The U.S. Department of Agriculture has sent out long-awaited payments to minority farmers and others in need of aid, but some say it’s not enough to offset years of discrimination.
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White men in Arkansas Senate vote to criminalize state consideration of race, gender
Eighteen white Republican men in the Senate voted Thursday to end what they called state-sponsored discrimination. In fact, the bill they passed would criminalize any action by governmental entities that considers race, gender, ethnicity or nationality.
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Shameful history in the making by the Conway school board
The Conway School Board aims to shrink minds and hamstring learning in the city of colleges.
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Leslie Rutledge joins suit to allow discrimination against LGBTQ people
Of course Leslie Rutledge is fighting for legal discrimination against LGBT people. But somehow she hasn’t issued a news release yet.
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Sole Black professor in UALR’s history department sues for discrimination
A highly regarded Black professor of history at UALR files suit, saying he’s faced ongoing discrimination.
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Leslie Rutledge joins push to allow firing transgender people UPDATE
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge continues her assault on human rights by joining other Republican attorneys general in support of the argument that it is legal under federal law to fire people for being transgender.
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Rutledge touts effort to allow discrimination against gay people
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is braying about her intervention in yet another out-of-state lawsuit — this one to protect a Washington state florist who doesn’t want to sell flowers to gay people for use at their wedding.
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HRC announces new state director, results of largest-ever survey of LGBT Arkansans
At a press conference in the State Capitol rotunda this morning, the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual support and advocacy organization, announced the new state director of HRC Arkansas, and the results of the largest survey of LGBT Arkansans ever conducted in the state.
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Boy Scouts delay decision on end to gay discrimination
I’d bet that a storm of negative reaction prompted the Boy Scouts of America’s governing board to delay today a decision on whether to end the organization’s discrimination against participation by gay people as scouts or scout leaders.