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TV news host calls out Capitol press corps
The workers' compensation story that NPR and ProPublica released last week caught the attention of KOKC 1520's Scott Mitchell. As host of News 9's Sunday...
Sunday Funday: We died happy, offline
Archaeology
by Andy Bowen
In a thousand years they'll dig us up in Oklahoma.
They'll sort through our bones
At the bottom of that canyon
With furrowed brows and...
Commie symp author accomplished much for Oklahoma
Once upon a time, Oklahoma was considered a liberal (if not radical) place. It had a progressive constitution designed to make government responsible 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...
Twitter Audit: About 6 percent of Red Dirt Report followers ‘real’
At the end of last week's series on social media use among local news outlets, I noted that, as with every study, more research...
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...
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...
Bernice bobs ‘cute’ hair in Lyric Theatre world premiere
Exiting the theater after the confection titled Bernice Bobs Her Hair, I heard a woman describe the show as “cute.” Uh, oh, that’s not...
Mirror, mirror: My son mimics my body-image issues
"You’ll never be skinny. That doesn’t mean I don’t think you’re beautiful. I do. But you are not ever going
to be 'skinny.'"
Those are my mother’s words.
Although...
