Arkansas
Oklahomans clean up after flood; Arkansans prepare for crest
June 3, 2019Storm-weary residents in Oklahoma were gutting waterlogged homes Sunday as the Arkansas River continued its slow crest rolling hundreds of miles downstream.
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Arkansas’ capital city elects black mayor for first time
December 5, 2018A banking executive and former highway commissioner became the first African-American elected to lead Arkansas’ capital six decades after it was the center of a school desegregation crisis.
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Organize the South! Arkansas workers make the case
October 24, 2017When the AFL-CIO decided not to take up a call for a Southern organizing strategy at its convention, it passed over an important opportunity.
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This week in history: Little Rock Central High School integrated
September 25, 2017A group of nine African-American students, enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was initially prevented by Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus. Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower intervened with federal troops to accompany the...
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“Dayveon”: Growing up poor and Black in rural Arkansas
September 15, 2017Dayveon, the central character in Amman Abbasi’s new film, is a study in contrasts. He lives amidst great beauty and great danger.
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