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.
Uncomfortable convos for OKCPS: race, class, parenting
The most difficult and most emotional dispute in education is over the assessment of disciplinary consequences for student misconduct. The issue requires conversations about...
Roundup: Cuss words, executions, football and budgets
Reggie Jackson has a potty mouth
The OKC Thunder hosted their former disgruntled backup point guard Friday night, and the results were good for Thunder...
Sooners aren’t causing your ‘transgenerational trauma’
Jumping the Shark is an idiom "used to describe the moment in the evolution of a television show when it begins a decline in...
Roundup: Oklahoma poll numbers & Holtzclaw coverage
Notions of character likely to play key role in Holtzclaw trial
As the ongoing saga of the Daniel Holtzclaw trial enters day 16, we, the...
On Syrian refugees, politics preempt Christian duties
Gov. Mary Fallin loves to shout from the rooftops about her faith in God. But she and her fellow Republicans aren’t the only ones...
By ‘averages,’ Texans are smarter, thinner and richer
Oklahoma football fans, like me, are always disappointed when the team from our flagship state university loses to its Texas counterpart. Of course, we...
State to review gaming compact if ‘sun rises in the east’
The Oklahoma Model Tribal Gaming Compact will become eligible for renewal or adjustment in 2020, if not earlier.
Politicians, gaming experts, bureaucrats and lobbyists have told NonDoc...
Comprehensive list of Oklahoma casinos released
The state of Oklahoma is home to so many electronic gaming casinos that, as of early November, a comprehensive list of the gambling establishments did...
A teacher’s tale: Joy, tragedy and weirdness
(Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from A Teacher's Tale, a new book chronicling author John Thompson's experiences teaching in inner-city Oklahoma City...
Oklahoma Fosters seeks to alleviate child-welfare ‘crisis’
Gov. Mary Fallin and Department of Health and Human Services director Ed Lake are asking volunteer foster parents, Native American tribes, businesses, churches and...
