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.
Video: Sabotage claimed in Tulsa County Sheriff race
(Editor's Note: On this primary election day in Oklahoma, search your name here to see what — if anything — is on the ballot...
‘We should be fixin’ to fix a broke Oklahoma’
Imagine if we Oklahomans were as good at fixing a broke government as we are at fixing everything else. What would that look like?
Okies...
Top-10 tax incentives revealed, commissioner criticized
The Incentive Evaluation Commission met Wednesday and approved a proposed schedule for the review of Oklahoma state tax incentives.
An analysis of data provided by the...
How terrorism ends: A slow death from loneliness
Donald Trump tells us that our leaders are stupid and incompetent, but that he and we will be great. After the terrorism attack in...
Okla. agency reverses on Planned Parenthood contracts
Nearly two months after announcing it would terminate two Planned Parenthood contracts "without cause," Oklahoma's Medicaid agency has reversed its controversial decision.
The Associated Press reported...
Chronic absenteeism fundamental to schools’ failures
On the eve of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the John Marshall High School I taught at had an attendance rate of...
86-year-old at Black Lives Matter OKC: ‘We need diversity’
Sunday's Black Lives Matter OKC rally in Oklahoma City proved to be a banner day for free speech and assembly.
About 5:15 p.m., hundreds of people...
Larry Wilmore is right: We have an imbalance
I am white.
I don’t feel like you need to know that, but I feel like you will want to know that. And you should...
Photos: Signs & scenes from a Black Lives Matter rally
Photo opportunities were everywhere one looked during a Black Lives Matter rally Sunday in Bricktown. Whether destined for social media or a local-TV news...
We will all pay the price for Oklahoma’s ‘decency deficit’
I've got good news and bad news.
Perhaps the best news is that children’s health outcomes are improving, so now Oklahoma is ranked 34th nationally. Further, Oklahoma...