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Caring For The Sick And Lowly
Oklahomas public health infrastructure worked hand in glove with the first Trump presidencys public health response, complete with the botched unemployment software and rollout as well as preemptive
Loving Your Neighbor As Yourself
To say Donald Trump is obsessed with immigrants would be an epic understatement. From the moment he rode down the escalator at Trump Tower to announce his 2016 presidential campaign through his 2024 b
An Electoral Silver Bullet?
Its official: Oklahoma recorded the nations lowest age-eligible voter turnout in the November general election a Code Red warning that our body politic is on life support, if not in a death spiral
Mansplaining, Oklahoma-Style
In a reality where the full spectrum of reproductivehealthcare protections has been rolled back or eliminated nationwide by the disastrous Dobbs U.S. Supreme Court decision, Oklahoma legislators stil
Wreckin’ Ball Lyin’ Ryan’s Latest
Its difficult, if not impossible to keep up with state Superintendent Ryan Walters antics these days. But we know this much for certain: Hes doing everything he can to dismantle the State Departmen
‘Here We Are Again’
If nothing else, the Oklahoma Legislatures Republican supermajority has proven itself world-class at one thing: virtue signaling. Any piece of legislation they can remotely link to DEI or ESG anyth
The Emperor Has No Clothes
It took 13 years, but the chickens finally came home to roost for legislative Republicans, who handed Oklahoma governors absolute power over the State Board of Education in response to push-back from
‘A Six-Gun Or A Fountain Pen’
With the new school year just weeks away, state Superintendent Ryan Walters is busy lobbing one Molotov cocktail after another into Oklahomas classrooms in pursuit of his Christian Nationalist agenda
For And To Oklahomans
When lawmakers adjourned sine die late last month, it wasnt just the end of the 59th Oklahoma Legislature. It was the end of a leadership era, too. Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat and House Speak
Reflections For Pride Month 2024
If the 59th Oklahoma Legislature is remembered for anything, it will be its preoccupation with 2SLGBTQ+ folks, especially transgender Oklahomans. This session, more than 50 bills were introduced that