Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 3
Much of the talk this week has been about what kind of Arkansas we want, and if the bills being filed at the Capitol reflect that. With some of the […]
Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 2
This was a short week for Arkansas’s 93rd General Assembly, with the Capitol closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The State House of Representatives was in […]
Arkansas Advocates 2021 Legislative Session Recap, Vol. 1
The Arkansas General Assembly convened on Monday, but this year’s session will look different from any we’ve ever seen. With the pandemic raging, the legislature has adopted new procedures to […]
AACF will push for hate crime legislation
Arkansas has the opportunity in 2021 to adopt its first ever hate crime law — an idea the Legislature has rejected again and again under both Democratic and Republican leadership. […]
New data show troubling trend in health coverage and food security
New census data on poverty, income, housing and health can help gauge how much Arkansans have lost — before and during the pandemic People across Arkansas continue to face dire […]
Racist voter suppression continues
Last week, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled invalid a proposed ballot initiative that would allow voters to decide if the state should create a citizens’ redistricting commission. A lawsuit in […]
AACF Statement: Hate Crime Proposal Is a Step To Building Equity
Arkansas is one of the last three states without a Hate Crimes Law. We also have one of the highest numbers of hate crime groups per capita in the nation. […]
Arkansans need a 15 percent SNAP increase
Prior to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity was a problem for over 15 percent of Arkansas households, higher than the national average of 11 percent. In fact, […]
Resources for Racial Equity
The recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery have increased the national discussion, not only of racism within the police force and criminal justice system, but structural […]
Juneteenth: An American Holiday
Slavery in the United States The first documented record of enslaved Africans arriving in America occurred in 1619. “Some 20 and odd Negroes” landed at Point Comfort, in the English […]