About a year ago, the New Yorker released “The Barber of Little Rock,” a documentary about Little Rock native Arlo Washington, who founded both Washington Barber College and People Trust Federal ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark — "The Barber of Little Rock," a short film documentary that addresses the racial wealth gap, has received an Oscar nomination for 2024. The film, which was directed by John Hoffman ...

It took a jury of 10 men and 2 women just under two hours to find a former Little Rock man guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm when he was arrested by federal agents conducting a sweep ...

Washington’s mission to bring economic justice to Arkansas is on display in the Oscar-nominated film “The Barber of Little Rock.” For “Econ Extra Credit” this month, “Marketplace Morning Report” is ...

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Donita R. Dunn of Little Rock remembers being a fifth-grader, one of three Black children at her school when her family lived in California, and being "taunted and teased on a daily basis" until her ...

Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the nine Black students who integrated a high school in Little Rock in 1957 while a mob of White segregationists yelled threats and insults, died Oct. 19 at a hospital ...

LaNier dedicated this book to her two grandchildren, and said she wanted children to understand the history of the Little ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Aircraft manufacturer Hawker Beechcraft told 170 workers at a Little Rock factory Thursday that they would lose their jobs, the move coming weeks after the firm reached a deal ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A company that manages part of the nation’s electric grid marked the start of construction Friday on a regional center in Little Rock that will employ 50 people earning an ...

A neo-Nazi group turned up at the state Capitol and a historic site in Little Rock, and grabbed some attention, but did no damage during their brief stay. And that may have been the point, to get ...