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Meet the woman who broke barriers as a a hidden figurea at the US Navy
The Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures celebrates the true story of three African-American women who helped propel the U.S. space program to new heights. While Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan and Katherine Johnson were breaking barriers at NASA, another hidden figure, Raye Montague, was making history at the U.S. Navy.
Meet the woman who broke…
The Oscar-nominated film Hidden Figures celebrates the true story of three African-American women who helped propel the U.S. space program to new heights. While Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan and Katherine Johnson were breaking barriers at NASA, another hidden figure, Raye Montague, was making history at the U.S. Navy.
Trump reported to mull use of National Guard for immigrant crackdown in 11 states, incouding A
If every one of the 100,000 Guardsmen arrests and deports about 100 undocumented immigrants, the streets will be cleared of them, along with many businesses, farms, schools and so on. CHURCH FEARS: Pastor Mark D’Ymaz fears churches with large numbers of immigrant will be targetrs of opportunity for federal enforcement efforts.
Abortion foes rally for 39th straight year
Elliot Timberlake, 1, and his mother, Janet Timberlake of Maumelle, listen to speakers Sunday during the March for Life at the state Capitol in Little Rock. A diverse crowd, energized by the inauguration of a Republican president, rallied Sunday at the Arkansas state Capitol for the 39th straight year in a show of solidarity against abortion.
An angle on collecting sales tax from Amazon, other online sales
Rolf Wilkin of Fayetteville, owner of a group of pizza restaurants and president of the Arkansas Restaurant Association, tells me there is a way short of federal legislation to recoup some of the lost sales tax unpaid in Arkansas customer transactions with web giant Amazon. I mentioned earlier that the Little Rock City Board wants to talk wth Arkansas congressmen about a long-pending legislative idea to require collection of sales taxes on Internet sales, with resulting payments to cities and counties and others now missing out on the commerce generated by physical businesses in their jurisdictions.