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Coronavirus
Grown Ups (and Masks) Should Keep Kids Safe
Fifth grader (and People Newspaper's youngest intern) John Erickson explains his feelings about his return to school.
(Read time: 3.8 minutes)
Coronavirus
Why Don’t Public Schools Have the Same Choice?
Texas private schools are allowed to make decisions based on keeping their students and staff healthy. Why aren't public schools allowed to do the same?
(Read time: 2 minutes)
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When Food Heals the Heart
Sitting on a sparse chair beside the eight-year-old’s bed, Chef Miguel Blasini was covered in a ubiquitous blue mask, gloves, and gown, trying to connect with the boy who was recuperating from a bone marrow transplant.
(Read time: 7.7 minutes)
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New Eats to Beat the Heat
It's pretty wacky that Dallas has so many new restaurants popping up this time of year, but there are. We think these two are definitely two of the very best to open recently.
(Read time: 6.9 minutes)
Coronavirus
Second Pandemic School Year Leaves Many Parents Feeling Worried
How do you plan for a school year with so many pandemic variables?
(Read time: 11 minutes)
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Cole’s Ministry: Feeding Dallas, Souls
True story: Jay Cole saved me from becoming a bridezilla.
(Read time: 3.5 minutes)
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With Tokyo on Horizon, UP Columnist Recalls 1996 Games
Pressley Peters, who worked as a media relations staffer during the 1996 Olympic Games, says this year's Olympic athletes deserve a roaring crowd of spectators.
(Read time: 7 minutes)
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Cheeky Beaches Need Sunscreen
Summer may have meant a chance to vacation finally, but that doesn't mean you should forget to cover your assets. (Read time: 3 minutes)
In Case You Missed It
We Really Were Wild About Harry’s
When is a restaurant more than a restaurant? When it's indelibly connected to the most important days of people's lives.
(Read time: 11.4 minutes)
Tornado
The Happy Ending: Central Market Preston Royal Reopens
Have you ever tasted a Royal Plumcot? How about a Picasso Melon?
Spoiler alert: I don’t think so, because they are exclusive to Central Market’s newly-reopened Preston Royal location.
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Bitcoin Birthday
June is such a great month. It’s never too hot in Dallas, the evenings linger, and people are out and about, many with smiles as masks are coming off.
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Why Should Texas Educators and Parents Watch World Oil Prices?
Many may not realize the connection between world oil prices and Texas education funding, but new research shows clearly that billions of dollars K-12 schools rely upon to educate students could be at risk if world oil prices decline.
In Case You Missed It
Shortchanged of History
I know this as fact: My roots, as far as my family's time in North America, are steeped in the belief that White people are superior to other races.
40th Anniversary
Receptionist to Editor: A Journalist’s Unexpected Journey
I came to Dallas in 1985 looking for something, although I wasn’t sure what.
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The Bad Kind of Déjà Vu
We won’t lie - the sound of a tornado siren, even 18 months after the EF3 tornado that struck a huge swath of our readership, fills most of us with a sense of dread.
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Let’s Roar for Mothers and May
All mothers who survived this past year without succumbing to depression from severe cabin fever deserve applause.
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‘A Big City Can Have a Small-Town Feel’
The Hart family home in Hillcrest Estates was hit by an EF3 tornado in 2019, and then last Sunday, the unthinkable happened -- their home was struck by an EF1 tornado. But in the aftermath, Cherie Hart said her neighbors jumped in to help.
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History Lessons: What Railroads Can Teach Us About Texas’ Electric Grid
"We’re stronger together than we are on our own. I may be a fourth grader, but making sure we all have electricity all the time should be a really big goal. But we’re a really big state, that does really big things. So we can do this, too."