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Conway Schools should be embarrassed by anti-trans restroom policy, book censorship

BY: - October 14, 2022

The Conway School Board earned a badge of shame Tuesday when it adopted two policies that will harm transgender youth. One policy bans transgender youth from using restrooms not aligned with their assigned sex at birth. Gender nonconforming students made uncomfortable by this rule can opt to use single-use restrooms, but as one person noted […]

State and Sen. Jason Rapert settle lawsuit over Facebook, Twitter blocking

BY: - August 17, 2022

The State of Arkansas and state Sen. Jason Rapert settled a lawsuit brought by an atheist group over Rapert’s practice of blocking certain users on social media.   According to the settlement signed this week, Rapert must unblock several social media accounts on Twitter and Facebook, and the state will pay American Atheists, the organization that […]