South Dallas

Dallas hip-hop legend The D.O.C. is launching The Dream Experience Academy, a summer program giving South Dallas students opportunities in creative industries. The initiative aims to bridge racial disparities in entertainment and tackle chronic absenteeism.

The Metrocare Elam Family Mental Health Clinic offers walk-in appointments and financial assistance through charity care.

The event kicks off Black History Month at the Dallas venue.

The South Dallas community farm and Kroger launched Grocery Connect last year to bring fresh food to areas lacking reliable access to a grocery store. A $25,000 grant from the HCA Healthcare Foundation will support the program.

Prism Health North Texas announced a federal designation that allows the nonprofit's locations to charge Dallas County patients on a sliding scale based on household income for underinsured or uninsured patients.

The nonprofit will open a wellness center, resource center and affordable housing complex to address ongoing needs in the Bonton community.

The popular Hispanic market in East Dallas has served the community for over 20 years.

KERA's Recovering the Stories video series chronicles historic communities of color across Dallas, taking a closer look at how subjects like police brutality and gentrification have disproportionately affected these neighborhoods.

The original Billy Earl Dade Elementary School, a historic Black Dallas Independent School District property in South Dallas, is being considered as the site for a proposed $50 million career institute, according to DISD Trustee Ed Turner.

As Election Day approaches, many Black women in South Dallas feel their concerns — affordable housing, health care and abortion rights — are being overlooked.

Deep Ellum has a new Narcan vending machine that could help save lives.

Builders of Hope's "right to stay" campaign is aimed at creating policy changes to prevent displacement as housing costs rise.Dallas nonprofit push efforts to address housing displacement