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hate speech

From McVeigh to MAGA, we haven’t learned our lesson about hate speech

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It's time Oklahomans and the rest of the nation learned our lesson about the power of hate speech and the devastation it brings.
Marshall Gregory Award with Alicia Priest

Why the award matters

I haven’t been a journalist for my entire adult life. And so, it was with surprise and gratitude that I received my first journalism award...
Inauguration

At Biden inauguration, Oklahomans were shown clear choice for future

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On Wednesday, Oklahoma and Oklahomans figured prominently in the Inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Paula Sophia

Manhood — from the inside out — part 28 — Heroic

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Paula Sophia continues her saga of life's experiences and influences that contributed to who she is today.
George Lang opinion

Our top ten OPINION posts of 2020 exposed bad thinking in government

Here are the top ten opinion articles by George Lang, opinion writer for Free Press, who consistently took on governmental bad thinking.
Kevin Calvey

Is Kevin Calvey’s calculated risk on CARES Act funds a miscalculation?

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Kevin Calvey, District 3 Oklahoma County Commissioner, acts like he neither likes nor understands active people in local politics.

Okla delegation rending its garments over Inflation Reduction Act

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Conservative lawmakers are engaged in a tearful and untruthful jeremiad this week, over passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Labor Day

This weekend, celebrate Labor Day by unionizing your workplace

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Labor Day is not the sequel to Memorial Day and not a time for hollow and vague statements about the sanctity of work.
Trump

Woodward’s recordings are public, senators must pressure Trump to resign

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Anyone in Congress who continues to support President Donald Trump right now is an accomplice to his crimes against the American people.
EMSA paramedic aids suspect

Our photography tells the story, too

Surprisingly, individual non-moving photographs still rule the day in news reporting. And we make sure that we rule with the medium that rules. All the...
Trump

Trump’s COVID relief stall is his final, colossal “screw you” of 2020

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While most people slept on Saturday night and Sunday morning, unemployment benefits lapsed for the millions of Americans displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic, all...
Paula Sophia

Manhood – from the inside out – part 39 – Climbing Mt. Maslow

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Paula Sophia Schonauer continues a serial memoir. To read the earlier parts of this series, follow the links at the end of each episode.
Paula Sophia

Manhood – from the inside out – an invitation from a stranger

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Paula Sophia Schonauer continues a serial memoir. To read the earlier parts of this series, follow the links at the end of each episode.
Paula Sophia

Manhood from the inside out – part 7 – Limbo

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Paula Sophia continues her serial memoir from childhood through adulthood, transition, and a new life as a woman.
electric plant

Rolling blackouts were the result of lax regulation and misplaced priorities

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Until real progress is made to fortify the power grids that we depend on more than ever before, every week should be “infrastructure week.”