Culture
Rising hate drives Latinos and immigrants into silence
By Brendan Campbell, Angel Mendoza and Tessa Diestel | News21
EUGENE, Oregon – Sergio Reyes and two other Mexican immigrants were busy landscaping at their worksite...
As intolerance grows, religious groups join forces
By Allie Bice, Abby Bitterman and Ashley Mackey | News21
NEW YORK — “If you attack one of us, you attack all of us.”
Rabbi Rick...
Bon Appetit flabbergasted by Nonesuch in OKC
This past week, Bon Appetit Magazine named Nonesuch (you've heard of it, yes?) the best new restaurant in the country. Quite the honor, and...
Poetry: ‘Oppression, you are draped by indifference’
Generations: A Choice to Learn
By James Coburn
1837
Oppression.
The sun scorches,
but there is no degradation
of skin by the sun.
Only men degrade skin
hunting for pigment possession
as they...
Black Americans still victims of hate crimes more than any other group
By Lillianna Byington, Brittany Brown and Andrew Capps | News 21
JASPER, Texas — Former Texas prosecutor Guy James Gray keeps a 20-year-old CD in...
Transgender murders frequently left unresolved
By Renata Correa Cló, Emma Keith and Katie Gagliano | News21
OAKLAND, Calif. – Tiffany Woods expects the worst.
Woods, the Oakland Police Department LGBTQ liaison,...
Among millions of hate crime victims, many never report
By Catherine Devine and Lillianna Byington | News21
PHOENIX — More than 2.4 million crimes, whose victims suspect were motivated by hate, were committed across the United...
Poetic Justice helps Oklahoma’s women prisoners through writing
TULSA — For years, Sarah Garland says she felt dirty and ashamed for some of the things she did in her life. An inmate...
GOP governor debate yields questions, not answers
I wanted answers, you wanted answers. What we got were ... confusing statements. I should probably expect this sort of thing from an Oklahoma...
In support of feminism: The Girl Child
The Girl Child
by Nelson Vincent Ayomitunde
(Author's note: Based on certain cultural instincts that have birthed discrimination in gender, this poem is for feminism, dedicated...