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Cities’ equality

Cities’ equality

Oklahoma’s average Municipal Equality Index ranking is 32, about half of the national average.
Norman earned Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s distinction as an “All Star” city for advancing LGBTQ+ equality without relying on state law.

By Miguel Rios Dec 4, 2019

Holy resistance

Holy resistance

Mosaic United Methodist Church intends to resist punitive rules that target LGBTQ+ individuals.
A local Methodist church is calling 2020 a period of “holy resistance.” New rules that punish clergy for consecrating, ordaining or marrying “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” were adopted in early 2019 and go into effect at the start of the new year.

By Miguel Rios Nov 26, 2019

District days

District days

Rep. Kendra Horn spent several days this month meeting with constituents in her district and discussing big issues.
Rep. Kendra Horn spent her district work period in Oklahoma attending various events and hosting gatherings with constituents.

By Miguel Rios Nov 21, 2019

Gun sense

Gun sense

Gun violence prevention advocates say a few recent incidents prove permitless carry is a reckless policy.
It has been about three weeks since permitless carry went into effect.

By Miguel Rios Nov 20, 2019

Abortion access

Abortion access

Attorneys and advocates continue fighting for reproductive rights.
Proposed legislation in 2012 that would have granted a fertilized egg the same rights as a person mobilized Danielle Williams to join the fight for reproductive justice.

By Miguel Rios Nov 13, 2019

Not politicians

Not politicians

A group of concerned Oklahomans want redistricting to be done independent from the Oklahoma Legislature.
A coalition of citizens wants to end partisan redistricting.

By Miguel Rios Nov 6, 2019

Factchecking Oklahoma: Can medical abortions be reversed?

Factchecking Oklahoma: Can medical abortions be reversed?

An Oklahoma judge blocked a law that presents medical abortion as an option. But is this backed by science?
On Wednesday, a judge put on hold an Oklahoma law requiring medical abortion providers to tell patients that the procedure is reversible.

By Mollie Bryant for Big If True Oct 25, 2019

Primate aid

Primate aid

A local animal rights activist advocates for better treatment of primates and other wild animals.
Bob Ingersoll has rescued primates from bad conditions and looming executions to place them in sanctuaries, but his dream is for those very sanctuaries to go out of business.

By Miguel Rios Oct 23, 2019

Dream state

Dream state

As DACA heads to the Supreme Court, a local immigration nonprofit doubles down on its decade of work helping Oklahomans.
The future of thousands of Oklahomans is at stake.

By Miguel Rios Oct 22, 2019

Impact strength

Impact strength

Five local organizations benefit from sizable Impact Oklahoma grants as the nonprofit gears up for its next grant cycle.
Impact Oklahoma distributed almost $250,000 this year to five local organizations.

By Miguel Rios Oct 10, 2019

Freedom fighters

Freedom fighters

After one of its best years, Freedom Oklahoma readies to ramp up its advocacy for the state’s LGBTQ+ community.
Freedom Oklahoma aims to build off a successful year for Oklahoma’s LGBTQ+ community by focusing more on diverse sects of the community and advocating for more issues.

By Miguel Rios Oct 9, 2019

Changing conditions

Changing conditions

While Oklahoma already reckons with effects of climate change, a primarily youth-led movement seeks sweeping reform to address the crisis.
Ninety-seven percent of climatologists agree that human activities result in a warming climate.

By Miguel Rios Oct 3, 2019

Powerful women

Powerful women

Following one of its most successful years, a local nonprofit continues recruiting and training progressive women to run for office.
Before flipping Oklahoma’s 5th Congressional district, Kendra Horn served as executive director of Sally’s List.

By Miguel Rios Sep 27, 2019

Costly justice

Costly justice

The closure of a local hearing site along with a record-breaking backlog of cases make court proceedings costly and slow.
Carlos came to the United States from Chihuahua, Mexico, about 35 years ago. An undocumented immigrant, Carlos has lived in New Mexico, Kansas and most recently Oklahoma with his family in pursuit of the American Dream.

By Mollie Bryant for Big If True and Miguel Rios for Oklahoma Gazette Aug 12, 2019

Shots fired

Shots fired

The debate over permitless carry laws in Oklahoma continues.
In the past decade, the increasing frequency of high-profile shootings at schools and churches have made the right to own and carry a gun the subject of intense debate not only at the federal level but in state legislatures as well.

By Nikita Lewchuk Aug 6, 2019

Abortion ruling

Abortion ruling

District judge Cindy Truong recently ruled to uphold a law banning a specific second-trimester abortion procedure.
An Oklahoma judge made history by upholding a law banning a second-trimester abortion procedure.

By Miguel Rios Jul 26, 2019

Immigration rally

Immigration rally

Several local organizations and immigration activists are demanding the closure of camps and reunification of families at a Saturday rally in Lawton.
Immigration activists will meet in Lawton on Saturday to demand closures of camps where immigrant children and families are detained.

By Miguel Rios Jul 17, 2019

Poppy planting

Poppy planting

While Oklahoma’s trial against opioid manufacturers continues, the history of the drugs’ promotion and marketing is getting a fresh look.
Poppy flowers, the plants used to make opium, became an agricultural product nearly 8,000 years ago, and the practice of using them to achieve an altered state of consciousness is nearly as old.

By Nikita Lewchuk Jul 11, 2019

Bitter pills

Bitter pills

Arguments heat up in Oklahoma’s case against opioid manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
The first trial of a pharmaceutical company related to the opioid epidemic began May 28 at the Cleveland County Courthouse in Norman. The lawsuit, brought by Oklahoma attorney general Mike Hunter, will attempt to hold Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, accountable for the high number of overdose fatalities in the state of Oklahoma in the past two decades.

By Nikita Lewchuk Jul 2, 2019

Factchecking Oklahoma: What caused the migrant children crisis?

Factchecking Oklahoma: What caused the migrant children crisis?

Back in 2014, the Obama administration housed 2,000 unaccompanied migrant children in Fort Sill, an Army base near Lawton, Oklahoma.

By Mollie Bryant Jun 25, 2019

Retroactive law

Retroactive law

A new law provides commutation for hundreds of incarcerated Oklahomans with the ability to expunge felonies from their records.
Nearly a thousand Oklahomans will be released from prison early — potentially in time for the holidays.

By Miguel Rios Jun 13, 2019

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