Special Contribution By Dick Bennett The U.S. government has tortured people at CIA “black sites,” at Army prisons like Abu Ghraib and Bagram, and at prisons run by cooperating countries, called “extraordinary rendition.” Our government has also assassinated many people — not only alleged foreign enemies but U.S. citizens (all without charge or trial) —…
Staff Report The Walton Arts Center Council approved plans to build a mid-sized, permanent outdoor amphitheater that will attract headlining artists and bigger audiences to Northwest Arkansas. As part of a multi-campus expansion to grow arts and entertainment in the region, the new venue will serve as a major stop for big touring concerts in…
Staff Report Brandon L. Barber, age 37 of New York, and four other men were charged with federal crimes stemming from schemes to defraud involving several Northwest Arkansas real estate transactions and Barber’s bankruptcy case. Barber was arrested Wednesday morning in New York, N.Y. The other individuals charged are K. Vaughn Knight, a 46-year-old Fayetteville…
By Terrah Baker Shawn House was sitting at a local business breastfeeding her child, when an employee walked over and asked her to cover up. “She was acting in response to another customer who had said they were offended,” House explained. After a brief discussion with the manager on what Arkansas law holds as a…
Staff Report Doug Stanhope has pissed off a lot of people in his day — luckily, he doesn’t care. “No one can give you shit that matters when there’s nothing they can take from you. I don’t have a TV show I can get fired from, Aflack can’t dump me as their sponsor,” Stanhope said….
By Terrah Baker The Arkansas Department of Labor has a different name for what activists at the Springdale-based Northwest Arkansas Workers’ Justice Center call “wage theft.” “We actually call it wage claims, and they often deal with a one-time occurrence of someone not receiving minimum wage or overtime pay,” said attorney with the ADL David…
Arizona, Urban Farmer Shares Water Catchment Secrets Staff Report Dig In! Food and Farming Festival returns to celebrate local food, farms and gardens with films, classes, an information and vendor fair, seed-swap, tastings and more. The now annual festival is organized as a grassroots community event to encourage, inspire, involve and educate people about local…
Good Luck For Black Cats/Dogs On Sat., Feb. 16, the Animal League of Washington County will be sponsoring adoption fees for all the adoptable black dogs and cats at the Washington County Animal Shelter. Your new furry friend can be found at 801 Clydesdale Dr. in Fayetteville. Contact Mike Emery for more information at memery@co.washington.ar.us…
“What these statistics, and many others, show, according to the CDC, is that sexual intercourse is happening, but so are unintended consequences of an abstinence-focused education system.” By Terrah Baker It’s nothing new that the U.S. has the highest rate of teen pregnancy of all the developed countries — up to nine times higher according…
Phil Sees No Shadow According to the website of the Groundhog Club out of Punxsutawney, Pa., the following poetic proclamation was announced on their website Feb. 2: Punxsutawney Phil, the King of the groundhogs, seer of seers, prognosticator of prognosticators, weather prophet without peer, was awakened from his burrow at 7:28 a.m. with a tap…