Dallas
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The Implausible Experience of Kayaking the Trinity River in Downtown Dallas
Since moving to Dallas a few years ago, I’ve wanted to paddle the glittering water I’d pass while driving.
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Gladden Pappin Wants to Make Conservatism Great Again
The University of Dallas professor is urging Republicans to build a post-Trump, big-tent, big-spending party that’s economically populist and socially conservative.
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‘Dallas’ at 40: The Inside Story Behind the Show That Changed Texas Forever
How the trashiest, campiest show on television revolutionized pop culture, rebooted Texas’s reputation, and helped bring down the Romanian government. (Maybe!)
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The Cowboys Need Earl Thomas Because Earl Thomas Loves Them So Much
The Longhorn great is one of the best safeties the NFL has ever seen—and he’s never played for the team he loves most.
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Two Texas Cities Named Finalists in Race for Amazon’s HQ2
Both cities were considered favorites early in the process, but it remains unclear what they’ve offered the tech giant for HQ2.
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Lupe Valdez Hopes to Make the Leap from Dallas County Sheriff to Governor
The gay Latina sheriff of Dallas County advocates for Dreamers and LGBT rights.
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SMU Student Groups: Moving The 9/11 Memorial Restricts Freedom of Speech
Students believed the original language in the policy would consider a 9/11 memorial “triggering, harmful, or harassing.”
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An Ode to Half Price Books
As the Dallas chain celebrates its sapphire anniversary, a personal look at what the secondhand book store means to people.
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Dallas’s David Lowery Won’t Leave His Old Haunts
The auteur behind summer art-house favorite ‘A Ghost Story’ on his abiding connection to his home city.
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The Federal Trial Begins for “Our Man Downtown”
The U.S. v. John Wiley Price trial began on Thursday, but the real fireworks are expected to come over the coming four months.
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Dallas Director David Lowery’s New Film Is the Talk of Sundance
‘A Ghost Story’ is a fable of loss and mortality starring Casey Affleck as a bedsheet-wearing apparition.
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How The Refugee Ban Is Affecting Texas
A snapshot of two of Texas’s busiest airports in the aftermath of the refugee ban.
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An Interview With The Mall Of America’s First Black Santa
After spending four days at the Mall of America, Santa Larry is back in Texas to continue spreading holiday cheer.
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Mark Cuban Just Revoked Mavs Media Credentials For Two ESPN Reporters
Apparently the worldwide leader in sports has made Cuban unhappy.
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Dallas Is Regulating “Little Free Libraries” For Some Reason
The popular outdoor ”take-a-book, leave-a-book” displays face new restrictions in Big D.
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The Last Best Hope of Tony Romo
After a decade of hard-won victories and brutal setbacks, the 36-year-old quarterback—and every Cowboys fan—knows this: 2016 is the year he will write his legacy.
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The Struggle For Clean Water Continues For Dallas County’s Unincorporated Cities
Now a community called “No Town” has found itself facing the same challenges as Sandbranch.
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Who Invited Dan Patrick To A Town Hall Meeting On Race And Policing?
If Dan Patrick won’t speak for all Texans, he should sit down.
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Obama Echoed Dallas Leaders’ Calls To Take Racial Inequality Seriously
It’s possible, and necessary, to mourn for the victims of police brutality, the slain officers and address America’s racism.
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Mark Hughes and the Right to Bear Arms
When the Dallas Police Department posted Mark Hughes’s picture during the mass police shooting, they made him a target.
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How Good Does Ezekiel Elliott Have To Be?
The Cowboys made the rare move of making a running back a top-five draft pick. What’ll it take for that to be worth it?
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Exxxotica Sex Convention Finally Sues Dallas, And A Class Action Suit Is Possible
Big Lawsuits Happen Here.
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Does Texas Have Any Sanctuary Cities?
The governor is threatening to take funds from local police departments that have “sanctuary city” policies, but are those threats even warranted?
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Sandbranch Is Yet Another Poor, Black Community Without Clean Water
They’ve been without clean water for decades. How is this still the case in 2016?
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A First Look at Top Knot, Dallas’s New Restaurant From The Uchi People
A look inside Top Knot, Dallas’s new Japanese-Mediterranean-Latin American fusion restaurant.
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Dallas To Spend $40 Million This Year To Make Sure Streets Stay Just As Bad
It’s like putting a Band-Aid on a broken kneecap.
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A Tale Of Two Schools: South Oak Cliff High and Highland Park Fund Disparity
South Oak Cliff students stage walk out amid crumbling school conditions, but fifteen miles down the road Highland Park ISD is flush with cash.
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Los Torres Taqueria, Home to One of Our Top Tacos in Dallas, Has Closed
An ode to the drowned taco, one of the best tacos in Dallas.
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Dallas Has Become A Battleground Over Syrian Refugees, But Its Mayor Wants To Hold The Door Open
His comments about Syrian refugees have gotten him national attention and could push more Texans to follow his lead.
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‘True Conviction’ Follows Group of Texas Exonerees Investigating Wrongful Conviction Cases
Who better to investigate wrongful conviction cases than exonerees?
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The New UT System Hiring Practice That Could Have Helped Mizzou
The UT System’s version of the Rooney Rule could lead to more diversity in hiring. Here’s why that is necessary.
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Texas’s Cities: One Big, Dysfunctional Family
Chronicling the rivalries of Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Austin.
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Bon Appétit Names Austin and Dallas Restaurants to Its 2015 Favorite Fifty List but Snubs Houston
Four Texas restaurants are in the running for the magazine’s best restaurants list.
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DFW Airport: Bad Luck or Just Bad?
Our state’s busiest airport just keeps experiencing one unfortunate incident after another.
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The Full Nowitzki
In a new documentary, the Dallas Mavericks’ legendary power forward lets down his guard.
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Dallas Attorney Stands Up for Women’s Hair in Negligence Lawsuit
When Cindy Peterson and a handful of other women came forward with complaints about hair loss related to a luxury product line, an attorney from Dallas came to their aid.
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Loaded Guns, Knives, and Other Things Texans Tried to Travel With in 2014
Check your bag for liquids and heavy artillery next time you fly through a Texas airport.
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Is Dallas a True International City?
After losing out on another Olympics bid, it’s time for a little bit of soul-searching in Big D.
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Dallas Has Big Plans If It Gets To Host The Olympics In 2024
And by “big plans,” they mean, “better rent a car, international visitors.”
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How Dallas Has Become a Global Leader on Stopping Domestic Violence
This week, after announcing yet another new tactic to curb domestic violence in the city, it’s clear that Dallas’s efforts could become a blueprint for other communities wanting to focus on this issue.
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Do Call It Dallas–Fort Worth
All my life we’ve wanted top billing. But in the eyes of the world, we’re forever the sidekick: Dallas–Fort Worth. We’ve tried, over the years, to use that thirty-mile-long hyphen between the cities like a battering ram, deriding our rival …
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In Praise of My Sports Town
How I’m learning to love the Cowboys. And the Mavericks. And the Rangers. And the Stars. And . . .
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By Invitation Only
In a city that loves its parties, there’s perhaps none so aesthetically significant as Two x Two for AIDS and Art, Dallas’s most cutting-edge fundraiser—and one hell of a good time.
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Jackpot of the Plains
My unsentimental education in the wheeler-dealer ways of the most American of Texas cities.
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FLFW Will See You Now
In a rare interview, George H.W. Bush—a.k.a. the Former Leader of the Free World—disses Newt and the Dixie Chicks, muses on the restorative powers of Maine, and (who’d have imagined?) has nice things to say about the current occupant of the Oval Office.
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The Private Hell of Joel Gregory
One night the pastor of Dallas’ all-powerful First Baptist Church mysteriously resigned. To this day, no one is sure why.
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Is J.R. Shot?
The tenth anniversary of the most popular nighttime series begs the question. How long can the Ewing’s doings hold are attention?
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No Man’s Land
Welcome to Highland Park, a small town right in the middle of Dallas where the living is easy and time stands still.
