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Separation by choice puts school segregation on steroids
The Oklahoman’s Ben Felder recently tackled two sides of the most daunting challenge for urban school districts. After generations of racial segregation by law...
DeBarr Avenue name change: Norman suffers paralysis by analysis
A guest column in Sunday’s Norman Transcript from Norman City Councilman Bill Hickman demonstrates the problem of paralysis by analysis that causes governmental bureaucracies to...
OEA poll: Voters list #oklaed funding as top priority
Voters are fed up.
As lawmakers approach the beginning of the legislative session, they should be troubled by the results of a statewide poll released...
‘I Miss the Old New York’: Dark days, endless nights
(Editor's note: I Miss the Old New York is a short story by Sam Magid.)
NEW YORK — Every generation of dreamers who has ever...
Oklahoma County complications: From the dart board to the court room
There's a meme from the movie Titanic where one of the main characters recalls the sinking of the boat by saying, "It's been 84...
Frugal rabbit worried about the price of eggs
Not even the Easter Bunny is immune to the effects of inflation. It's something we all have to deal with currently, and it's something...
Michael Brown shooting: New video in ‘Stranger Fruit’ complicates case
(Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of film reviews and cultural observations from 2017’s South by Southwest festival.)
AUSTIN — Stranger Fruit...
Using veterans as political pawns disgraces their service
Last week, Sen. Paul Scott threatened the Thunder in his hometown newspaper. Worried over the national anthem, Scott (R-Duncan) told the Duncan Banner he would...
With courage and time, OKCPS could follow Tulsa Union
Over the weekend, The New York Times featured David Kirp’s op-ed (Who Needs Charters With Public Schools Like These?) about what is working in the...
‘The COVID 19’ lingers around the waistband
A return to the office, and a return to normalcy...sort of. It's a tough thing, really, for your job to ask you to break...
