When Evie Simons signed the dotted lines for student loans at age 18, she did not fully grasp how much of a burden she would have to shoulder. Simons, 24, has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Oklahoma City University and a master’s degree in public administration from University of Oklahoma, and she is […]
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In session
Long before an estimated 30,000 teachers marched at the state capitol for 10 days in April, educators met with their state representatives and urged them to enact legislation that would increase school funding. Oklahoma was ranked one of the lowest in the nation for per-pupil spending and teacher pay, and the damning statistics could be […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Mullin it over
Conservatives were quick to share the response from Cherokee Nation after U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, an Oklahoma native, shared her DNA results in her bizarre feud with President Donald Trump. The Cherokee response, including a column written by Cherokee Phoenix editor Brandon Scott published by Vox, admonished the senator for relying on a DNA […]
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Battle cry
Northwest Classen High School’s cafeteria was filled Sept. 22 with teachers, students, families and politicians who eagerly trickled in and stood up in the crowd to hear Oklahoma born and raised Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, speak about education reform in the Sooner State and across the country. If the crowd anticipated a somber speech by […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Slur talker
Several Oklahoma lawmakers voice their disapproval of the president recently calling a senator Pocahontas when speaking to Navajo code talkers.
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Chicken-Fried News: Native, Indian
A U.S. Senate candidate sent Oklahoma-born Sen. Elizabeth Warren a DNA test to prove she’s Native American, but that’s not exactly how they work.
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Indian bummer
Credit: Brad Gregg He remarks on it so much, in fact, you might assume he lacks substantive policy positions to discuss. Brown’s fans, including some of his own staffers, have latched on to the “controversy,” chanting “Indian war whoops” and making “tomahawk chop gestures” at more than one campaign rally. Even after Principal Chief of […]
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Tribe Jibe
Brad Gregg All political hell broke loose in the Bay State because in the 1980s and ’90s, Warren, a law professor who grew up in Oklahoma City, indicated a minority status when she registered for the Association of American Law Schools directory. Her Republican opponent, incumbent Scott Brown, accused her of using that designation to […]
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That’s ‘rich’
“There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. “You built a factory out there — good for you. But I want to be clear: You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. … […]