Dallas County’s initial COVID vaccines went to these affluent northern neighborhoods
Elected officials said equitable access to the vaccine was a goal. Initial data raises questions on whether they’re hitting the mark.
People wait to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Fair Park in Dallas on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) with reaction to the data.
Only 97 residents who live near Dallas’ COVID-19 vaccine site at Fair Park were among the initial 3,000 inoculated during its first week of operation, according to a
Dallas Morning News analysis of limited county data
released Saturday.
After tumultuous year, Dallas community leaders look at MLK holiday as a chance to renew focus on the way forward
The pandemic, police brutality and political unrest have shone a light on inequities but also a path to addressing them
Rev. Peter Johnson poses for a portrait in front of a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center on Thursday in Dallas.(Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer)
The Rev. Peter Johnson cries often these days.
Johnson usually spends this time of year catching up with friends across the country who, like him, fought on the front lines of the civil rights movement alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.