Bobby Estell, professionally known as Bobby Bones, will receive an honorary doctorate degree during the University of Arkansas commencement ceremony on May 14 at Bud Walton Arena. Estell is a popular American radio and television personality and two-time New York…
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UA Little Rock to Host Bestselling Author in Inaugural Speaker Series
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will kick off its inaugural Inclusive and Inspiring Speaker Series with best-selling author Heather McGhee Wednesday, April 13. The virtual conversation, which is free and open to the public, will take place from…
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Arkansas Political Landscape Gets New York Times Write-Up
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleArkansas politics made national headlines with a major write-up in the New York Times. Reporter Jonathan Martin penned a piece entitled “Why Arkansas Is a Test Case for a Post-Trump Republican Party,” which looks at the upcoming 2022 gubernatorial race…
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Biden Expected to Call on States to Make All Adults Eligible for COVID Vaccines by May
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HalePresident Joe Biden is expected to call for all American adults to be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines by May 1. Biden will be addressing the nation on Thursday evening for his first prime-time speech, and sources say that he will…
New York Times staff editor Alex Kingsbury spoke Wednesday night at the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History. As part of the Pryor Center Presents lecture series, Kingsbury spoke on his experiences in helping the Boston…
Mister Sweet Tea is back. For seven years, Jay Grelen wrote the Sweet Tea column at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Today, he returns with the first of his Mister Sweet Tea columns, which will appear regularly on AMP. November 17, 2016…
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New York Times’s public editor scolds paper for its coverage of Trump/Clinton race
by AMP Staffby AMP Staff“The Times isn’t the only news organization bewildered and perhaps a bit sheepish about its predictions coverage,” writes public editor Liz Spayd. “The rest of media missed it too, as did the pollsters, the analysts, the Democratic Party and the…
Featured Image: Emanuel Laster, 13, of Pine Bluff, Ark. taken by Andrea Morales for the New York Times Poverty in America is an issue that politicians seem to have swept under the rug this election cycle. But, New York Times…