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Reggae Leads Singer to Grammy, Career and a New Local Band

By Terrah Baker “Reggae music is more about living right, and about treating your fellow human with respect, and being a good person. It’s kind of a good message music.”

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OMNI Seeks World Peace With New Strategies

By Terrah Baker What does the OMNI Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology headquartered in Fayetteville actually do? Organizers say they’ve heard this question many times. Maybe it’s hard to

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Is Low Minimum Wage A Necessary Evil?

In 1938, President Franklin Roosevelt first introduced a federal minimum wage — 25 cents per hour. Today, the minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. According to the Bureau of Labor

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Arkansas GED Testing Undergoes Changes

By Terrah Baker Ever heard the story of the starfish? I hadn’t either, until I talked with Deputy Director Jim Smith of Adult Education in the Arkansas Department of Career

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Guantanamo: “Safe, Humane, Legal, Transparent”

By John LaForge Four more innocents were released from America’s Robben Island this month. Our offshore penal colony at Guantánamo Bay still holds 158 prisoners, 84 of whom have been

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Last Night Fayetteville Lives Up To National Recognition

By Terrah Baker After two years of bringing in thousands of participants and being named one of TripAdvisor.com’s “Top 10 most unique New Year’s Eve Celebrations,” Last Night Fayetteville has

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Arkansas Films Reveal Southern Truths With Quality Work

By Terrah Baker Heard of a movie called Mud (2012)? Well, how about leading actor in the film Matthew McConaughey? Now that we’ve caught your attention, did you know that

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Take Gift Giving To A New Level. Here's The Guide!

By Terrah Baker Since the “buy local” movement has taken off across the country in the last few years, we’ve all heard the anecdotes on why it’s important. We also

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It’s Natural to Dream

Local Activists Work to Keep Undocumented Families Together, Fight for Deferred Action for All By Blair Jackson It is a cold autumn night. A dozen or so men, women, children

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Premiums High For Middle Class Americans Hoping Dust Will Soon Settle

By Terrah Baker“This is like Christmas,” one attendee of an informational meeting on the Affordable Health Care Act held at Fayetteville Public Library said. “I can’t believe this is real.”This