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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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 —...
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...