Bennie Edwards was a victim of OKC police gunfight mentality
Bennie Edwards is dead. If OKCPD officers who shot him had mental illness intervention training it might have turned out differently.
Manhood – from the inside out – part 12 – Haunted
Paula Sophia, a transgender woman, continues to develop her memoirs of childhood and early development.
KWTV’s Black Lives Matter protest coverage from right-wing fever swamps
KWTV’s coverage of Oklahoma City’s Black Lives Matter protest Sunday came live from the fever swamps of arch-conservatism.
Lankford poisoning the well with bad faith arguments, bogeyman politics
wants to do the bare minimum for Oklahomans while maxing out support for Georgia Republicans
Manhood — from the inside out — Oblivion — part 47
Paula Sophia Schonauer continues a serial memoir. To read the earlier parts of this series, follow the links at the end of each episode.
Inhofe a general failure on COVID-19 and deserves to be discharged
The stagecraft during a recent Zoom call was remarkable. Inhofe appeared wearing a paramilitary olive-green shirt. It was epic pandering.
Oklahoma County got left behind on the wrong side of history
At the end of a long week, votes solidified around former Vice President Joe Biden. But Oklahoma County got left behind.
Letter to the Editor: ‘Building this jail on the backs of children is not...
In this letter to the editor, Gina Standridge argues against putting the new Oklahoma County Jail at 1901 Grand Blvd only blocks away from a Mid-Del elementary.
Manhood – from the inside out – part 42 – Chrysalis
Paula Sophia continues her serial memoir of her life. In this episode, she reveals a key turning point in gender understanding.
Manhood – from the inside out – an invitation from a stranger
Paula Sophia Schonauer continues a serial memoir. To read the earlier parts of this series, follow the links at the end of each episode.
Woodward’s recordings are public, senators must pressure Trump to resign
Anyone in Congress who continues to support President Donald Trump right now is an accomplice to his crimes against the American people.
Open letter to the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority or Jail Trust
Our county jail has numerous civil rights violations on record attached to it and they are counting. It is overcrowded for one and I think I know the answer to that.
Stitt and Pruitt blame the press for their policy failures — we know better
In his opinion column, George Lang takes on both Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt and former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt.
Manhood – from the inside out – part 11 – Inferno
Paula Sophia Schonauer, LCSW, continues a serial memoir about her earlier years before her transition from a man to a trans woman.
Why we are launching two types of opinion pieces on Free Press
After three years of my resisting any policy or cultural opinion pieces in Free Press, I have decided to adopt two types of articles.












