OKC’s Blue Note boots Black Pussy show under pressure
Shayna Pickett loves the Blue Note and good rock music. When she saw a poster for the band Black Pussy months ago, she got...
Listen to the kids: They will teach us how to teach them
On the eve of the spring testing season, we are talking less about the need to teach to the test. I wish the OKCPS...
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Unarmed patrols: Guardian Angels forming OKC chapter
When Aaron Brilbeck was 14 in upstate New York, he told a lie he does not regret. The minimum age to join the crime-prevention...
Sundaze: Trump makes supersonic sprint from AHCA
Is it just me, or did it seem like President Donald Trump flipped the negotiation table over and ran out of the room on...
Zua: ‘It is his people’s time to come’
Zua
by James Coburn
I walk with Angola
Knowing a young man,
A rising voice of his people
Percolating from generations
Pure as the night sky;
Fervent as a great river
Joining...
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Watching HB 1270 at the Capitol as an Average Joe
Wednesday night at the Oklahoma State Capitol, I learned a lot about my personal privilege.
As a proud member of the underpaid media, it was...
HB 2216 seeks elusive price transparency in health care
The trend for health care cost transparency seems to be growing as fast as health costs themselves.
HB 2216, introduced by Rep. Sean Roberts (R-Tulsa)...
After Shortey and Leftwich, SD 44 needs third-party hero
It now appears the citizens of Senate District 44 have a second-consecutive state senator on the wrong side of the law.
State Sen. Ralph Shortey (R-OKC)...
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‘Get Out’ exemplifies the horror of benevolent racism
While chitchatting with an acquaintance about movies, we began discussing Jordan Peele’s history-making horror/social-commentary film, Get Out (see trailer above).
My friend (who is a white...
‘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...
