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Arkansas
June 13, 2023
Grace Segers
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Is Content in Little Rock. For Now.
Her Trumpian history and culture warrior mentality are working in Arkansas. Does she have bigger things in mind?
March 9, 2023
Tori Otten
Iowa and Arkansas Hop on the Extremist GOP Bandwagon to Criminalize Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Kids
Republican legislators claim they’re protecting children. Meanwhile, they’re also passing bills to loosen child labor laws.
March 8, 2023
Prem Thakker
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders Signs Law Making Child Labor Easier
Save the children (or not).
March 31, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
The Republican Disinformation Campaign Behind Arkansas’s Vile Anti-Trans Law
Even before the vote was called, the bill’s supporters were given the floor to cast doubt on trans peoples’ lives.
June 4, 2020
Matt Farwell
The Militarization of the American Hometown
As police everywhere roll through neighborhoods with battlefield hardware, an Afghanistan vet’s family learns there’s no escaping war.
July 18, 2017
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Zachary Roth
The Real Voter Fraud
As Trump investigates “millions” of illegal votes, states are rushing to limit access to the ballot box.
May 1, 2017
Austin Sarat
The Overwhelming Evidence Against the Death Penalty
Arkansas' recent, gruesome executions are further proof that we'll never find a humane way to put people to death.
March 2, 2016
Steven Cohen
Hillary Clinton’s former home state goes to Hillary Clinton.
April 21, 2015
Kathryn Joyce
“Do You Understand That Your Baby Goes Away and Never Comes Back?”
Adoption is embraced in the Marshall Islands, but in the Ozarks, it means something very different. The tragic consequences of cultural misunderstanding.
April 13, 2015
Jeet Heer
Hillary Will Be Haunted by the Ghosts of Clinton Conspiracy Theories
April 1, 2015
Cristian Farias
Why Arkansas' Governor Rejected the Religious Freedom Bill
It was even more extreme than Indiana's
October 30, 2014
Brian Beutler
It Won't Be Obama's Fault When the Democrats Lose the Senate
August 5, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
GRAPH: Obamacare's Impact on the Uninsured, State by State
Where officials wanted it to work, it did
July 25, 2014
Brian Beutler
Arkansas Republicans Just Proved Why Obamacare Will Survive Despite This Week's Absurd Court Decision
April 23, 2014
Brian Beutler
New Poll Proves Conservatives Haven't Abandoned Their Unskewing Ways
February 27, 2014
Alec MacGillis
Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill Failed. Good. But Did You Hear About Arkansas?
Liberals have a problem with bright shiny objects
November 19, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
This Is What Happens When a Pipeline Bursts in Your Town
Conflicted about Keystone? Consider the horrific impact of an oil spill in Arkansas.
October 2, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Obamacare Glitches Are Real—and Matter Less Than You Think
March 28, 2013
Molly Redden
Fetal-Heartbeat Abortion Laws Are Dangerous Even If Judges Reject Them
January 14, 2013
Alec MacGillis
The Democrats' 2016 Contenders Are Betting on Gun Control
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