6+ hour, 33+ min ago   (1474+ words) While Arkansas officials boast about being "the most pro-life state" in America, a new lawsuit challenging a near-total abortion ban says "the reality of life for Arkansans and their families is anything but." That exception, the lawsuit says, is insufficient…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (952+ words) Let's call her Client A. She is a 59-year-old gay woman, privately secure in her sexual orientation but afraid to come out publicly. "What if being gay becomes illegal " again?" she said, speaking with the Arkansas Times on the condition of…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (182+ words) Mother Jones published a story Monday prominently featuring the Arkansas Abortion Support Network and its efforts to maintain a pro-choice resource center for pregnant people in Arkansas. The story, free to read, focuses on grassroots efforts in Arkansas, Indiana and…...

8+ mon, 22+ hour ago   (242+ words) What a difference elections can make! The Conway School District is getting a championship-winning softball coach after all, thanks to four progressives on a newly reconstituted school board. Earlier this month, a conservative-dominated board had voted 5-2 against hiring Flenor. It…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (499+ words) A bill allowing for discrimination against LGBTQ Arkansans in housing, employment, education and other areas passed out of committee Tuesday and will be heard next by the full Arkansas House of Representatives." A bill allowing for discrimination against LGBTQ Arkansans…...