Adrian Ashford
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I cover faith @dallasnews.com. Past lives @USATODAY.com, @bostonglobe.com, @washingtonmonthly.com
Tips, thoughts, questions: adrian.ashford@dallasnews.com
Tips, thoughts, questions: adrian.ashford@dallasnews.com
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We surveyed 90 trans Texans. Most said they’re living in fear and weighing a move
Respondents said anti-trans policies have complicated their sense of home in Texas and pushed them to consider leaving the state.
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Want to learn more about trans Texans? We surveyed 90 of them to learn how they're dealing with an increasingly-hostile political climate. Almost everyone said they're feeling more anxious and less safe in public. @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...
Want to learn more about trans Texans? We surveyed 90 of them to learn how they're dealing with an increasingly-hostile political climate. Almost everyone said they're feeling more anxious and less safe in public. @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...
We surveyed 90 trans Texans. Most said they’re living in fear and weighing a move
Respondents said anti-trans policies have complicated their sense of home in Texas and pushed them to consider leaving the state.
www.dallasnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Want to learn more about trans Texans? We surveyed 90 of them to learn how they're dealing with an increasingly-hostile political climate. Almost everyone said they're feeling more anxious and less safe in public. @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...
Raunaq Alam's hate crime trial began this week in a Tarrant County courtroom packed with pro-Palestine activists and community members. He is facing up to 10 years in prison for allegedly spray-painting "F— Israel" on the wall of a church in Euless. @dallasnews.com
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Trial begins for man facing up to 10 years in prison for anti-Israel graffiti on church
The trial of Raunaq Alam, accused of a hate crime for allegedly spray-painting anti-Israel graffiti on the wall of Uncommon Church, began this week in a...
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September 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Raunaq Alam's hate crime trial began this week in a Tarrant County courtroom packed with pro-Palestine activists and community members. He is facing up to 10 years in prison for allegedly spray-painting "F— Israel" on the wall of a church in Euless. @dallasnews.com
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Since last June, a surprising number of D-FW churches have weathered a scandal related to sexual abuse or misconduct. Can churches learn from this year of reckoning? @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/2...
D-FW churches have been rocked by a year of abuse scandals. Is it more than a coincidence?
As the Dallas area grapples with a slew of abuse allegations in evangelical, Protestant churches, The News talked to lawyers, researchers and therapists to...
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July 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Since last June, a surprising number of D-FW churches have weathered a scandal related to sexual abuse or misconduct. Can churches learn from this year of reckoning? @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/2...
Our team @dallasnews.com worked hard to publish a new (front-page!) story every day of the June 8-11 Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Dallas this year. Here's a round-up — and if you have been, thanks for following our work.
June 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Our team @dallasnews.com worked hard to publish a new (front-page!) story every day of the June 8-11 Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Dallas this year. Here's a round-up — and if you have been, thanks for following our work.
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Gateway Church founder Robert Morris, in a new court filing written by his attorneys, publicly responded to Cindy Clemishire’s sexual abuse allegations and said he had a “highly inappropriate relationship” with her.
‘Highly inappropriate relationship’: Robert Morris responds to abuse allegations in filing
Robert Morris, in a new court filing written by his attorneys, publicly responded to Cindy Clemishire’s sexual abuse allegations and said he had a “highly...
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May 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Gateway Church founder Robert Morris, in a new court filing written by his attorneys, publicly responded to Cindy Clemishire’s sexual abuse allegations and said he had a “highly inappropriate relationship” with her.
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My good friend Adrian is part of a project at the Dallas Morning News surveying transgender Texans' mental health after the onslaught of bills this legislative session. If that's you, go take this survey:
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Are you a transgender Texan? We want to hear from you
Texas is home to about 93,000 transgender adults who make up less than 0.5% of the state’s population, according to the Williams Institute at UCLA School of...
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May 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
My good friend Adrian is part of a project at the Dallas Morning News surveying transgender Texans' mental health after the onslaught of bills this legislative session. If that's you, go take this survey:
www.dallasnews.com/news/2025/05...
www.dallasnews.com/news/2025/05...
No dirt has moved on a planned Muslim-centric neighborhood northeast of Dallas. But Collin County officials held an hourslong public hearing yesterday on the development, called EPIC City. @dallasnews.com
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Muslim-centric EPIC City draws Collin County meeting ire
Collin County officials on Monday held an hours-long public hearing on the EPIC City development, which would be located outside Josephine.
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April 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
No dirt has moved on a planned Muslim-centric neighborhood northeast of Dallas. But Collin County officials held an hourslong public hearing yesterday on the development, called EPIC City. @dallasnews.com
www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/2...
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Since violence resumed in Gaza, Dr. Ikram has been checking each morning for news on the hospital where he spent two weeks performing emergency amputations in January. @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/2...
‘To give people hope’: Plano doctor journeyed to Gaza on a medical mission
As violence resumes in Gaza, a Plano doctor checks for news on the hospital where he spent two weeks performing emergency amputations.
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April 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Since violence resumed in Gaza, Dr. Ikram has been checking each morning for news on the hospital where he spent two weeks performing emergency amputations in January. @dallasnews.com www.dallasnews.com/news/faith/2...