Commentary
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Tulsa bound: ‘BIG 3 is basketball for basketball’s sake’
Jermaine O’Neal entered the NBA in 1996 and left the league in 2016. Far removed from his all-star days with the Indiana Pacers but...
NonDoc party host: ‘Reward journalists for independence’
I decided to host a party and fundraiser for NonDoc because I realized I have been using and sharing their work in my everyday...
Friends, families sustain collateral damage in war against cancer
Emptiness. Guilt. Remorse. Anger. Sadness.
These are just a handful of the emotions one experiences when learning about a cancer diagnosis. And this is just...
What to the slave is the Fourth of July?
I have always wanted to be a patriot. I have always wanted to sing the national anthem as bold and black as Marvin Gaye...
The best Fourth of July journalism you’ve ever seen
Detroit, Michigan, and the United States as a whole lost (at least temporarily) one of America's most creative and important journalists in November: Charlie LeDuff.
LeDuff spent...
Editorial: OKC should be ashamed of NRA ad
A new advertisement from the National Rifle Association has drawn enormous criticism for its overt insinuation that conservative Americans need to fight their liberal brethren.
This...
Take the Scissortail from the Scissortail to the Scissortail
Don't get me wrong. I like scissor-tailed flycatchers as much as the next person. It's one of the more interesting state birds, and it...
That Little Laborer: ‘A street urchin does not go to school’
That Little Laborer
by Bipin Khatiwada
He is just eight.
Penniless pockets
Out of ragged shorts.
Mucus running from little nose.
That dirty yellow t-shirt
Worn for a year,
Not washed since then.
Strength...
AP report: Gerrymandering heavily favors GOP
The purpose of establishing a representative democracy in the United States was to allow citizens across the country to be represented fairly in the...
Rilla Askew’s new book dubs Oklahoma ‘Most American’
Earlier this month, the University of Oklahoma Press published award-winning novelist Rilla Askew's first nonfiction book, Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place. In...
