Tag: Arkansas
Arkansas sheriff convicted of assaulting two detainees in custody
“The Justice Department will continue to vigorously prosecute officers who abuse their authority to make clear that no one is above the law.”
Little Rock, Arkansas launches program that invests in the city’s homeless...
The program is a “day's work for a day's pay and access to resources that will help them get to the next step to create the life that they want."
Police release audio recording of woman drowning during 911 call
“I understand that listening to a person going through the panic that Ms. Stevens was in those final moments of her life, we would all hope that we would get a little bit better response than perhaps she was given."
Former State Senator sentenced to 18 years in prison for bribery...
“Jonathan Woods violated the public’s trust and misused his authority for the purpose of lining his own pockets."
Former judge sentenced to prison for bribery scheme and witness tampering
The former judge was sentenced to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a fine of $50,000.
It takes FIVE MILLION gallons of freshwater to frack a single...
Five million gallons equals 250,000 bathtubs, or seven Olympic-sized swimming pools.
An attempted mass killing in Arkansas
Whether or not Gov. Asa Hutchinson has his way, the lives of eight men hang in the balance.
People in Arkansas Poisoned by Koch Brothers-Owned Paper Plant
Residents have been reported experiencing respiratory and sinus problems, sore throats, nausea and allergies which could be from these factory toxins.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
The environmental and social impacts of fish farming and industrial aquaculture
Often promoted as sustainable, fish farming can increase pressure on wild fisheries, deepen global food inequities, and damage marine ecosystems.