Culture
‘Love God, and your neighbor’ (including LGBTQ ones)
Here we go again, Oklahoma.
As the popular meme says, it’s been zero days since our last national embarrassment. Oklahoma Sen. Ralph Shortey (R-OKC) has made...
In Africa, children largely conform to parents’ religion
Ile-Ife, NIGERIA — It was the hour of prayer.
I saw Muslim brothers and sisters rush for prayers. The males filed into the mosque after the...
Venezuela independence celebration: ‘Recognize that there is a crisis’
Everyone knows July 4 is America's Independence Day, but what many Americans don’t know is that July 5 is independence day in Venezuela.
Wednesday afternoon, several dozen...
Addressing racism past and present: ‘It starts with us’
It was 50 years ago before a black man owned real estate in Norman, Oklahoma. The place was called a “sundown” town, meaning if...
Tulsa Race Riot: Interim study seeks commemoration
One of the biggest blights in Oklahoma’s history could be turned into a positive for the Tulsa area, as state officials form an interim...
Crumbling pipes, tainted water plague black communities
By William Taylor Potter, Brandon Kitchin and Alexis Reese
News21
CAMPTI, La. – Deep in the winding mass of crumbling back streets in Campti, Leroy Hayes...
Colonias on the border struggle with decades-old water issues
By Maria Esquinca and Andrea Jaramillo
News21
YUMA, Ariz. – Nestor Alaniz didn’t get a permit to build a well in his mother’s backyard, and he...
‘Sustained surge of water’: The basics of a hurricane
This year saw one of the costliest Atlantic hurricane seasons — both in dollars and lives — since accurate records of them were first...
Try this resolution when Oklahoma makes headlines in 2018
Given the amount of coverage that The Washington Post and The New York Times have given our state this past year, maybe they should...
Letter: Pastor responds to controversy, continues posing question
To the editors:
Does God judge nations? Recently, while serving as chaplain of the week in the Oklahoma Senate, I posed this question. I was...