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.
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...
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...
Q&A: Mike Fogarty predicts Oklahoma will expand health coverage by next year
For 13 years, Mike Fogarty served as CEO of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority. During that time and since his retirement in 2013, the...
ROC Nation’s Durant reveal made OKC hot dogs soggy
There's no good way to deliver bad news. There are only bad ways and worse ways.
Monday's Fourth of July announcement that basketball superstar Kevin Durant...
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...
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...
‘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...
U.K. native: Brexit illustrates nostalgia’s power, danger
DALLAS — It’s been a few days since my home nation decided to leave the European Union, and I’ve had time to process my...
GOP, Democratic races tight as a drum; runoffs Aug. 23
Eighteen years ago, Collin Walke learned an important lesson: Don't leave a campaign watch party early, and don't give a speech before all votes...
Subtle factors combine to fuel school-to-prison pipeline
The Oklahoma Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has published a study examining the civil rights impact of school discipline and juvenile-justice...
