After Freedom Caucus Kills Her Legislation, Lawmaker Announces Anti-‘Lunch Shaming’ Campaign
Feeding Texas is now collecting donations to help pay off school lunch debts and encourage schools to adopt more generous meal policies.
Poverty
The Last Days of Tent City
As authorities prepared to evict its residents, a reporter spent six weeks in Dallas’ biggest homeless camp.
The House Always Wins
Some legislators want to keep affordable housing out of their districts — and they've given themselves the power to do it.
Shame for the Holidays: Fort Worth Council Member Takes on Panhandlers
Gyna Bivens conceded that her plan for 'most wanted' panhandler posters may be 'somewhat illegal.'
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Santa Rita Courts and the Fight for Affordable Public Housing
Public housing is no less political an issue now than it was in the 1930s.