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By The Arkansas Black Vitality Staff Jan. 19, 2026 — In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and looking ahead to Black History Month in February, Arkansas Black Vitality is launching a landmark series titled Black Women & The Economy: Empowering Change, Driving Growth, and Shaping the Future. This series moves beyond traditional storytelling […]
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By The Arkansas Black Vitality Staff Jan. 19, 2026 — In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and looking ahead to Black History Month in February, Arkansas Black Vitality is launching a landmark series titled Black Women & The Economy: Empowering Change, Driving Growth, and Shaping the Future. This series moves beyond traditional storytelling […]
By Arkansas Black Vitality Staff Jan. 16, 2026 – ESSENCE Communications Inc., the iconic publisher behind ESSENCE Magazine and the annual New Orleans music festival, has unveiled a groundbreaking online shopping platform—WeLoveUs.shop—designed to uplift Black women-led businesses and culturally rooted brands across the country, including Arkansas. Launched during Cyber Week, WeLoveUs.shop is more than just […]
By Richard Ware Nearly three years have passed since Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the Arkansas General Assembly enacted the LEARNS Act (Leading Education Advancement Reform Now Strategy), a sweeping education reform bill, a sweeping education reform bill and an early signature legislative achievement for the state’s first female governor. As Arkansas enters the new […]
Black unemployment rate in Arkansas and U.S. unemployment rate jump to the highest level since pandemic; Black women bear brunt of job losses and federal DEI purge Arkansas Black Vitality Staff LITTLE Rock – Jan. 9, 2026 – As the Arkansas and U.S. workforce enters 2026, the fate of Black workers, and Black women in […]
