Category Archives: Society

ASU Feminist Union to host women’s rights rally

Upcoming women’s rights rally will promote abortion amendment and abolishment of tax on menstrual products Delta Digital News Service Friday, Mar. 29, 2024 By Avery Jones | Editor JONESBORO, Ark. – The Feminist Union at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro will be hosting their first women’s rights rally this Saturday. It will be held from noon to 3 PM in the courtyard

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The 2nd annual “African-Americans and the Arts” planned for this weekend

Fisher Street Community in Action, a nonprofit organization, is hosting the event for Black History Month Delta Digital News Service Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 By Avery Jones | Editor JONESBORO, Ark. – Jonesboro nonprofit Fisher Street Community in Action will host the 2nd annual “African American and The Arts” event in recognition of Black History Month from 3 p.m. to

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Walmart donates to food pantry on ASU campus

The ASU food pantry and Walmart team up to provide more to campus community Delta Digital News Service Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 By Avery Jones | Editor Recently, the Jonesboro Walmart on Highland has been donating to the food pantry on the Arkansas State University Jonesboro campus. The partnership was arranged by Every Child Is Ours, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Tuckerman.

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VIDEO: National Loving Day

Interracial couples celebrate freedom on national holiday Delta Digital News Service June 12, 2021 By Rangsiya Faihin | Staff Photographer JONESBORO, Ark. – Every June 12th is the anniversary of national ‘Loving Day’. The day recognizes the interracial relationship of Mildred, a woman of black and Native American ancestry and Richard Loving, a white man who were arrested due to

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