“This [parade] is an important moment for Oklahoma,” Rogers said. “It is difficult for many people to do. But we’re marching not in a militant fashion, but instead in a parade, which is first of all a lot more fun, and also to say and to show that we’re people just like anyone else.”
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Chicken-Fried News: Marching orders
Oklahoma women recently gathered at the state Capitol to march for women’s rights and issues.
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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.
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Murder on the rise
On April 7, the city had its 12th homicide of the year as a 30-year-old female was found dead in a home on SW 60th Street. Few details were known in the following days. Was this a drug-related homicide? A domestic dispute? Or maybe a murder related to the city’s increase in gang activity? All […]
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The elite ate
The Brewhouse By: Mark Hancock Seriously, what do you think they are, nerds or something? They’ve got to be around their people. They’ve got to be around their comrades, wearing matching colors and drinking brewskies and hugging each other way too long whenever their team scores. This is the exact reason the sports bar was […]
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Swine breeds success
In 1986, Edmond Memorial High School’s principal kissed a pig after the students raised an unprecedented amount of money for a good cause. Since that infamous smooch, the school’s students have raised more than $3.5 million for various charities, during the annual, appropriately named Swine Week. “They are truly passionate about Swine Week, and it’s […]
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‘Close out
“There are people out there who are still in trouble, but there are ways they can avoid a foreclosure, if they’re willing to do the work,” said Deborah McNaughton, author of “The Essential Credit Repair Handbook.” Her alternatives include considering: —a short sale: “That should be your first choice,” she said. —a short refinance: “If […]
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Irish eyes are frowning
Of course, I’m not a full-fledged connoisseur, so I don’t know for sure; but doesn’t hand-temperature interfere with liquor-temperature when you hold it right in your hand like that? (I could go on with what the pictured pint says about the callused senses of a contemporary, hardworking Oklahoma Cityan; but — like I said — […]