Three years ago, on July 27, 2016, my daughter, who was 6-years-old at the time, and I stayed up to watch Hillary Clinton accept the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. Friends and acquaintances alike texted me or posted pictures of their own daughters watching Clinton’s acceptance speech. Some of those folks were die-hard Clinton supporters. Others had long kept their politics to themselves. Some I knew leaned conservative, but they were not so partisan that they couldn’t appreciate the historic moment of it all.
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Legislators take page out of Trump’s playbook to victimize vulnerable women and girls
This year, state legislators in Little Rock have been staging an all-out, unrelenting attack on abortion access in Arkansas.
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Slow the school waiver train
The State Board of Education’s controversial plan to waive the Teacher Fair Dismissal Act in the Little Rock School District (and now others under state takeover) has received a lot of attention in recent weeks. But few people are aware of a broader threat to educational standards, accountability and transparency for every public school in the state: waivers under Act 1240 of 2015.
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In the past year alone, our small organization has made an impact with major stories on political corruption, health care, juvenile justice and more.
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Race, history, taxes
Racial prejudice and discrimination have long driven Arkansas politics and public policy. Arkansas’s tax policies have especially perpetuated the harm of past racism and done little to reduce the systemic barriers faced by people of color today.
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Money matters
With Education Commissioner Johnny Key assigning blame for low-performing Little Rock School District schools on LRSD teachers by moving toward seeking a waiver to the Arkansas Teacher Fair Dismissal Act, I would respectfully ask that he step back and consider the larger issue of disproportionate resources distributed among our public school students.
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Moms Demand, get results
For too long, Arkansas lawmakers have been beholden to the gun lobby, and gun-violence prevention policies that are proven to save lives have been ignored. The Arkansas chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is working to change that.
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Seeking a vision to thrive
It’s time for a new social contract that creates a comprehensive vision for thriving communities in both rural and urban places.
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On school performance
State Education Commissioner Johnny Key recently announced he intends to ask the state to grant principals the ability to fire teachers, without due process, in what the state considers failing schools. As a parent of a Little Rock School District student, I thought it would be prudent to share my analysis of the data provided by the Arkansas Department of Education
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The conquering power of love
I will always be a sports fan. I will always be a baseball guy. I will always be a lover of radio. But I am much more than that. I will also always be Jewish.