Every fall, we publish our Best of Dallas issue, the Observer’s biggest print edition of the year. In those pages, we highlight an enormous amount of people, places and things that make living in ...

Carbondale Street at Loop 12 in Joppa, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, in Dallas. Sitting adjacent to industrial facilities, Joppa is among the worst polluted neighborhoods in Dallas. Elías Valverde II / Staff ...

For five years, Smith, who has grown into a community leader, has faced his own challenges while pushing the city to invest in a neighborhood once called the “worst neighborhood in America,” according ...