Friday, April 26, 2024

Culture

LGBTQ

‘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...
religion

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

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...
interim study

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...
lead

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

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...
video

‘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...
resolution

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...
Pastor Bill Ledbetter responds

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...

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