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Nigerian poetry: ‘This house has fallen’ and ‘Ekun Iyawo’
This house has fallen
by Nelson Vincent
Since there is no way before
Let me turn back
I am Lot's wife
A known friend betters the unknown enemy
If I...
Normalization of swastikas poses troubling trend
KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Here’s the thing about swastikas: They’re easy to draw. The simplest of minds can hammer one out in a matter...
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...
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...
Weeks after OKC gathering, Juggalos march for rights in D.C.
When the Gathering of the Juggalos drew thousands of people to northeast Oklahoma City in July, jokes abounded on local social media about Insane...
Intense Oklahoma road rage video shows gun, bikes, fight
(Update: On Tuesday, Sept. 19, NewsOK reported that three men in the video above have been charged with felonies for the road rage incident.)
An Oklahoma...
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,...
Sundaze: NASA does not create hurricanes
They've done it again. NASA has created some vicious storms of late and left proof for all the world to see!
What's that you say?...
Photos: Peruvian Festival packs OKC’s Plaza Mayor
Plaza Mayor, now the de facto center of Oklahoma City's Latin community, hosted its 11th annual grand fiesta July 23 for Peruvians of Oklahoma.
Hundreds...
Posters for Peace connects Stillwater, Tehran
Art and a desire for world peace will connect a Stillwater, Oklahoma, gallery and a historic Iranian prison this month. Posters for Peace, a...