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.
Even though ‘it’s your money,’ apathy reigns supreme
Recall the old PR-professional’s riddle. OK, fine. I'm the originator, but it goes like this:
If you announce a press conference and no press show up, is...
Q&A: Judge Phil Lujan — ‘I can’t say I liked law school’
Recently, NonDoc contacted Citizen Potawatomi Nation Judge Phil Lujan about social and legal issues facing Oklahoma's Native American community. Here, the chief district judge...
Narconon Arrowhead has new license, criticism remains
After years of bad publicity, a controversial drug-rehab facility in southeastern Oklahoma associated with Scientology has been reorganizing operations. Some Oklahomans still want the public warned...
Website seeks to prevent murder and mass shootings
A few nights after the Oct. 1 shooting at Umpqua Community College, James Kimmel, Jr., a lecturer in psychiatry at Yale, lay awake in bed...
Boren launches campaign to fund education through tax
At 74 years old, David Boren can still give a speech.
The OU president, former U.S. Senator and former governor gave a fiery one Wednesday...
Q&A: Debby Hampton — ‘One of the most giving states’
Debby Hampton is president and chief executive officer of United Way of Central Oklahoma. The organization funds more than 125 charitable programs and, in...
Landlords refuse Section 8 renters in Austin
Heiwa Salovitz lived in his East Austin apartment for three years before he decided to move. It wasn’t because the Villas on Sixth —...
Courts could use EEOC rulings to protect LGBT rights
Despite past attempts to pass a comprehensive federal-employment law protecting gays, lesbians and transgendered persons, there is currently no federal statute explicitly forbidding sexual-orientation...
Backpackin’ heat: Campus-carry law comes to U of Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Sitting next to a skateboard in his skinny jeans and Converse sneakers, 22-year-old Jacob Williamson looks more like someone you would find...
Democratic debate: All about that base
The first 2016 Democratic presidential debate was dominated by passionate policy promises around populist issues that fueled Barack Obama's coalition of excited voters in 2008: young voters,...
