NEW YORK, Nov. 13 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news: * * * LDF Files Brief Opposing Arkansas's Motion for Summary Judgment in Redistricting Case * * * Late yesterday, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), O'Melveny & Myers LLP, and longtime LDF cooperating attorney Arkie Byrd filed a brief in opposition to the state of Arkansas's motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit challenging the way the state's congressional districts were redrawn in 2021. The lawsuit   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 14 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Mike Huckabee, former Arkansas governor and current evangelical End Times fanatic, to be his ambassador to Israel, putting a Christian nationalist who has rejected the existence of the Palestinian people in charge of U.S. diplomacy with Israel amid its ongoing wars on Gaza and Lebanon. The Freedom From Religion Foundation has had mu  more

FORT SMITH, Arkansas, Nov. 15 -- The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith issued the following news: The University of Arkansas - Fort Smith has received a $4 million grant to support workforce development efforts. The grant was part of $48 million in training grants announced Thursday by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Secretary of Commerce Hugh McDonald, Chief Workforce Officer Mike Rogers, and Arkansas Workforce Connections Director Cody Waits. The grants support workforce development efforts ali  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: By Angelita Faller Dr. Ann Robinson, director of the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at UA Little Rock, is using her research skills to conduct a biographical study on Dr. Stuart Tonemah, a leader of gifted, creative, and talented education for Native Americans. A member of the Kiowa and Comanche tribes, Tonemah directed the first office of Native American Programs at Dartmouth, testified  more