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Guest opinion from members of the OKC metro community

Douglass High School

Opinion: School vouchers are another version of ‘white flight’

Guest opinion columnist Felix Linden argues that vouchers are another version of "white flight" as in the 1960s.
OKC City Council

Mask mandate or horse dewormer – your choice, OKC City Councilors

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Guest opinion columnist Nick Brooke weighs in on mask mandate decisions he believes the OKC City Council should make.
steel workers

Opinion: Labor movement seeks fair wages, freedom to organize

Tim O'Connor, president of the Okla Labor Federation, clarifies what the labor movement in Oklahoma seeks from employers.
Oklahoma County Jail

Let’s not have to say NEVER AGAIN – AGAIN

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The new Oklahoma County jail should be located where it is legal to build. It is a legal problem that will cost the county millions of dollars if ignored.
Douglass High School

The decline of indoctrination in Oklahoma public school classrooms

In this community voices opinion piece, Aaron Baker argues that there is not indoctrination in public school classrooms.
Open Letters

Letter to the Editor: ‘Building this jail on the backs of children is not...

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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.
Starbucks

Starbucks’s abortion promises for workers are PR stunts. We want a union contract.

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Alisha Humphrey is a barista at the 63rd and Grand Starbucks in OKC and argues a contract with Starbucks as the only way to insure benefits.
legislature

The “Spirit” of House Bill 1775

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In this Community Voices opinion piece, Putnam City Public Schools teacher Aaron Baker considers the letter of HB 1775 vs. the spirit.
Donald Trump

How the Republican Party lost its soul

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Dr. John Thompson reviews Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank's newest book about "crack-up" of the Republican Party.
Open Letters

OKC proposed trespass ordinance is a fascist boondoggle

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Nick Brooke argues the proposed trespass ordinance on the docket for a first hearing in the Oklahoma City Council is "unconstitutional."
Typewriter

Another attempt to criminalize homelessness

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Paula Sophia argues that the OKC City Council should follow the recommendations of a consultant firm on handling the mentally ill.
Open Letters

Changing Attitudes Over Urban Sprawl Have Taken Hold In OKC

Urban sprawl is finally going out of style, says Anthony Rodriguez in this community voices opinion piece.