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“If People Want to Take a Chance, It’s Their Prerogative”: Inside One Bar on the First Day of Reopening

By Brittney Martin

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While shopping for dresses at the Boys & Girls Club Prom Dress Extravaganza, Jummy Loaye, 17, saw her dress and fell in love. “I just knew that’s what I wanted to wear,” the Advantage Academy senior says. Though she didn’t have too many plans, she just wanted to enjoy a special night with her friends. “We’re all leaving high school and won’t see each other as much,” she says. She’d been envisioning her own American prom since before moving to Dallas from Nigeria. “I always knew what prom was, especially because of the movies,” she says. “I wanted to experience it. I’ve shed tears a couple of times over this.” In high school, she was chosen to participate in the Leader in Me Program. “They take students that they believe can lead others and train them,” she explains. “Being chosen for that gave me a reason to be great. It became clearer that the younger ones are watching me; even my little siblings are watching.” This fall, Loaye plans to attend the University of North Texas and study business. She wants to run her own business one day, like her father, who sells Nigerian clothes. Though all the cancellations of senior events have made her sad, she’s trying to draw positive lessons from the experience. “I have learned that most times our plans don’t go through and that even when the plan doesn’t go through, it’s just a setback,” she says. “We get up and raise our heads to achieve higher than planned.”

Dallas-Area High School Seniors Cope With a Semester—and Rites of Passage—Cut Short

By Laura Lee Huttenbach and Mary Beth Koeth

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Exterior of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

How Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts Planned Its Reopening

By Michael Agresta

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José Ralat Believes the Taco Is Pandemic-Proof

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Priya Krishna’s Quarantine Journal, Entry No. 12: Our DIY Graduation Ceremony

By Priya Krishna

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A Taste Test of Unusual Texas Barbecue Sauces

By Daniel Vaughn

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Norma McCorvey and Jane Roe outside of Supreme Court Building

‘AKA Jane Roe’ Finally Gives Norma McCorvey the Nuanced Portrait She Deserves

By Arielle Avila

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migrants outside of detention center

Recently Released Asylum Seekers Talk About Detention During the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Cat Cardenas

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How to Embroider Your Denim

By Emily McCullar

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Patrick Joubert of Jube’s Smokehouse

BBQ News Roundup: Don’t Mess With Brisket

By Daniel Vaughn

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Pac man with face mask on

Is the Cursed “Pac-Man” Face Mask for Real?

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Summer Books Package What to Read Now

What to Read Now

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