Arkansas official rejected valid abortion ballot signatures, lawsuit claims
Arkansas rejects initiative seeking to ease abortion ban despite over 100,000 supporters
June 2024
Survivors of deadly mass shooting at Arkansas grocery store hid in freezer
Three people dead and 10 injured in mass shooting at Arkansas grocery
May 2024
The US might restrict social media in prisons and inmates are worried: ‘I may lose my voice soon’
Platforms like TikTok have helped inmates stay connected with family, share their stories online and shed light on prison abuse
At least 21 people dead as storms leave path of destruction across central US
Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas saw hundreds injured and homes obliterated as storms move into Georgia and South Carolina
At least 15 people dead after storms tear through Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas
‘It had a complex history’: secrets of my grandparents’ cotton farm – in pictures
Nearly 10 million people in central US under threat of severe weather, agency warns
April 2024
Arkansas woman pleads guilty to stealing parts of corpses and trying to sell them
Candace Chapman Scott of Little Rock, 37, worked at a mortuary and arranged to transport remains to buyers across state lines
Black death row inmates suffer botched executions at twice rate of whites in US
A glaring racial disparity is evident in the 73 botched procedures involving lethal injections since 1976, report by Reprieve finds
Death on an Arkansas highway: what happened to Daniel Barajas?
A traveling welder was on his way to meet his family when he stopped to take a nap. He never arrived. Now his relatives want answers from police: ‘We can’t let this go’
March 2024
The fight for democracy
Obscure legal theory could weaken voters’ protections from racist laws
US politics live with Chris Stein
Trump and Biden pick up easy victories across the US in Super Tuesday primaries – as it happened
February 2024
Family Dollar ordered to pay over $40m for rodent-infested Arkansas warehouse
Company pleads guilty to using distribution center where FDA discovered ‘decaying rodents, rodent feces, urine, and odors’
January 2024
Asa Hutchinson drops out of race for Republican presidential nomination
Sarah Huckabee Sanders makes a splash in Arkansas – can she climb higher?
December 2023
The fight for democracy
Voting Rights Act faces new wave of dire threats in 2024
Undeterred by racist incident, a Black Santa brings cheer to Arkansas
November 2023
The fight for democracy
Court rules that only US government can sue to enforce Voting Rights Act
Shock ruling from Republican-appointed appeals court prevents outside groups or citizens seeking to enforce voting rights law