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class="col-sm-8">  <div class="widget navigation breadcrumb article-breadcrumbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/"> Opinion </a> <span class="fico icon-arrow-right"></span> Dallas' North-South Gap </div> <h1 class="section-label section-article-label"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/north-south-dallas-project/">Dallas' North-South Gap</a> </h1> <div class="x460x140 row"> <div class="column-1"> <div class="widget stories topstory topstory ">  <div class="article news first default "> <div class="news"> <h1 class="default h3 tf1f2 stn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/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> </h1>  </div>  <div class="text"> <div id="widget2153679-story2345888-picture2345887">  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150625-editorial-supreme-court-kills-texas-segregated-housing-formula.ece"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150625-supreme_court_housing_discrimination_44636969.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w620/SUPREME_COURT_HOUSING_DISCRIMINATION_44636969.JPG" alt="" 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="620" height="385" rel="widget2153679-story2345888-picture2345887-info" class="stories-topstory-topPicture inpage-cropable inpage-image-2345887-ALTERNATES-w620 inpage-dim-620-385 viziwyg-section-8064 img-responsive"/> </a> <div id="indexCredit" class="ssCredit small"> Eric Gay / AP </div> </div> <p class="DMNStoryTease">State must find better ways to distribute affordable-housing tax credits after Thursday’s negative Supreme Court ruling. <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> </p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="widget stories custom dnNewHome dnHomeSecondLede simple-separator-top "> <div class="article news first default "> <div class="text"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229im_/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150618-delira.jpg.ece/ALTERNATES/w140/delira.jpg" class="left inpage-cropable inpage-image-2338180-ALTERNATES-w140 inpage-dim-140-92 viziwyg-section-8064 " alt="" title="Class of 2016 senior Diana Delira, a 4.0 student, will graduate next year from Samuell High School’s early college program." width="140" height="92" onclick="location.href='https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150618-editorial-early-college-at-samuell-high-raises-students-game.ece';"/> <div class="textDetailWithImage"> <h3 class="h6 tf1f2 sbs"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150618-editorial-early-college-at-samuell-high-raises-students-game.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2338181-TITLE viziwyg-section-8064"> Editorial: Early college at Samuell High raises students' game </a> </h3> <p class="summary"> <span class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2338181-LEADTEXT viziwyg-section-8064">Graduation rates have risen steadily, and the school is near the top of Dallas ISD in the algebra I, biology and history end-of-school exams.</span> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150618-editorial-early-college-at-samuell-high-raises-students-game.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Graduation rates have risen steadily, and the school is near the top of Dallas ISD in the algebra I, biology and history end-of-school exams." data-headline="Editorial: Early college at Samuell High raises students&#039; game"></a> </span> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="column-2"> <div class="tf1f3 r5 sbd text-capitalize"> <a class="link-title" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/category/southern_dallas/">southern dallas blog</a> </div> <div class="widget feed rssHeadline rssHeadline-91652 leftRailFeed"> <div class="content"> <ul class="list-unstyled"> <li class="simple-separator"> <h4 class="tf1f2 h7 sbn"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2015/06/supreme-courts-ruling-means-dallas-needs-to-find-a-better-subsidized-housing-formula.html/" target="_self">Supreme Court’s ruling means Dallas needs to find a better subsidized-housing formula</a></h4> </li> <li class="simple-separator"> <h4 class="tf1f2 h7 sbn"><a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/north-south-dallas-project/editorials/20150617-editorial-sidewalks-green-space-to-transform-south-lamar.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2336975-TITLE viziwyg-section-8097"> Editorial: Sidewalks, green space to transform South Lamar </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/north-south-dallas-project/editorials/20150617-editorial-sidewalks-green-space-to-transform-south-lamar.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Departing council member Carolyn Davis launches an $11.5 million makeover effort for the heavily industrialized street." data-headline="Editorial: Sidewalks, green space to transform South Lamar"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article "> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a 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E-mail us at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/mailto:southerndallas@dallasnews.com"><strong>southerndallas@dallasnews.com</strong></a></p>  </div> </div> </div> <div class="column-2"> <div class="tf1f3 r5 sbd text-capitalize simple-separator-top"> <a class="link-title" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/north-south-dallas-project/viewpoints/">viewpoints</a> </div> <div class="widget list detailed "> <div class="content"> <div class="article first simple-separator"> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150615-amber-sims-its-time-to-make-fair-park-work-for-its-community.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2333384-TITLE viziwyg-section-8090"> Amber Sims: It’s time to make Fair Park work for its community </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150615-amber-sims-its-time-to-make-fair-park-work-for-its-community.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="The residents deserve better from city leadership when it comes to operations at their historic park, she says." data-headline="Amber Sims: It\u2019s time to make Fair Park work for its community"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article simple-separator"> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150602-chequan-lewis-getting-to-tomorrow-in-southern-dallas.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2319420-TITLE viziwyg-section-8090"> Chequan Lewis: Getting to tomorrow in southern Dallas </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150602-chequan-lewis-getting-to-tomorrow-in-southern-dallas.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Southern Dallas can shape its own road by increasing residents\' engagement, the Dallas attorney says" data-headline="Chequan Lewis: Getting to tomorrow in southern Dallas"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article simple-separator"> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150529-janeil-engelstad-at-dade-middle-school-art-has-made-a-positive-difference.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2314729-TITLE viziwyg-section-8090"> Janeil Engelstad: At Dade Middle School, art has made a positive difference </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150529-janeil-engelstad-at-dade-middle-school-art-has-made-a-positive-difference.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="I have seen the transformative power of art programs on Dade youth who are now expressing themselves with confidence." data-headline="Janeil Engelstad: At Dade Middle School, art has made a positive difference"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article simple-separator"> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150308-tod-robberson-legislators-bill-would-fight-contagion-of-adverse-possession.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2209887-TITLE viziwyg-section-8090"> Tod Robberson: Legislator’s bill would fight contagion of adverse possession </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150308-tod-robberson-legislators-bill-would-fight-contagion-of-adverse-possession.ece" data-media-url="" data-summary="Legislation being finalized by state Rep. Eric Johnson of Dallas would combat the kinds of abusive real estate practices used in poor neighborhoods by Douglas T. \u201CChase\u201D Fonteno." data-headline="Tod Robberson: Legislator\u2019s bill would fight contagion of adverse possession"></a> </span> </h3> </div> <div class="article "> <h3 class="h7 tf1f2 sbn"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150626112229/http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/sunday-commentary/20150306-point-person-dpd-chief-david-brown-on-ferguson-race-relations-and-writing-tickets-to-raise-revenue.ece" class="viziwyg-editable viziwyg-field-2206933-TITLE viziwyg-section-8092"> Point Person: DPD Chief David Brown on Ferguson, race relations and writing tickets to raise revenue </a> <span class="inline-share"> <a class="inline-share-button icon-export" data-link="http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/sunday-commentary/20150306-point-person-dpd-chief-david-brown-on-ferguson-race-relations-and-writing-tickets-to-raise-revenue.ece" data-media-url="" 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