T. Sheri Dickerson, Marina Mangiaracina and incumbent John Pettis Jr. will be on the Feb. 14 election ballot.
civil rights
Posted inArts & Culture
Local prayer breakfast celebrates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The 20th annual Midwest City Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast starts 7 a.m. Jan. 16.
Posted inNews
Cover Story: Chicken-Fried News year in review and predictions for 2017
CFN looks back on 2016 and makes predictions about what Okies will get up to in 2017.
Posted inNews
Letters to the Editor: Dec. 14, 2016
I truly wanted to thank Mrs. Anderson and tell her how much reading her letter meant to me, a lower-income Native female scared of the next four years. It is so nice to know that there are people out there who truly know the consequences of what we’ve let happen to our country.
Posted inNews
Cleveland County environmental movement has parallels to Standing Rock Sioux tribe struggles in North Dakota
The images of thick, black, heavy crude flowing between homes and into the natural wetlands haunt Maria Todd. Anytime the mother of three hears discussions of pipelines, her mind reels with images of the 2013 Pegasus Pipeline rupture that coated parts of Mayflower, Arkansas, she said during a recent interview with Oklahoma Gazette. Recently, such […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Let’s Talk About It, Oklahoma book series takes on civil rights and equality
All of the books in the series are Pulitzer winners or nominees.
Posted inNews
Cover Story: Our next steps in the march toward civil rights
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.
Posted inNews
Freedom Oklahoma directs focus on municipalities and LGBTQ nondiscrimination ordinances
“When you have a minority group who are targeted by hate crimes and violence, it is the duty of the government and elected officials to step up and show respect to that community,” Stevenson said.
Posted inNews
Cover Story: Community fights legislation that could damage business, youth, schools, state
“A lot of these bills are not written by local lawmakers,” Stevenson said.
Posted inNews
Commentary: A brighter future for all Oklahomans
Over the last decade, there has been a paradigm shift in public opinion on equal rights across the nation, including Oklahoma.