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Nikki Hager
February 12, 2015 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This post is by OK Policy intern Nikki Hager. She is a senior Political Science and Economics major at the University of Tulsa.
In November, President Obama issued an executive order to grant deportation relief to approximately half of the…
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Guest
December 22, 2014 // Updated: May 2, 2019
Hannibal B. Johnson is a Harvard Law School graduate who teaches at Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma. His several books include Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District, Black Wall Street, Up from the Ashes, and Acres of Aspiration. A…
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Gene Perry
December 5, 2014 // Updated: January 19, 2019
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Each week, the OK PolicyCast brings you the most important news about Oklahoma and what it means. In this episode, we talk…
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David Blatt
September 11, 2014 // Updated: December 10, 2020
This is an edited version of remarks made to a community form hosted by the Dan Allen Center for Social Justice on “Resegregation of Tulsa Schools” held September 4, 2014. All statistics, along with their sources, are compiled in this…
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Carly Putnam
September 9, 2014 // Updated: June 13, 2019
NOTE: This article was published in 2014 when Ft. Sill was first used to detain migrant children and has not been updated to reflect the detention of migrant children at Ft. Sill in 2019.
At the end of July, we…
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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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This post, authored by then-intern Carly Putnam, first ran on our blog on July 25, 2013. It has been updated.
It’s rare to find a novel set in Oklahoma; it’s rarer still to find a novel set in Oklahoma that…
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By:
Kate Richey
July 22, 2014 // Updated: June 13, 2019
NOTE: This article was published in 2014 when Ft. Sill was first used to detain migrant children and has not been updated to reflect the detention of migrant children at Ft. Sill in 2019.
As most Oklahomans have heard and…
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This is the first of a two-part series examining the state of women in Oklahoma based on three indicators: economic security, leadership and health of women and families. The first post focuses on economic security and leadership; the second post…
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By:
Kate Richey
August 28, 2013 // Updated: May 2, 2019
This is the fifth post in a running series based on our recent report, Closing the Opportunity Gap: Building Equity in Oklahoma, which assesses the racial wealth gap and proposes solutions for closing that gap through asset-building. Previous posts detailed …
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