Shots fired near home of U.S. VP Around 8:25 Saturday evening, several shots were fired from a moving vehicle near…
OK Policy to host budget summit
The Oklahoma Policy Institute (OK Policy), which describes itself as “a non-partisan independent policy think-tank,” will be hosting a summit…
TU opts out of EMSAcare program
A few days before the start of the semester, residents of TU’s apartments received an email announcing that the university…
OK proposes hoodie ban
With the new year comes new legislation. One of the proposed bills in the Oklahoma State Legislature raised quite a…
What has Bridenstine been up to?
On Jan. 7, the first session of the 114th Congress began. John Boehner was also reelected as Speaker. However, Tulsa-area…
From Veracruz to Tulsa: One man’s story
My dad came in 1999, and his plan was to come and work and make some money and then go…
With DACA, fewer Oklahomans fear deportation
In a high school auditorium off of 11th and Highway 169 in East Tulsa, several dozen people listened intently as…
I will never be shot by a police officer
A week or so ago, a good friend of mine made a solid suggestion: re-read Peggy McIntosh’s “Unpacking the Invisible…
Ferguson riots more than just “thuggery”
Over the week of Thanksgiving, protests erupted throughout the St. Louis area and across the nation following the announcement that…
Half-hearted case against Wilson a miscarriage of justice
The protests in Ferguson are about a lot of things: they’re about gentrification and the political inequalities that creates, they’re…