By Andrew DeMillo | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning and happy Labor Day, Advocate readers! This week marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Today, we look at how college students who weren’t alive in 2001 are learning about that day. And this week’s editor’s commentary warns that press freedom shouldn’t be sacrificed during the data center boom. You can find more Arkansas government and politics news on the Advocate site here.
Debbie Miller, a journalism instructor at NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville, discusses a Sept. 11 assignment with her students on Sept. 3, 2026. (Photo by Antoinette Grajeda/Arkansas Advocate)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Antoinette Grajeda
Arkansas history, journalism and political science teachers with vivid memories of that day are using oral histories to better explain its significance to students who weren’t alive in 2001.
(Photo by Andrew DeMillo/Arkansas Advocate)
COMMENTARY
By Andrew DeMillo
There’s no such thing as a slam dunk court case, but the constitutional argument against prior restraint comes close.
Karen Kost took part in the North Dakota primary election early voting available June 3, 2026, at City Hall in Casselton, North Dakota. (Photo by Dan Koeck/North Dakota Monitor)
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
By Stateline
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said earlier this year he’d “do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections” this fall, declining to rule out sending the National Guard or federal law enforcement officers to polling locations throughout the country.
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