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.
Dr. Harvey Jenkins deserves his day in court
It’s a debate that has raged since mankind lived in caves and one that remains a daily topic of current radio and television talk programs:...
Editorial: Mike Pence shows hypocrisy leaving NFL game
If Vice President Mike Pence had announced he left Sunday's NFL game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Indianapolis Colts because the teams...
Letter: For Puerto Rico, ‘power of prayer’ inadequate
To the editors:
Christianity has many sects — just like Islam, with its two well-known branches of Shia and Sunni (among other smaller sects) who war...
Proposed ‘cooling off period’ troubles lobbyists, lawmakers
As former deputy secretary of environment Tyler Powell approached his final day of state employment in early September, he hired an attorney and filed...
NAACP report has valuable charter lessons for OKCPS
Back when the Obama administration and the Billionaires Boys Club were subsidizing rapid charter expansion, their soundbite was that choice-driven and accountability-driven reform was...
They thought they were going to rehab. They ended up in chicken plants
By Amy Julia Harris and Shoshana Walter
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
The worst day of Brad McGahey's life was the day a judge...
Before demonizing opioids, know that pain is real
This has been a year of pain for a lot of people. No, I’m not talking about the emotional pain that comes with watching...
OKOGA, OIPA tell Fallin they are ‘punished by the state’
The state's two largest oil and gas trade associations — OKOGA and OIPA — have sent Gov. Mary Fallin a letter blasting a "Fallin-Inman...
‘Laboratory of artificial insemination’: Nigerian independence celebrated
Ile-Ife, NIGERIA — Many years ago, the seeds of in(ter)dependence were planted. We had just been willed into existence from Lord Lugard and Shaw's...
OK Supreme Court Justice Joseph Watt to retire
Oklahoma Supreme Court Joseph Watt sent Gov. Mary Fallin a letter today saying he plans to retire effective Dec. 31.
Watt, 70, was born and...
