Civics
NonDoc journalists report on the civic realm in Oklahoma and beyond. Our site also publishes a variety of commentary pieces about civic matters. As a site category, "Civics" encompasses three subcategories: Education, Health Care and Politics.
WTF: Legislative panhandling and government inaction
A few local media types took to their respective formats to bemoan the legislature's lax attitude toward completing any meaningful work earlier this week,...
Reproductive rights: ‘Women deserve a dignified and responsible choice’
In 1989 (another summer), Public Enemy was rapping about fighting the discriminatory powers that be on the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s seminal Do The...
‘Catastrophic’ issue: $10 million more in OKCPS cuts
As part of $10 million in cuts to the 2016-2017 Oklahoma City Public Schools budget, the district announced Tuesday it will eliminate funding for...
Pure babbittry: American Ninja Warrior at Okla. Capitol
Babbittry. Look it up. Try a dictionary that isn’t on your phone. Not that there’ll be a picture of Oklahoma State Sen. David Holt (R-OKC), but there...
Andy Bowen, former mayor of Waynoka: ‘We are all neighbors’
(Editor's Note: While Andy Bowen contributes creative writing to NonDoc, we believe his experiences as the mayor of a rural town are interesting enough to warrant this...
Letter: OHCA, OCPA oversimplify ‘Medicaid rebalancing’
(Letters to the Editors policy: NonDoc believes in creating a responsible forum for the rational and respectful discussion of topics and ideas. As such,...
Teacher shortage: Real or fabricated?
It sounds weird, but some school reformers keep denying that teachers are fleeing the classroom. Even stranger, Oklahoma is cited as a place where...
On education reform, Obama ignored evidence
Surely President Obama had more pressing issues on his mind in 2009 than education when he bought into corporate school reform. Surely there were...
Letter: Even Festus can see water problems in Chickasha
(Editor’s Note: NonDoc believes in creating a responsible forum for the rational and respectful discussion of topics and ideas. As such, we run Letters...
Mayor Mick Cornett’s roundtable event highlights OKC’s original sins
The best and the worst of Oklahoma City’s annual Mayor’s Development Roundtable always seem to follow the same pattern: Once again, the big weakness of the...
