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.
OKCPS budget cuts: Four thoughts on tough choices
With regard to ongoing talks surrounding OKCPS budget cuts, the Republicans who control the state government are telling us to eat our kids’ education....
Stanley Hupfeld’s OKCPS campaign makes epic mail fail
With only a few days remaining until Tuesday's runoff election for Oklahoma City Public Schools board chairperson, candidate Stanley Hupfeld's campaign has unleashed an...
With courage and time, OKCPS could follow Tulsa Union
Over the weekend, The New York Times featured David Kirp’s op-ed (Who Needs Charters With Public Schools Like These?) about what is working in the...
‘Everyone is affected’ by autism: Advocates recall mandate battle
When Tara Hood and a group of dedicated parents decided to advocate for the Oklahoma Legislature to pass a bill mandating health insurance coverage of autism...
H2O-M-G: David Walters finds another $1 billion
Water is a big deal.
Nations go to war over water. States fight incessantly about water quality and transfers. There is a significant body of...
Three keys to understanding the school board election
As a retired teacher, my policy and political choices are based on three decades of struggles with the problems in the inner city and...
Report: Public wants health care price transparency
(Correction: An earlier version of this story contained inaccurate data. The numbers have been updated to reflect the correct data.)
I recently discussed health cost transparency from...
David Schwimmer helps create creepy sexual harassment PSAs
David Schwimmer (that's right, Ross from Friends) wants you to know about sexual harassment. The actor recently took on producing duties to create a...
‘Do no harm’: Managed Medicaid proposal fraught with uncertainty
A leading House Republican thinks Oklahoma needs to pump the brakes on an impending plan to privatize part of the state's Medicaid program.
A new federal...
People are strange: NYT columns reveal Tulsans’ duality
Nick Kristof and David Kirp had two noteworthy commentaries about Tulsa published in The New York Times on April 1. Although neither was a joke, their...
