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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 […]
By the Arkansas Black Vitality Staff LITTLE ROCK – Dec. 20, 2025 – Nearly six months after longtime CEO Dr. Sherece West-Scantlebury announced her departure after 18 years, one of the state’s leading nonprofit philanthropic organizations, the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation (WRF), announced on Thursday (Dec. 18) that insider Cory S. Anderson will assume the prominent […]
Story is Courtesy of ARPolitics101 Nov. 30, 2025 — The 2026 election filing period officially ended on Nov. 12, bringing out a diverse group of 40 Black candidates vying for federal, state, and judicial offices. This group includes 20 men and 20 women from 14 counties. Of these candidates, 31 are running as Democrats, a […]
