Top Arkansas Black Vitality Headlines
By the Arkansas Black Vitality Staff LITTLE ROCK – May 12, 2026 – Inflation is heating up again across the country — and Arkansas families are feeling the burn at the gas pump more than most. New federal data released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show that consumer prices rose 0.6% […]
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By Leah Patterson, Rooted Resilience Strategies We’ve built an entire culture around supporting entrepreneurs. And yet still so many of them are exhausted. We tell them to push through, but we rarely stop to ask whether the systems that exist to support them are actually built to do that. Yes, it takes a certain drive […]
By Jeremy Hill, Arkansas Black Vitality Guest Columnist April 26, 2026 – It’s no secret that for far too long, our educator workforce has not reflected the diversity of our students. According to the Pew Research Center, only about 6–7% of teachers nationwide are Black. Of those, less than 2% are Black men. Here in […]
By Arkansas Black Vitality Staff BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Feb. 25, 2026 – As Crystal Bridge Museum gets ready for the summer opening of its multimillion-dollar expansion, the museum’s long-standing chief curator is moving to a new role while the state’s largest art gallery adjusts its leadership structure. On Wednesday (Feb. 25), Crystal Bridges Museum of […]
By Arkansas Black Vitality Staff Clarksdale, Miss. – March 19, 2026 – After the Trump administration put a funding freeze on trillions of dollars directed to federal assistance programs, new grant opportunities are now available due to favorable court rulings and the reopening of some programs that were put on pause. On Monday, the multistate […]
