Category: Vital Landscapes
May 19, 2025 – Arkansas stands to lose over $1 billion in infrastructure funding to bring high-speed internet to rural areas across the state if the Trump administration has its way. According to the National Association of Counties, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) sent termination of funding letters on […]
The GI Bill systematically excluded Black servicemen from housing, education, and economic opportunities, widening the racial wealth gap that persists today By Erin Blakemore, History.com May 12, 2025 – When Eugene Burnett saw the neat tract houses of Levittown, New York, he knew he wanted to buy one. It was 1949, and he was ready […]
By Wesley Brown – President Donald J. Trump moved forward with a campaign promise to end funding for the National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), a goal also shared by Republican lawmakers in Arkansas attempting to do the same. At the end of a week where he celebrated his first 100 […]
The Trump administration’s recent DEI purge at the Department of Defense sought to erase Jackie Robinson’s stint in 761st Battalion, where he faced court-martial for segregated bus incident By Arkansas Black Vitality April 27, 1945 – In the Trump administration’s rush to purge all traces of so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), the Department of […]