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June 1, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republican Governor Declares June “Fidelity Month” in Snub to Pride
Congrats to Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who has proved there’s no one quite as boring as her.
August 18, 2025
Monica Potts
How Red-State Republicans Thwart the Left-Wing Desires of Their Voters
Voters in GOP-controlled states are passing progressive policies at the ballot—only to watch Republican legislators repeal them. Will it change how voters choose candidates?
May 16, 2025
Monica Potts
Americans Like Medicaid—But They Also Like Work Requirements
This is the dilemma the Democrats face as the Republicans push to impose onerous hurdles on Medicaid in their budget bill.
March 24, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Voters Rage at “Empty Chair” Town Halls as Republicans Won’t Show Up
Pissed-off voters in red states across the country are revealing how afraid lawmakers are of their own constituents.
January 16, 2024
Jasper Craven
A Death at Walmart
Janikka Perry never made it home from her shift at the bakery of a supercenter in Arkansas. She was one of many Walmart workers who have been pressured to work through illness or pain, sometimes with devastating consequences.
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 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.
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