Just as powerful reporting, photos and video did in the ’60s, today’s national media coverage mixed with social media engagement have again thrust the conversation of police brutality, racial discrimination and civil rights into the public consciousness.
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Historic Guthrie building’s future is uncertain
The State Capital Publishing Company building, formerly a museum, remains vacant as recent plans fall through.
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“The rhetoric of ISIS against the LGBT community isn’t much different from a lot of people on the Christian right,” Schonauer said.
“The rhetoric of ISIS against the LGBT community isn’t much different from a lot of people on the Christian right,” Schonauer said.
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Democracy reform efforts make way for new political parties
“Other people have 2- to 3-foot hurdles to jump, but you get a 10-foot-tall hurdle,” Knight said.
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Local groups launches campaign to educate voters
Oklahoma Policy Institute’s Do Something OK campaign educates voters about budget cuts and interacting with lawmakers to encourage change.
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November ballot measure sparks animal welfare, water safety questions from opponents
Despite raging debate from state officials, the outcome of State Question 777 rests in the hands of voters.
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?Cover Teaser: Making America hate again?
Hate and extremist antigovernment group activity is on the rise across the nation. PLUS: Twenty-one years after the Oklahoma City bombing, Elohim City’s founding family is done talking about its alleged association with convicted antigovernment and white supremacist domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh. But the Millar family’s views on race and the genetic superiority of whites […]
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Booze and brews #3: Voters await opportunity to have their say on Oklahoma’s historically restrictive liquor laws
“I want to buy wine where I buy the rest of the stuff I need for dinner, and I want it on Sunday,” Dodgen said.
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Steve Russell jumps headlong into his new duties as a state congressman
Steve Russell focuses on border security and immigration policy in his first year in office.
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New alcohol laws would affect manufacturers, distributors, retail shops and consumers
Manufacturers, distributors, retail establishments, customers and lawmakers have different ideas about Oklahoma’s liquor laws.