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Charter expansion: Will harm outweigh the good?
Regarding an effort by the Trump administration to expand charter schools, The Oklahoman’s Ben Felder reports, “A total of $16.5 million will be funneled...
Photos: Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade
I'm old enough to remember segregation. My family lived in Sedalia, Missouri, in the early 1960s. It was well after Brown v. Board of...
‘Pressed’ releases: Meowapalooza, rain barrels & fishin’
In a newsroom setting, one could argue that a publication is like a car's engine that uses ad sales as the fuel.
To extend the automotive metaphor,...
A modest proposal for defending the cigarette fee
We’re painfully aware of the decision the U.S. Supreme Court must make in terms of the Trump administration’s ban on refugees from Muslim-majority nations....
If only Oklahoma City could steal the SPAM Museum
Oklahoma City has one skyscraper, a couple of large sporting goods stores, a memorial to tragedy and grief, a canal, a part of a...
Attorney: Congress must end uncertainty for Dreamers
TULSA — Oklahomans pride themselves on being in control of their own destiny, believing that with grit and hard work anything is possible. Indeed,...
One-size-fits-all accountability creates destructive cycle
The OKCPS board deserves great praise for conducting a roundtable discussion of charter schools in a retreat Monday that was open to the public.
The...
Norman Film Festival offered more than just movies
The first-ever Norman Film Festival took place during September across six venues downtown, including the storied Sooner Theatre. Ben Lindesmith and Chase Spivey, veterans...
WTF: Legislative panhandling and government inaction
A few local media types took to their respective formats to bemoan the legislature's lax attitude toward completing any meaningful work earlier this week,...
Editorial: Idea of Oklahoman Guild needs details
The week after Oklahoma's largest labor demonstration in decades, supposed talk of unionization at the state's largest newspaper kept workers' rights — and the...
