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In their efforts to remove Shingle Mountain, the result of Dallas' racist zoning practices, activists are faced with more racism.
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For the second time in two decades, several acres of The Old Fish Hatchery at White Rock Lake were mowed down by local energy provider, this time Oncor, surprising Dallas residents used to exploring this little bit of nature in the Big D. D Magazine broke the story a couple...
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The City Plan Commission on Wednesday rejected a zoning request for a 175-acre warehouse project in southern Dallas that nearby residents said would bring more pollution, more traffic congestion and lower property values to an area already overstuffed with warehouses. City staff had recommended approval of the rezoning for Dallas-based...
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Sandra Anchondo Hansen studied accounting in school. She became an attorney and a small business owner, but she says she goes home every day feeling like a landscaper. At the end of the day, Hansen and the workers at her auto repair shop, Motorwerkz of Dallas, often go home covered...
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Marsha Jackson is relieved when the rain rolls through her Dallas neighborhood off of Highway 30. She’s lived there since 1995. Twenty-five years ago, the area was more rural. It was greener and breathing was easier back then, she says. Jackson bought the land where she lives largely for her...
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Expect to breathe in some dusty, African air when you step outside this weekend. A Saharan dust plume is traveling more than 7,000 miles to touch down in Dallas. The cloud is a bone dry, dusty mass of air that forms over the Sahara Desert in North Africa, said Juan...
