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.
Minimum wage: ‘If I could pay you any less, I would’
(Editor's Note: This is part three of NonDoc's series on labor issues this week. Part one looked at labor union membership, part two recalled...
Democrat Munson wins District 85 special election
In the movie Kingpin, Woody Harrelson plays con man and hard-luck bowler Roy Munson. During a flashback to his promising childhood, his father, Calvert,...
Right To Work 14 years later: ‘It was an incredible campaign’
Across the nation, state legislatures and electorates are still debating one of the biggest issues in organized labor: Should private-sector unions be allowed to...
Labor in Oklahoma: Unions see less membership, understanding
(Editor's Note: NonDoc will look at various issues related to "labor" in Oklahoma and the nation this week following Labor Day. You can read the introduction...
Roundabouts: You spin me left-round, baby, left-round
Nobody likes being stuck in traffic. Nobody likes sitting at a red light.
Josh McBee (managing editor here at NonDoc) taught me the term “punishment...
Q&A: Susan Binkowski — ‘The bigger the world gets, the smaller the neighborhood remains’
Oklahoma-owned-and-operated Buy For Less boasts more than a dozen locations in the OKC metro. The company also runs several Super Mercado and Uptown Grocery Company locations....
Our series on ‘labor’ starts Tuesday
This may be a difficult way to say, "Happy Labor Day" and introduce an upcoming series of content, but here goes.
When Oklahoma Labor Commissioner...
Oklahoma public meetings in September
(Editor's Note: Here, from our NonDoc base in Oklahoma's capital city, we want people to remember that The Oklahoma Open Meeting Act ensures access to Oklahoma public...
A glimpse of Sweden
I like to travel.
My wife and I like to stash extra cash and get away for parts of the summer — that time of year...
Antiquated ‘Socialist’ label will undo Bernie Sanders
I would love to support Sen. Bernie Sanders for president. I don't agree with him on everything, but I generally like his ideas more...
