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United Way

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Rawlings: We Must "Take Notice" of High Number of Dallasites So Close to Asset Poverty

    If you need a new benchmark to measure just how broke you are, try "asset poverty." Asset-poor households would be unable to survive for three months at the federal poverty level if some crisis caused them to lose their source of income. As Robert mentioned earlier, asset poverty is the subject of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2011

    Today, Feast Of Sharing Helped a Lot of Hungry People Eat at Fair Park

    ​Early this morning, volunteers started streaming into Fair Park to prep for Central Market's Feast of Sharing, an annual event to help people in need. The grocery store has sponsored the Dallas version of this event for the the last five years. By 1 p.m., a line had formed both inside and out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Reading is Fundamental, Which Is Why DISD's Trying to Round Up 1,111 Readers For Friday

    Genius.​Speaking of learnin' stuff ...At last week's Dallas ISD board meeting, district spokesman Jon Dahlander told the trustees that so far, a few hundred folks had signed up to read to kiddos on Friday, when the district's hoping to round up 1,111 volunteers for its so-called "community-wide ce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Oates, Here We Go Magic To Play Upcoming, Three-Day United Way Benefit in Denton

    Juan PatinoJohn Oates​I just spent way too much time scouring the Internet for a clip of the classic 1999 Saturday Night Live send-up of Behind The Music where Chris Kattan, playing John Oates, riffs on the fact that, yes, it was very much his idea to add in the handclap parts to Hall & Oates' ... More >>

  • News

    April 28, 2011

    We knew it! Porn is Good.

    A pro-porn column in the News doesn't get a rise out anyone.

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    With Another Branch on Mockingbird, Fuzzy's Taco Shop is the New Starbucks

    ​We're putting it out there: Fuzzy's is the New Starbucks. The Fort Worth-based juggernaut is set to open its 32nd store in four states in late summer -- in The Shops at Mockingbird at Mockingbird Lane and Lemmon Avenue. That would make it the second location on Mockingbird. An outpost opened ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    New Anti-Poverty Coalition to Demand Dallas City Hall Zone Payday Lenders Out of Business

    ​Been trying to reach council member Jerry Allen ever since yesterday; no luck so far. But we know where he'll be at 3 today: in the Flag Room at Dallas City Hall, standing beside Dr. Frederick Haynes and Rev. Gerald Britt at an anti-payday lender press conference on behalf of the Anti-Poverty Coa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2010

    Fort Worth Taco Week Proves Tacos Are Good For Everyone Except Fuzzy's Taco Shop

    ​Eating a taco helps fight your hunger. It also helps fight your neighbor's hunger. Well, at least that will be true next week. From November 14-18, The United Way of Tarrant County and a class of 23 seniors at Texas Christian University's Neeley School of Business in Fort Worth are partnering to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    United Way of Dallas to Put $1 Million Toward Keeping Kids in the Dallas ISD

    I was glancing at the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees' meeting agenda for Thursday when I espied this intriguing item: Acceptance of Donation from United Way of Metropolitan Dallas in the Amount of $1,005,000 to Support Destination: Graduation. Seems awfully generous, which is w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2008

    Action Jackson's Back in Town

    I was glancing at the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees' meeting agenda for Thursday when I espied this intriguing item: Acceptance of Donation from United Way of Metropolitan Dallas in the Amount of $1,005,000 to Support Destination: Graduation. Seems awfully generous, which is w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2007

    Emmitt Smith Waltzing Into Real-Estate Biz

    I was glancing at the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees' meeting agenda for Thursday when I espied this intriguing item: Acceptance of Donation from United Way of Metropolitan Dallas in the Amount of $1,005,000 to Support Destination: Graduation. Seems awfully generous, which is w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2006

    Home for the Homeless

    I was glancing at the Dallas Independent School District board of trustees' meeting agenda for Thursday when I espied this intriguing item: Acceptance of Donation from United Way of Metropolitan Dallas in the Amount of $1,005,000 to Support Destination: Graduation. Seems awfully generous, which is w ... More >>

  • News

    November 4, 2004

    A Day at the Races

    Plus: D-Day at the DMN; Dirty Deed

  • News

    October 21, 2004

    Gay Old Time

    Plus: Aid Needs Aid; The Second Front

  • Calendar

    July 24, 2003

    This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

    Plus: Aid Needs Aid; The Second Front

  • Culture

    December 6, 2001

    Hunger Strike

    Can a non-9/11 benefit album make any noise?

  • News

    November 23, 2000

    High Spoons

    Bare breasts, a bowl of red, and bad blood among the chili brethren in the Big Bend. Texas doesn't get any better.

  • News

    October 12, 2000

    Paper Chase

    Texas Jewish Post Publisher Jimmy Wisch says he's being run out of town by leaders of the community he has served for 54 years. They say he's overstayed his welcome.

  • News

    August 17, 2000

    Sins of a Preacher Man

    Until his overthrow, Bill Price led the Texas anti-abortion movement for 17 years. Was it politics, ego, or something worse that did him in?

  • News

    August 1, 1996

    Letters

    Until his overthrow, Bill Price led the Texas anti-abortion movement for 17 years. Was it politics, ego, or something worse that did him in?

  • Calendar

    May 9, 1996

    Events for the week

    Until his overthrow, Bill Price led the Texas anti-abortion movement for 17 years. Was it politics, ego, or something worse that did him in?

  • News

    April 4, 1996

    Wish Woman

    She hasn't got money or connections. But straight-shooting Linda Terrell is helping dying grownups live their dreams.

  • News

    February 29, 1996

    BeloWatch

    She hasn't got money or connections. But straight-shooting Linda Terrell is helping dying grownups live their dreams.

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