Manhood, from the inside out — Memoir and Mythology
Paula Sophia begins a series of memoirs about her life as a boy, man, father, soldier, police officer, then, a transitioned police officer.
Dear Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority (Jail Trust)
In this open letter, Christopher Johnston delivers a list of demands for reforms in the Oklahoma County Jail.
We need an armistice in conservative America’s never-ending culture war
If it feels like you are being asked to take sides on every topic, it is because everything is a wedge issue now.
Oklahoma City Police Dept trying to Portlandize OKC summer protests
Opinion - The Oklahoma City Police Department should release the raw videos of body-worn cams and pole cams during the May 30-31 protests.
Open letter to Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board and Gov Kevin Stitt
Christopher Johnson, a veteran and human rights activist in Oklahoma City, makes his case for the release of Julius Jones.
Lankford is purposely sowing disinformation about the January 6 attacks
Opinion - By sowing false information about the January 6 Capitol attack, Lankford is fueling the next wave of insurrection.
Rolling blackouts were the result of lax regulation and misplaced priorities
Until real progress is made to fortify the power grids that we depend on more than ever before, every week should be “infrastructure week.”
In former President Trump’s 2nd impeachment trial, the cameras do not lie
The differences between former President Trump's first trial and the 2021 edition could not be more stark.
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.
Governor Stitt, they aren’t “ghost students” — they’re lost students
The problem is "ghost students" do exist. They are real and still out there. But, they are lost to our schools right now. Time to find them.
Lankford and Inhofe are gassing up Trump’s getaway car
Senators Lankford and Inhofe are doing their level best to disrupt justice in the wake of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Republicans are already abusing the word “unity” in the Biden era
Republicans are using the word "unity" a lot after the January 6 insurrection perhaps we'll all just let bygones be bygones.
At Biden inauguration, Oklahomans were shown clear choice for future
On Wednesday, Oklahoma and Oklahomans figured prominently in the Inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
From McVeigh to MAGA, we haven’t learned our lesson about hate speech
It's time Oklahomans and the rest of the nation learned our lesson about the power of hate speech and the devastation it brings.
Amid talk about free speech, few seem to understand the First Amendment
The First Amendment is just one-sentence long, but it seems few people have read it including two senators who went to Ivy League colleges.
