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‘Their emotion is involved’: People protest police in OKC

Tres Savage - Sunday, May 31, 2020

When a long and tumultuous evening of protests against American police violence ended close to 3 a.m. in central Oklahoma City, more than a...

‘In love with being alive’: Essay winners age 15-18

Tres Savage - Thursday, May 28, 2020

What's the only thing better than winning an essay contest? How about winning it unanimously. In the 15-18 age category for NonDoc's first spring essay...

‘Love alone together’: A pandemic diary

Brand Rackley - Monday, May 25, 2020

May 10, 2020 Yukon Haddaway said it best: What is love? Or maybe it’s Foreigner that said it best: “I want to know what love is.” Regardless, it’s...

Them boys from Oklahoma roll their joints all wrong

Mike Allen - Sunday, May 24, 2020

After this past week, one has to wonder if Gov. Kevin Stitt's veto pen has any ink left in it. One after another, bills...

‘Quarantined in a lonely paradise’: A pandemic diary

Ruth Askew Brelsford - Thursday, May 21, 2020

April 16, 2020 Red Oak Tomorrow marks the end of the fifth week that my husband Les and I have been in lockdown. Except for a...

Gridiron grit: My promise to NonDoc and Oklahoma

Blake Douglas - Wednesday, May 20, 2020

My high-school football coach used to tell our team, “Life is like football, and football is like life.” At the time, it seemed like standard...

Write at home: Joining journalism back in Oklahoma

Annemarie Cuccia - Tuesday, May 19, 2020

I spent 18 years of my life in the suburban not-quite-perfect bubble of Norman. I knew where to drive down Western Avenue for the...

Pour yourself an age and wisdom on the rocks

Mike Allen - Sunday, May 17, 2020

You may have seen some long lines surrounding certain businesses the past couple of days. In the "before pandemic" or "BP" age, these establishments...