Opinion
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s donation shines a light on strained safety net for abuse victims
At least four Dallas-area domestic violence shelters are dealing with water damage from the winter storm.
In this file photo, Laura De La Paz (right) plays with a child in the children's playroom at the Genesis Women's Shelter & Support Outreach Counseling Center. The shelter works with women and children who are fleeing domestic violence. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)
As lights flicked on and off at Genesis Women’s Shelter in Dallas in the days after the winter storm, staffers bundled up the women and children and began relocating them to safe places where their abusers wouldn’t look. A few families stayed in their transitional apartments, doors chained shut for protection.