Current Events

Tues June 28 – 6:00-7:30 pm Omni Center in-person (unless covid numbers are too bad) The first kickoff potluck of the NWA Time Exchange was terrific! 26 people plus kids came to start on this great mutual aid project. Thank you to all of you! The next potluck will be Tuesday June 28 at Omni. Let’s meet at 6:00 pm, since some folks wanted to start and finish a bit earlier. Please join us Omni folks. We’ll keep this as covid safe as we can, and respond to whatever the situation is at that time. But let’s give it as […]

Lots MORE NEW tips emerging. The committee needs to review it all. They’ll be announcing the next hearing in July. Stay tuned. Here’s the House committee channel. They’ll broadcast during their live hearings: https://january6th.house.gov/news/watch-live PBS NewsHour will carry the hearings live with reporting and analysis. Check your local listings to find the PBS station near you, or watch online here or in the player at the link below. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-to-watch-the-jan-6-hearings Here is the YouTube link for PBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiL2inz487U

The conservatives of the Supreme Court have overturned Roe v Wade as they promised. Uncharted waters open up and no right is left sacred now.. Don’t wait to voice your protest. Attend the rally tonight on The Town Square at 6:30 . https://www.facebook.com/events/5068287766590774?ref=newsfeed

Please write to the US Forest Service in Arkansas: Don’t cut the mature trees in the Buffalo River headwaters Do you care about trees? Most of us do. Activists from Newton County report that the Forest Service policy of clearing mature trees in the headwaters of the upper Buffalo promises to be extremely dangerous to the purity of the water and safety for the drinking water of people who live along the river. It’s a commitment to profit that says the value of mature trees is only measured in dollars from loggers. It does not take into account the environmental […]

Can our democracy hold sedition and treason to account? It’s a dangerously open question. Will America tune into this horror story and take note? It’s getting clearer by the day how much our democracy depends on it. Episode 4 of this cliff-hanger and nail-biter will be Tuesday June 21 at noon central time. PBS is my favorite station to watch it on, but others are carrying them now and the House channel is carrying them. The only people are are not moved by this tragedy are people who don’t know to watch it. Share the links with family and friends who might […]

Sat March 18 – noon on Dickson Street There’s just nothing that needs to be said about the Pride Parades. They’re electric and inspiring for LGBTQ folks and all allies too. Come to support justice and equality for everyone in this wonderful community. And have a blast while you do it.

My Justice Our Justice. The first episode is on solitary confinement. Speakers are formerly incarcerated people telling their own stories. They are insightful, smart and interesting people with “insider” understanding of a system that few of us understand. Definitely worth following.

Ellen Bruce, Fayetteville It is estimated that 4 trillion plastic bags are used each year; 100 billion of them are used in the U.S. They do not degrade. They are found everywhere on earth, from the oceans to Mt. Everest, to the bellies of whales, seals and dolphins. Walmart has an estimated 230 million visits each week to its stores which number 4,742 in the U.S. an 10,593 worldwide. Seven states (California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New York, Oregon and Vermont) have outlawed plastic grocery bags. Walmart has over 800 stores in those states, providing groceries without plastic bags. Walmart is boasting […]