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Denise Thomas, CEO of World Trade Center Arkansas, discusses how the center helps Arkansas businesses export globally and what she hopes to gain at the WTCA Global Business Forum.
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The ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at libraries across the country – the second-highest year on record. Forty percent of the challenged works involved LGBTQ+ subjects or the experiences of people of color. -
As a teen, Yousafzai risked her life speaking out against the Taliban. "At the time, what scared me more was a life without an education as a girl," the Nobel-winner told Terry Gross at a live event.
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President Trump said a U.S. delegation will head to Pakistan to resume talks to end the war with Iran, but Tehran expressed reluctance after the U.S. seized one of its cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz. -
"We women are the land guardians and keepers," says Theonila Roka Matbob of Papua New Guinea, recognized for her efforts to repair the environmental and social harms caused by a copper and gold mine.
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In the small community of Bono, about an hour north of Little Rock, Gladys Anderson is living next to a box of screams. Little Rock Public Radio explores it in their podcast Track One. -
Courtesy/OrOrOrSophia Nourani speaks with Little Rock post-punk band OrOrOr about their debut album "Adore Us," their origins, recording process and what it means to make music in Arkansas.
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