was also attended by three council members: Pauline Medrano, Vonciel Jones Hill and Tennell A ... More >>

Dumped On

How will City Hall's garbage dump vote turn trash into treasure? Ask the Reverend Stephen Nash.

Tennell Atkins, Dwaine Caraway Demand Four African-American Seats Stay On City Council

Photo by Anna MerlanCaraway and Atkins at this morning's press conference​Did you wake up this morning wondering what all the arguing's going to be about at Saturday's redistricting forum with Mayor Mike Rawlings and the city council members? Wonder no longer! At a City Hall press conference just ... More >>

FAIR-y Tales

Russell Pearce and Other Illegal-Immigration Populists Rely on Misleading, Right-Wing Reports to Scapegoat Immigrants and Terrify Penny-Pinched Americans.

Damn Good Joes | Mule-Headed

Hey DISD Trustees! Do the Math on Magnet Schools.

Magnets just aren’t the budget-busters trustees are pretending they are.

The DMN Buries the Lede and Common Sense

Right or Wrong, You Gotta Admit This is Ballsy

Home to Roost

Bible Girl: The Big, Happy Family Quiz

¡Ask a Mexican!

White Noise

Phillips examines racism and immigration

Here's the Pitch

The Ballpark hosts some timely history

Swing Low

So we heal the north-south rift by electing Colonel Sanders mayor?

Coloring Book

What color will the district attorney be, and who gives a rat's rear end?

The Ride, Stupid

Instead of calling for riots, just say where you got your car

Changed's Heart

Francine Prose's unlikely career swap

Letters

Letters

Cops on Campus

Forget detention. DISD means business with its new beefed-up police force—bad business, say some employees.

Jury of His Dears

What the appeals court really said was that Lipscomb had a right to be tried where he was loved

Dead Wrong

Historians complain that a new text on Dallas' black history is riddled with errors

Happy Nappy Girls

Getting their hair straightened for the first time was a rite of passage. But a group of Dallas women has found freedom in reclaiming nappier days.

The Negro Problem

Spike Lee's new racial satire starts out strong but loses its way

Hop online

Is Russell Simmons' 360HipHop.com the best hope to bring hip-hop culture onto the Internet?

Southern fried

What's in a name? A lot of ugly history, at least when it comes to Jefferson Davis Elementary.

Letters

Groove's thang

Terry McMillan's fantasy fluff offers escapist pleasures for all audiences

De Sade lite

Stage West presents a lighthearted romp through incest, bestiality, and necrophilia

City Hall's Slam-Dunk Gang

Quick--someone take a pulse. The Dallas City Council hasn't peeped in months. And John Ware and Ron Kirk are looking awfully well-fed.

Black out

Jerry Jones didn't hire a black head coach. Does that make him a racist?

What price victory?

A youngster encounters tricky racial politics by challenging Kathlyn Gilliam

Joyful noise

New Arts Six and Langston Hughes celebrate a stirring Black Nativity

The Pride of Napoleon Lewis

A veteran principal brought hope and self-respect to South Dallas' Lincoln High. But even some of his loyal followers say it's time for him to step down.

Brave new world

Rap's new polish: sophistication or pandering?

Leave it to Keever

DISD's new leader has ambition and ideas--if anybody'd let him finish a meeting

Bishop Jakes is ready. Are you?

The nation's hottest preacher brings his message to Dallas

Storm warning

When a tornado ripped through Lancaster, it also laid bare the city's racial wounds

The House of Cottrell (Part I)

The untold story of bitterness and betrayal in black Dallas' royal family

BeloWatch

Letters

A time to listen

Clinton's Austin speech posed a clear-eyed counterpoint to the Million Man March