Camille Landry is a writer, activist, and social justice advocate who lives in Oklahoma City. This post is part of our “Neglected Oklahoma” series, which tells the stories of Oklahomans in situations where the basic necessities of life are hard…
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Three years after it was signed into law, the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare) remains contentious. Critics have especially focused on a provision that requires businesses with 50 or more full-time employees to offer affordable health insurance…
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Guest
December 30, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Shauna Lawyer Struby is the co-founder of Transition OKC, a catalyst for healthier, more resilient and sustainable communities. She lives in Oklahoma City with her family and two remarkably affable cats.
After decades of relative obscurity, urban agricultural practices that…
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Kate Richey
December 19, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
I had the opportunity recently to hear Princeton psychologist Eldar Shafir talk about the research and principles behind his new book (co-written with Harvard economist Sendhil Mullainathan), “Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much.” The premise of the book…
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Camille Landry is a writer, activist, and social justice advocate who lives in Oklahoma City. This post is part of our “Neglected Oklahoma” series, which tells the stories of Oklahomans in situations where the basic necessities of life are hard…
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December 3, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Mark Funkhouser, a former Kansas City mayor and auditor, is the director of the Governing Institute, where this post originally appeared. It is reposted with permission.
Inequality of wealth and income in the United States is as high as it…
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Kate Richey
November 29, 2013 // Updated: January 19, 2019
Every holiday season, retailers lure throngs of shoppers with extended hours, blowout sales, and special deals. The frantic sales environment is stressful for some shoppers, but it’s doubly so for most store employees. Oklahomans working retail aren’t likely to see…
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Gene Perry
November 25, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This year brought impressive economic growth for many Oklahomans. The state unemployment rate is among the lowest in the nation, and our economy is recovering rapidly from the Great Recession. Despite these encouraging indicators, Oklahomans also face serious challenges: rising…
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Kate Richey
November 21, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
In many ways Oklahoma is well positioned to offer residents opportunities to get ahead – our lower than average cost of living, booming energy sector, and low overall unemployment rate are key ingredients for financial prosperity. Yet too many other…
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This post is the second of a two-part series on the state of women in Oklahoma based on the Center for American Progress’s report “The State of Women in America: A 50-State Analysis of How Women are Faring Across the…
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