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.
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,...
Fmr. TFA corps member: ‘I thought I would teach forever’
According to a recent survey, 87.5 percent of Teach for America teachers plan to leave the classroom at some point in their careers.
I was not...
Corrections board member resigns, wife’s prosecutorial role questioned
An Oklahoma Board of Corrections member submitted his resignation letter to Gov. Mary Fallin's office Tuesday because his wife heads up the Oklahoma multicounty grand jury...
Predatory University of Phoenix could be burning out
From my days as a closeted Dungeons & Dragons geek, I know that a phoenix is a mythical bird that gloriously immolates, only to...
Roundup: Hernandez loses, earth quakes, media pounce
The weekends are busy for most of us, so in case you didn't catch a lot of "news" recently, the briefs below represent a...
Loveless drama: Pavlovian media hear ‘news’ bell ring
The arrest of a state senator's wife for driving with a suspended license drew headlines and airtime Wednesday, but it also raised editorial questions about how salaciously anyone...
Foreign perspectives (including Texas) on NonDoc
NonDoc presents a brief roundup of excerpts and quotes from some of our recent stories that have either come from or been about places outside our...
Facing attack, OKGOP’s Estela Hernandez could be a star
If she wins the Oklahoma GOP election for chairperson Sunday, naturalized El Salvadorian immigrant Estela Hernandez could become a powerful figure in the national Republican Party.
But while...
