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Stories"> <div class="article first simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-craig-flournoy-were-not-trapped-by-history.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2346061-TITLE viziwyg-section-8090"> Craig Flournoy: We’re not trapped by history </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-craig-flournoy-were-not-trapped-by-history.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Supreme Court ruling in Dallas housing case should be the starting point for correcting past segregation practices, he says." data-headline="Craig Flournoy: We\u2019re not trapped by history"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-george-f.-will-the-damaging-doctrine-of-john-roberts.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2346327-TITLE viziwyg-section-8090"> George F. Will: The damaging doctrine of John Roberts </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-george-f.-will-the-damaging-doctrine-of-john-roberts.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="\u201CJudicial deference\u201D is damaging to all institutions, including the Supreme Court, he says." data-headline="George F. Will: The damaging doctrine of John Roberts"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-richard-parker-the-south-is-bigger--and-has-bigger-problems--than-flags.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2346331-TITLE viziwyg-section-8090"> Richard Parker: The South is bigger — and has bigger problems — than flags </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-richard-parker-the-south-is-bigger--and-has-bigger-problems--than-flags.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Yes, take the flags down, but also lower barriers to the ballot box, he says." data-headline="Richard Parker: The South is bigger \u2014 and has bigger problems \u2014 than flags"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-heather-wilhelm-quieter-lessons-of-charleston.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2346325-TITLE viziwyg-section-8090"> Heather Wilhelm: Quieter Lessons of Charleston </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-heather-wilhelm-quieter-lessons-of-charleston.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="After tragedy, Christians rose above our self-absorbed media culture, she says." data-headline="Heather Wilhelm: Quieter Lessons of Charleston"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article " data-vr-contentbox=""> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-icymi-the-best-of-obamas-podcast-with-marc-maron.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2346098-TITLE viziwyg-section-8090"> ICYMI: The best of Obama’s podcast with Marc Maron </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-icymi-the-best-of-obamas-podcast-with-marc-maron.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="The president sounds off on racism, narcissistic wall decor and being realistic in his expectations." data-headline="ICYMI: The best of Obama\u2019s podcast with Marc Maron"></a> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tf1f3 r5 sbd simple-separator-top"> <a class="link-title" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/texan-of-the-year/">Texan of the Year</a> </div> <div class="x300x300 row"> <div class="column-1"> <div class="widget list custom "> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Energy"> <div class="article first " data-vr-contentbox=""> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/texan-of-the-year-2014/" class="headline-list-img headline-list-img-top"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20141227-trio2_1200.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/trio2_1200.jpg" alt="" class=" inpage-cropable inpage-image-2111258-ALTERNATES-w460 inpage-dim-460-286 viziwyg-section-4 img-responsive" title="Nina Pham (left), Dr. Kent Brantly and Amber Vinson" width="460" height="286"/> </a> <h3 class="h5 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/texan-of-the-year-2014/" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2111257-TITLE viziwyg-section-8061"> 2014 Texans of the Year: The Ebola Warriors </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/texan-of-the-year-2014/" data-media-url="" data-summary="Dr. Kent Brantly and nurses Nina Pham and Amber Vinson courageously fought for patients\u2019 lives, then for their own as the deadly virus took hold of them. They are selfless heroes, survivors and Dallas Morning News 2014 Texans of the Year." data-headline="2014 Texans of the Year: The Ebola Warriors"></a> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column-2"> <div class="widget list custom "> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Residential Real Estate"> <div class="article first simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <h3 class="h7 stn tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20141227-keven-ann-willey-behind-the-scenes-in-making-our-big-decision.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2111782-TITLE viziwyg-section-8064"> Keven Ann Willey: Behind the scenes in making our Big Decision </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20141227-keven-ann-willey-behind-the-scenes-in-making-our-big-decision.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="From our longest list of candidates ever, the newspaper\u2019s Texan of the Year pick came quickly this year." data-headline="Keven Ann Willey: Behind the scenes in making our Big Decision"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article " data-vr-contentbox=""> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/texan-of-the-year/headlines/20141227-texan-of-the-year-suggestions-from-our-readers.ece" class="headline-list-img headline-list-img-left"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/texan-of-the-year/headlines/20141227-phil_collins_alamo_38479499.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w220/PHIL_COLLINS_ALAMO_38479499.JPG" alt="" class=" inpage-cropable inpage-image-2111803-ALTERNATES-w220 inpage-dim-220-154 viziwyg-section-8061 img-responsive" title="OK, so musician Phil Collins isn’t technically from Texas - but several of you said the Alamo aficionado deserves Texan of the Year honors for donating his personal collection of artifacts to the San Antonio shrine." width="220" height="154"/> </a> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 svn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/texan-of-the-year/headlines/20141227-texan-of-the-year-suggestions-from-our-readers.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2111804-TITLE viziwyg-section-8061"> Texan of the Year: Suggestions from our readers </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/texan-of-the-year/headlines/20141227-texan-of-the-year-suggestions-from-our-readers.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Hundreds of you wrote in with your nominations for the annual distinction." data-headline="Texan of the Year: Suggestions from our readers"></a> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tf1f3 r5 sbd text-capitalize simple-separator-top"> <a class="link-title" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/">editorials</a> </div> <div class="x300x300 row"> <div class="column-1"> <div class="widget list custom "> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Energy"> <div class="article first " data-vr-contentbox=""> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150625-editorial-disd-trustees-take-time-you-need-to-pick-right-leader.ece" class="headline-list-img headline-list-img-top"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150625-eric_cowan_and_mike_morath.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/ERIC_COWAN_AND_MIKE_MORATH.JPG" alt="" class=" inpage-cropable inpage-image-2346183-ALTERNATES-w460 inpage-dim-460-286 viziwyg-section-8064 img-responsive" title="" width="460" height="286"/> </a> <h3 class="h5 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150625-editorial-disd-trustees-take-time-you-need-to-pick-right-leader.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2346184-TITLE viziwyg-section-8064"> Editorial: DISD trustees, take time you need to pick right leader </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150625-editorial-disd-trustees-take-time-you-need-to-pick-right-leader.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Focus on appointing a capable interim superintendent who believes in the significant reforms already in place." data-headline="Editorial: DISD trustees, take time you need to pick right leader"></a> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column-2"> <div class="widget list custom "> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Residential Real Estate"> <div class="article first simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150625-editorial-time-to-strip-troubling-confederate-symbols-from-public-places.ece" class="headline-list-img headline-list-img-left"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150625-confederate2x.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w220/confederate2x.JPG" alt="" class=" inpage-cropable inpage-image-2345963-ALTERNATES-w220 inpage-dim-220-154 viziwyg-section-8064 img-responsive" title="The Confederate flag flies on the South Carolina Capitol grounds one day after Gov. Nikki Haley announced last week that she will call for the flag to be removed." width="220" height="154"/> </a> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150625-editorial-time-to-strip-troubling-confederate-symbols-from-public-places.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2345964-TITLE viziwyg-section-8064"> Editorial: Time to strip troubling Confederate symbols from public places </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150625-editorial-time-to-strip-troubling-confederate-symbols-from-public-places.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="From South Carolina to Texas, the symbols of the Old South need removal or better context." data-headline="Editorial: Time to strip troubling Confederate symbols from public places"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article " data-vr-contentbox=""> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150625-editorial-supreme-court-kills-texas-segregated-housing-formula.ece" class="headline-list-img headline-list-img-left"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150625-supreme_court_housing_discrimination_44636969.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w220/SUPREME_COURT_HOUSING_DISCRIMINATION_44636969.JPG" alt="" class=" inpage-cropable inpage-image-2345887-ALTERNATES-w220 inpage-dim-220-154 viziwyg-section-8064 img-responsive" title="Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs in Austin was the focal point of a Supreme Court decision Thursday that federal housing laws prohibit seemingly neutral practices that harm minorities, even without proof of intentional discrimination. The case involved an appeal from Texas officials accused of accused of violating the Fair Housing Act by awarding federal tax credits in a way that kept low-income housing out of white neighborhoods." width="220" height="154"/> </a> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 svn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150625-editorial-supreme-court-kills-texas-segregated-housing-formula.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2345888-TITLE viziwyg-section-8064"> Editorial: Supreme Court kills Texas’ segregated housing formula </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150625-editorial-supreme-court-kills-texas-segregated-housing-formula.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="State must find better ways to distribute affordable-housing tax credits after Thursday\u2019s negative Supreme Court ruling." data-headline="Editorial: Supreme Court kills Texas\u2019 segregated housing formula"></a> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tf1f3 r5 sbd simple-separator-top"> <a class="link-title" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/">Letters to the Editor</a> </div> <div class="x300x300 row"> <div class="column-1"> <div class="widget list custom "> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Energy"> <div class="article first " data-vr-contentbox=""> <h3 class="h5 stn tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2015/06/try-these-civilized-ideas.html/" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2345979-TITLE viziwyg-section-8058"> Try these civilized ideas </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2015/06/try-these-civilized-ideas.html/" data-media-url="" data-summary="Re: \"Vote on late-term abortions promised - McConnell wants ban, setting up showdown GOP is likely to lose,\" Saturday news story." data-headline="Try these civilized ideas"></a> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column-2"> <div class="widget list custom "> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Residential Real Estate"> <div class="article first simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <h3 class="h7 stn tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2015/06/a-license-to-discriminate.html/" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2345980-TITLE viziwyg-section-8058"> A license to discriminate? </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2015/06/a-license-to-discriminate.html/" data-media-url="" data-summary="Re \"High court says Texas can ban Confederate plates,\" Saturday Hits and Misses." data-headline="A license to discriminate?"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article " data-vr-contentbox=""> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 svn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2015/06/are-christians-being-persecuted.html/" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2345981-TITLE viziwyg-section-8058"> Are Christians being persecuted? </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2015/06/are-christians-being-persecuted.html/" data-media-url="" data-summary="Jeffress got it right \u2026" data-headline="Are Christians being persecuted?"></a> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tf1f3 r5 sbd text-capitalize simple-separator-top"> <a class="link-title" href="/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/">latest columns</a> </div> <div class="x300x300 row"> <div class="column-1"> <div class="widget list custom "> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Energy"> <div class="article first " data-vr-contentbox=""> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-craig-flournoy-were-not-trapped-by-history.ece" class="headline-list-img headline-list-img-top"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-supreme_court_housing_discrimination_44636969.jpg1.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/SUPREME_COURT_HOUSING_DISCRIMINATION_44636969.JPG" alt="" class=" inpage-cropable inpage-image-2346059-ALTERNATES-w460 inpage-dim-460-286 viziwyg-section-8090 img-responsive" title="" width="460" height="286"/> </a> <h3 class="h5 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-craig-flournoy-were-not-trapped-by-history.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2346061-TITLE viziwyg-section-8090"> Craig Flournoy: We’re not trapped by history </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-craig-flournoy-were-not-trapped-by-history.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Supreme Court ruling in Dallas housing case should be the starting point for correcting past segregation practices, he says." data-headline="Craig Flournoy: We\u2019re not trapped by history"></a> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column-2"> <div class="widget list custom "> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Residential Real Estate"> <div class="article first simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-george-f.-will-the-damaging-doctrine-of-john-roberts.ece" class="headline-list-img headline-list-img-left"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-supreme_court_q_a_40668159.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w220/SUPREME_COURT_Q_A_40668159.JPG" alt="" class=" inpage-cropable inpage-image-2346326-ALTERNATES-w220 inpage-dim-220-154 viziwyg-section-8090 img-responsive" title="" width="220" height="154"/> </a> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-george-f.-will-the-damaging-doctrine-of-john-roberts.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2346327-TITLE viziwyg-section-8090"> George F. Will: The damaging doctrine of John Roberts </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-george-f.-will-the-damaging-doctrine-of-john-roberts.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="\u201CJudicial deference\u201D is damaging to all institutions, including the Supreme Court, he says." data-headline="George F. Will: The damaging doctrine of John Roberts"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article " data-vr-contentbox=""> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-richard-parker-the-south-is-bigger--and-has-bigger-problems--than-flags.ece" class="headline-list-img headline-list-img-left"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-appomattox.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w220/appomattox.JPG" alt="" class=" inpage-cropable inpage-image-2346330-ALTERNATES-w220 inpage-dim-220-154 viziwyg-section-8090 img-responsive" title="" width="220" height="154"/> </a> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 svn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-richard-parker-the-south-is-bigger--and-has-bigger-problems--than-flags.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2346331-TITLE viziwyg-section-8090"> Richard Parker: The South is bigger — and has bigger problems — than flags </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150625-richard-parker-the-south-is-bigger--and-has-bigger-problems--than-flags.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Yes, take the flags down, but also lower barriers to the ballot box, he says." data-headline="Richard Parker: The South is bigger \u2014 and has bigger problems \u2014 than flags"></a> </span> </h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="tf1f3 r5 sbd text-capitalize simple-separator-top"> <a class="link-title" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626122536/http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/archives/southern-dallas/">closing dallas' north-south gap</a> </div> <div class="widget feed rssHeadline rssHeadline-2087484 leftRailFeed"> <div class="content" data-vr-zone="Opinion Blog"> <ul class="list-unstyled"> <li class="simple-separator" data-vr-contentbox=""> <h4 class="tf1f2 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