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Oct. 24, 2019 By Chase Reavis A week-long vacation to Beaver Lake Hide-A-Way Campground in October gave 32-year-old Stephanie Sims a much-needed break, not only from work but also from daycare costs for her 3-year-old twin girls, Jeanie and Sophie. The trailer they stayed in was small with all three of them, but…
Working parents drained by daycare costs find support in family
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by Beth Dedman Sept. 27, 2019 SPRINGDALE — “Hey, chief, how much for the gun belt?” He called everyone chief. Samuel Rivera Lopez looked much different from the rest of the vendors and shoppers at the Rodeo of the Ozarks antique car part show. Among all of the elderly white men, the 22-year-old Mexican artist…
Samuel of Springdale
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What makes someone Native American, and do I count as Chickasaw? By Beth Dedman
The Remnant of our Ancestors
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Why some twentysomethings aren’t clicking with Bumble. By Bethany Osborn
The Digital Dating Dilemma
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Inside today’s fight against sex trafficking. By Catherine Shackelford
How Seduction Became Slavery
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A Kenyan’s Take on Working to Live, Not Living to Work
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A family’s journey from the Congo to the United States. Story and photos by Andrea Johnson
Land of the Free, Home of the Refugee
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Before starting a day of classes at the University of Arkansas, Angela Johnson wakes up before sunrise to make coffee and begin her morning routine. With a half-and-half carton in hand, she closes the refrigerator door to see the artwork drawn by her 5-year-old son.
The Little Ones at Home
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Feeling safe is important to him. He changed the book he prays from, and now he feels like he has to worry all the time. He thinks and worries about it more than he checks his dwindling bank account, more than he stews over problems at work.
My Secret Messiah
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Jourdan, who had Zane at 19, is one of the many teen mothers in Arkansas, which has the highest teen birth rate in America.
Why Teens Become Moms