Dept. of Military Science Commissions 10 Army Officers
05/28/2020 JONESBORO – The Department of Military Science and Leadership at Arkansas State University commissioned 10 ROTC cadets as second lieutenants during ceremonies conducted virtually. The new officers also have completed degree requirements to receive...
Communities Vent Rage at Injustice in Wake of Death of George Floyd
Demonstrators march during a protest of the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis, in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)The nation is at its boiling point with death of George Floyd at the...
EDITORIAL: A Letter to Friends Who Really Want to End Racism
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Yesterday I posted a letter to friends on my personal Facebook page to help process my thoughts and feelings on what happened in Central Park with birder Christian Cooper and Amy Cooper and what happened to George...
GBN’S MERRY MONTH OF STEVIE: Jazz Visions of “Innervisions” (LISTEN)
by Jeff Meier (FB: Jeff.Meier.90) In earlier Stevie Wonder playlists this month, GBN has featured playlists devoted to cover versions of the songs from “Songs in the Key of Life” and from “Talking Book.” Today’s playlist, in our month devoted to the music of...
NAACP: President Ignorant to Needs of Constituents Who Do Not Reflect His Image
President Trump hosted New York Governor Andrew Cuomo at the White House today to talk about righting the economy. How will the economic reconstruction look for Black America? April Ryan speaks with NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson about the impact on...
Pandemic EBT Provides Assistance for Arkansas Children Struggling With Hunger
Arkansas children struggling with hunger during this public health crisis will be getting additional support now that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved Arkansas’s operational plan for the Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)...
Cotton, Blackburn, Kustoff Unveil Bill to Restrict Chinese STEM Graduate Student Visas & Thousand Talents Participants
Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) today unveiled the SECURE CAMPUS Act, legislation that would prohibit Chinese nationals from receiving visas to the United States for graduate or post-graduate studies in...
Boozman Secures Expanded Conservation of Waterfowl Habitat in Southern Arkansas
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR), a member of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, championed federal funding for the conservation of additional waterfowl habitat at the Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge in Ashley and Union...
City of Cleveland to Pay $18 Million to Rickey Jackson, Wiley Bridgeman and Kwame Ajamu for Decades of Wrongful Imprisonment
(photo of wrongfully convicted brothers Wiley Bridgeman and Kwame Ajamu via moguldom.com)Earlier this month, the city of Cleveland agreed to pay a combined $18 million to Rickey Jackson, Wiley Bridgeman and his brother Kwame Ajamu, three men who spent decades in...
Newton-Smith Named NCAA Indoor All-American
Story Links JONESBORO, Ark. (5/26/20) – While the season ended just prior to the start of the 2020 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, the USTFCCCA announced on Tuesday that Arkansas State's Camryn Newton-Smith is among those earning Indoor All-American...
Dept. of Military Science Commissions 10 Army Officers
05/28/2020 JONESBORO – The Department of Military Science and Leadership at Arkansas State University commissioned 10 ROTC cadets as second lieutenants during ceremonies conducted virtually. The new officers also have completed degree requirements to receive...
Communities Vent Rage at Injustice in Wake of Death of George Floyd
Demonstrators march during a protest of the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis, in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)The nation is at its boiling point with death of George Floyd at the...
EDITORIAL: A Letter to Friends Who Really Want to End Racism
by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Yesterday I posted a letter to friends on my personal Facebook page to help process my thoughts and feelings on what happened in Central Park with birder Christian Cooper and Amy Cooper and what happened to George...
GBN’S MERRY MONTH OF STEVIE: Jazz Visions of “Innervisions” (LISTEN)
by Jeff Meier (FB: Jeff.Meier.90) In earlier Stevie Wonder playlists this month, GBN has featured playlists devoted to cover versions of the songs from “Songs in the Key of Life” and from “Talking Book.” Today’s playlist, in our month devoted to the music of...
NAACP: President Ignorant to Needs of Constituents Who Do Not Reflect His Image
President Trump hosted New York Governor Andrew Cuomo at the White House today to talk about righting the economy. How will the economic reconstruction look for Black America? April Ryan speaks with NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson about the impact on...
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