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Overtime: The match continues with special sessions
So Oklahoma lawmakers are headed to round three — or is it four?
The 58th Oklahoma Legislature will go down in history as having (at...
How Hispanic immigrants ‘saved’ OKC’s public schools
Every once in awhile, we in Oklahoma City should catch our breath, block out Trumpism and take the time to give thanks for immigration.
I...
Editorial: OKCPS board seat needs quality applicants
The children of Oklahoma's largest school district need you — or, more specifically, intelligent and reasonable adults who live in south OKC — to...
From Nairobi to Oklahoma: A Kenyan’s journey past obstacles to education
NAIROBI — On a cold Friday morning in September 2019, a young Kenyan man woke up early in Nairobi, eager to fly to the...
Poetry: ‘Love is such a small word’
I was in the middle of the Sisyphean task of tidying my office recently, when I realized just how much stuff I had. I...
‘Vital Conversations’ help spiritual minds
There is no intellectual, cultural, political, or religious tradition of interpretation that does not ultimately live by the quality of its conversation…
(PLURALITY AND AMBIGUITY,...
As Charcoal Oven dims, burger bargains shine brighter
OKC lost a nostalgic link to a bygone past with the recent closing of Charcoal Oven. Motorists can kiss goodbye the kitschy neon sign that brightened...
Editorial: Wacky politics rule local campaigns, resignation
Don't look now, but the sputtering bus of Oklahoma democracy is back on the streets, running various stop signs and picking up an assortment...
OCPA: Taxing capital gains will burden economy further
A capital gains tax is, above all, a tax on small businesses, on entrepreneurs, on capital generation, on private investment, on job creation and...
Old friends, new journey: Meet NonDoc director of development Tara McMillen Hall
Have you ever been excited to start a new job as director of development for a nonprofit news organization, only to have your flight...
