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Move it, move on: ECU’s public cross in an age of austerity
This year, Oklahoma earned another shameful distinction as the national leader in cuts to higher education. The Legislature’s latest corporate-sponsored shortfall continued a five-year...
Silenced Cries: A poem on the Tulsa Race Riot
Silenced Cries
by James Coburn
I don’t remember the terror in Greenwood.
I wasn’t there. Never was it taught to me in history books.
1921 burning of the...
OIPA: GPT raise would hurt ‘access to capital’ and jobs
In a third-floor conference room at the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association's headquarters, OIPA president Tim Wigley listened Monday as two oil and gas executives...
Editorial: 67 percent support for GPT hike means #okleg should listen
A new poll commissioned by a group of longtime Oklahoma oil and gas executives says two-thirds of the voting public wants to eliminate the...
Bodega box concept a supposed threat to mom-and-pop stores
With creators of the Bodega box apologizing for upsetting people, Mike Allen laughs at the notion it will kill mom-and-pop stores.
Do you find the...
AP classes, tests enjoy ‘a prestige beyond merits’
Alina Tugend’s article in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, Who Benefits from the Expansion of AP Classes?, explains why advanced placement (AP) controversies are...
Riding out a hurricane with ‘no idea what’s going on’
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Some years ago, I went on vacation to Bermuda. It was meant to be a week of lying on the beach,...
Panel discussion reveals human dimension of DACA
On Monday, The Oklahoman hosted its Instant Reaction panel discussion on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) at Oklahoma City Community College's Capitol Hill Center....
Letter: ‘Are we traveling in a time machine back to the future?’
Editors:
I just read an article describing the presidency of America as a job that combines, on one hand, the aspects of a politician pressing...
Download, take Rep. Scott Biggs’ felony survey yourself
Rep. Scott Biggs (R-Chickasha) took heat during the 2017 legislative session for stalling bills aimed at decreasing Oklahoma's prison population and limiting the number...
