Tl;dr Sarah Sanders’ favorite Twitter warriors have unleashed a new spin tactic to gaslight citizens: claiming that Arkansans already voted on her education law, the LEARNS Act. A group of…
The bad optics around Helena-West Helena’s water crisis and our state’s $1.16 billion surplus has Arkansans talking about just what our government is supposed to be doing. The state may…
Rapid tax cuts for the rich — a state surplus standard Arkansas has again reached the end of a fiscal year with over a billion dollars in surplus— $1.1 billion,…
The YOLO Court The Supreme Court of the United States issued a few opinions this week. We’ve got SCOTUS whiplash! One ended affirmative action in higher education, while another ruled…
Lawmakers must do three things to stop the bleeding and pave the way for a healthier Arkansas. Last month, we talked about Arkansas’s disheartening healthcare crisis and the disproportionate impact…
A few months ago, we reported that Saline County looked like it would become the next battleground in the ongoing war over book bans. Unsurprisingly, things are not going well. …
Unsurprisingly, the RSVP-only event was a pep rally for Sanders and her LEARNS legislation. LEARNS is a baked cake, so why are Sanders and Oliva traversing the state for feedback…
Internet trolls, those pesky online folks who use inflammatory rhetoric to get a rise out of people, are a given in digital communication. And in Arkansas, sometimes the trolls are…
Arkansas’s 2023 legislative session was marked by a series of culture wars. From being argued on social media to being debated in committees, multiple bills were based on outright discrimination…
Propaganda is a powerful communications technique meant to mislead and/or promote a particular cause or ideology. We’ll explore propaganda more in-depth in a separate post, but let’s break down a…