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Obama Presidency Lures Out Dormant Racism

Nicole Glass | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Arkansas, Little Rock, Racism, Dwight Eisenhower, Terrence Roberts, Civil Rights, Trayvon Martin, Little Rock Nine, African Americans, Race Relations, Politics News
Nicole Glass

The end of a racist nation cannot just come from an integration of races in schools, the workplace and politics. It must come from a very personal change in perception. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 changed the law, but it's the people that change a culture.

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'Riding The Dog': Coast-To-Coast By Greyhound Bus

Peter Mandel | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: El Paso, Coast-to-Coast Travel, Dc, Bus Travel, Road Trips, Grand Canyon, Greyhound Bus, Adventure Travel, Phoenix, Mexico, Flagstaff, Little Rock, Juarez, Los Angeles, Ca, Dallas, Blythe, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Peter Mandel

Why would you ride on Greyhound instead of driving -- or grabbing a train or plane?

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Connecting the Dots

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Mullen, Lgbt, Dadt, Black History Month, Little Rock, Mlk, Gay Rights, Gay Voices News
Aubrey Sarvis

Ending DADT can be traced directly back to those extraordinary civil rights leaders who bravely fought discrimination and second-class citizenship. It's important to keep drawing these dots and making these connections. Let us not forget to remember.

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Dead Blackbirds Fall Again In Arkansas Town

AP | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Arkansas, New Year's Eve, Beebe, Little Rock, Weird Arkansas, Dead Birds, Dead Blackbirds, Fireworks, Weird News News

BEEBE, Ark. — Authorities in a central Arkansas town say about 100 blackbirds died on New Year's Eve after being spooked by fireworks, far less ...

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Ruling: Arkansas Schools Can't Stop Desegregation Funds

AP | By JEANNIE NUSS and CHUCK BARTELS | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Arkansas, Arkansas Schools, North Little Rock Pulaski County, Dustin Mcdaniel, Arkansas Schools Segregation, Brian Miller, Arkansas School Desegregation, Schools Desegregation Programs, Little Rock, Desegregation Funding, Little Rock-Area School Districts, Central High School, Education News

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Arkansas cannot cut off millions of dollars in funding for desegregation programs in Little Rock-area school districts until the ...

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J. L. Greene

Car Service Cartels Use Regulation to Crush Competitors

HuffingtonPost.com | J. L. Greene | Posted 12.07.2011

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- In June 2010 the Nashville Metropolitan City Council passed legislation raising the city's minimum fee for limo and sedan rentals, ...

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Exploring Bentonville, Arkansas, America's Unlikely New Arts Mecca

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Arkansas, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Walmart, Video, US Destinations, Little Rock, Arkansas Travel, Native Americans, Aviation, Crystal Bridges, Tulsa, Wal-Mart, Destinations, Travel News

The opening of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art on Friday put Bentonville, Arkansas on the map in a very new way. The town was previously no...

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Court To Decide Whether State Will Still Pay $70 Million For School Desegregation

AP | NOMAAN MERCHANT | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Little Rock Nine, School Desegregation, Arkansas-Schools, Mike Beebe, Arkansas Schools, Segregation, Little Rock Schools, Black Students, Little Rock, Segregated Schools, Education Reform, North Little Rock School District, Little Rock Arkansas, Central High School, Education News

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — More than a half-century after federal troops escorted nine black students into an all-white school, efforts to desegregate ...

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TV Weatherman Found With Naked Dead Man Quits His Job

Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Weatherman in Hot Tub, Little Rock, Video, Weatherman-With-Naked-Dead-Man, Brett Cummins, Weatherman With Dead Man, Brett Cummins Quits, Weird-Arkansas, Weird News News

A TV weatherman quit his job in LIttle Rock, Ark., because he couldn't take the heat from a scandal in which he was found in a hot tub with a dead man...

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Doing It On The Cheap In Little Rock

Pam Grout | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Little Rock, Bill Clinton, Clinton Library, Travel Bargains, Arkansas, Presidential Libraries, Travel Tips, Travel Blogs, Travel News
Pam Grout

"Little Rock is showcase for what's possible, a platform for turning injustice into justice."

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Weatherman Wakes Up In Hot Tub With Naked Corpse

Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Weatherman With Naked Dead Man, Weatherman in Hot Tub, Little Rock, Video, Brett Cummins, Weird-Arkansas, Weatherman With Dead Naked Man, Meteorologist, Weird News News

Arkansas police are investigating the death of a man found naked in a hot tub next to a sleeping TV weatherman. A friend woke meteorologist Brett C...

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Atheist Bus Ads Win Approval From Judge

Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Little Rock Bus, Atheism, Atheist Bus Ads, Religious Freedom, Little Rock, Cata, Little Rock Atheist Bus Ads, United Coalition of Reason, Religion News

By Kimberly Winston c. 2011 Religion News Service (RNS) A federal judge ruled Thursday (Aug. 11) that the public transit system in Little Rock, Ar...

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Arkansas Soldier Shooter's Tell-All Letter To FBI

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Anti-Semitism, Eugene Levy, Islamic Extremists, Little Rock, Arkansas Soldier Shooter, Fbi, Abdulhakim Muhammad, Jewish, Rabbi, Crime News

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A man who pleaded guilty to shooting two soldiers outside a military recruiting station in Arkansas said he also shot at the...

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Shooter In Arkansas Soldier Killing Sentenced To Life

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Arkansas, Abdulhakim Muhammad Little Rock, Abdulhakim Muhammad, Little Rock, Little Rock-Arkansas, Abdulhakim Muhammad Trial, Crime News

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A man who killed one Arkansas soldier and wounded another – an act he called retribution for the deaths of Muslims abr...

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Would-Be Terror Suspect On Trial In Arkansas Soldier Slay

AP | JEANNIE NUSS | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Arkansas, Army, Islamic Radicalism, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, Terrorism, Little Rock, Death Penalty, William Andrew Long, Abdulhakim Muhammad, Quinton Ezeagwula, Crime News

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An attorney for a man charged with capital murder told potential jurors Monday that half their work was already done, acknow...

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NEA Announces Grants, Says Video Games Will Count As Art

Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Media Art, Say Si, Grants, Video Game Art, Little Rock, Video Games, Nea, Arts Funding, National Endowment for the Arts, Digital Art, University of Arkansas, Arts News

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) made two important announcements this week. Along with its annual crop of grant recipients, the agency relea...

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Severe Weather Continues In Several States

AP | By ANDREW DeMILLO and NOMAAN MERCHANT | Posted 06.26.2011

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VILONIA, Ark. -- Residents in several states endured a second straight night of violent weather Tuesday, a day after a series of powerful storms in Ar...

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'THE TOWN'S GONE'

AP | By ANDREW DeMILLO and NOMAAN MERCHANT | Posted 06.26.2011

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VILONIA, Ark. -- Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe says rescuers have accounted for everyone who lives in the tornado-struck town of Vilonia and that the death...

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Missouri Levees Ready To Burst From Intense Rain

AP | By JIM SALTER | Posted 06.25.2011

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POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- A levee protecting the southeast Missouri town of Poplar Bluff held overnight but officials are keeping a wary eye as waters from...

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Oscar-Winner Lisa Blount Is Remembered... "As Is and Still Loved"

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Keith, Academy Awards, Southern Films, An Officer and a Gentleman, Oscar-Winner, The Accountant, Outlaw Country, Eddie King, Friendship, Lisa Blount, Debra Winger, Acting, Intractable Pain, Arkansas, Ginny Mule Productions, Little Rock, Ray McKinnon, In Memoriam, Billy Bob Thornton, Chrystal, Entertainment News
Lorraine Devon Wilke

I stood in the house Lisa built, shared mementos and pictures everywhere, and knew something big had been lost. A life, a future, a friendship and all her brilliant work that was to come.

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1950s: The Not-So-Silent Generation

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Alderman

Fred Kaplan's enlivening 1959: The Year Everything Changed, argues that the '50s -- a decade that saw the invention of the microchip and the creation of explosive art -- has been misunderstood in hindsight.

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Jefferson Thomas and the Courage of Children

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brown v. Board of Education, 9, Brown v Board of Education, Brown v. Board, Jefferson Thomas, Little Rock, Brown v Board, Little Rock 9, Nine, Impact News
Marian Wright Edelman

In 1957, Jefferson Thomas and eight fellow Black students at Little Rock High School made history as they helped make our nation live up to the promise of Brown v. Board of Education, the end of legal segregation in public schools.

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A Mosque at Ground Zero and the Source of American Greatness

John Milewski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Ground Zero Mosque, Cato Institute, Doug Bandow, First Amendment, Intolerance, Dwight Eisenhower, American Values, Little Rock, Religious Freedom, Constitution, Muslim, New York City, Politics News
John Milewski

The debate over the proposed building of an Islamic center and mosque a few blocks from "Ground Zero" has resulted in off the charts displays of demag...

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Arkansas Tornadoes Kill 1, Injure Dozens

AP | ANDREW DeMILLO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arkansas, Center Ridge, Arkansas Tornadoes, Culpepper, Little Rock, Van Buren County, Tornado, Home News

SCOTLAND, Ark. — Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has declared a state of emergency in an area hit by Friday's deadly tornadoes. A spokesman says Beebe...

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Arkansas Adoption Ban Overturned: Law Kept Unmarried Straight, Gay Couples From Adopting

AP | CHUCK BARTELS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A state judge on Friday struck down an Arkansas law approved by voters that banned gay couples and other unmarried people li...

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