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.
Policy wonk Tamara Draut: ‘Lift up the dignity of work’
Tamara Draut is vice president of policy and research for Demos, a policy organization focused largely around issues of equality and the economy. The...
Letter: REAL ID does share databases of driver info
To the editors:
William Savage writes in his article on REAL ID (With REAL ID still unreal in Oklahoma, deadlines loom) that opposition to compliance with...
UPDATE: Amid ‘confusion’ on REAL ID, extension denied
(Update: On Oct. 11, the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety released the following statement, photographed below, noting that the state had been denied its...
Filter: Colbert crucifies Gary Johnson
Sympathy for Gary Johnson would be easier to come by if the guy didn't seem like he was intentionally setting himself up for failure.
In...
Editorial: Trump tax return shows problems with candidate, system
Donald Trump’s tax saga will be heating up this week after the New York Times published details of the mogul’s 1995 tax return Saturday...
NOLA Mayor Landrieu in OKC: Trump slams cities in ‘ignorance’
Dozens of U.S. mayors attended a press conference to promote the need for federal cooperation on the topics of public safety and infrastructure, but when...
Fates of Syria, Ukraine hinge on U.S. presidential election
This is perhaps the last piece I will write for NonDoc before the election in a couple of weeks, so I need to tell...
With REAL ID still unreal in Oklahoma, deadlines loom
(Editor's note: On Monday, Oct. 3, NonDoc posted an updated version of this story here. That post attempts to get to the bottom of...
In this presidential election, better the devil you know …
We all feel like we know Hillary Clinton. She has been a part of our public lives for more than two decades. From her time...
OKC councilman: Grocery store drama ‘a slap in the face’
Oklahoma City Councilman John Pettis aired the dirty laundry of Buy For Less developers in a weekend Facebook post that said the company now seeks to...