Articles
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Law & Principles
McGirt is protecting criminals, not average citizens
Many criminals now assert tribal membership to deter arrest—including “a known member of the white-supremacist Universal Aryan Brotherhood, covered in swastika tattoos.”Jonathan Small | November 10, 2021
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Education
School materials get parents’ attention
Oklahoma schools are providing students with sexually explicit materials and undermining parental rights in other ways, according to parents who have spoken out publicly at recent school board meetings.Ray Carter | November 10, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma Department of Education touts CRT
The Oklahoma State Department of Education’s website includes or directs teachers to materials that tout themes common to Critical Race Theory.Ray Carter | November 8, 2021
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Education, Law & Principles
Stitt: OKC decision to fire teachers is ‘preposterous’
Gov. Kevin Stitt said Oklahoma City Public Schools’ decision to fire six teachers for not complying with a legally suspect mask mandate is “preposterous” and harms students.Ray Carter | November 5, 2021
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Law & Principles
O’Connor files challenge to Biden vaccine mandate
In a swift rebuke to the Biden administration’s official unveiling of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor announced he is filing a lawsuit to challenge it in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.Ray Carter | November 5, 2021
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Education
Education leaders denounce OKC firing of teachers over masks
Top state education officials denounced Oklahoma City school officials for firing six teachers who did not comply with the district’s legally questionable mask mandate, saying school district leaders harmed the educational opportunities of the children they are supposed to serve.Ray Carter | November 5, 2021
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Health Care
Is Oklahoma medicine going woke?
What if the Woke doctor won’t treat us because he disagrees with our views?David Randall, Ph.D. | November 4, 2021
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Education
Academic outcomes vary in Oklahoma schools, but decline the norm
Newly released district-level data from this year’s state testing shows outcomes varied among Oklahoma school districts, but decline was the norm.Ray Carter | November 3, 2021
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Culture & the Family
Government dictates for patient treatment concern doctors
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, perceived government interference in patient treatment, combined with perceived pressure from regulatory entities to restrict certain treatments, are reason for concern, according to some Oklahoma doctors.Ray Carter | November 2, 2021
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Education
Oklahoma still segregates public schools
The most powerful tool for racial segregation the American government ever had was its school system—not just in the past, but today.Greg Forster, Ph.D. | November 2, 2021