Articles
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Higher Education
OSU offers ‘implicit bias’ training
OSU offers training to private businesses—for a price—that appears to violate the spirit, if not the letter, of a new state law.Ray Carter | August 18, 2021
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Education
To mask or not to mask? Give parents educational choices
In the age of Covid and beyond, it’s clearer than ever that universal school choice is a must for parents and children.Kaitlyn Finley | August 17, 2021
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Criminal Justice
McGirt ruling freeing criminals with little Indian heritage
McGirt is now forcing the retrial and potential release of convicted criminals whose heritage is predominantly something other than American Indian.Ray Carter | August 17, 2021
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Higher Education
Left-wing activists capturing OU College of Education
Radical pedagogues use their professional perches on the OU faculty to forward identity politics and activism.David Randall, Ph.D. | August 17, 2021
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Economy
McGirt called threat to state’s economic future
Ryan Leonard, special counsel for Native American affairs for Gov. Kevin Stitt, said the jurisdictional chaos created by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma represents a huge threat to long-term economic growth in the state.Ray Carter | August 16, 2021
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Higher Education
‘OU Report It!’ hotline seeks anonymous reports of ‘suspected wrongdoing’
A recent email from the University of Oklahoma instructed faculty, staff, and students how to inform on one another.Mike Brake | August 16, 2021
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Education
Partisan group touts school mask mandates
Despite a new state law banning imposition of mask or coronavirus-vaccine mandates upon public-school students, some school officials have indicated they will either flout the law or pursue legal challenges.Ray Carter | August 13, 2021
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Law & Principles
Court rules McGirt not retroactive
In a reversal of prior rulings, the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has concluded that the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma is not retroactive.Ray Carter | August 12, 2021
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Budget & Tax, Economy
To spur labor participation, remove the penalty on work
Oklahoma's unemployment rate has rebounded at a relatively faster clip than the rest of the country, but when it comes to the state's labor participation rate, the opposite is true.Curtis Shelton | August 11, 2021
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Culture & the Family
Masks, vaccines: It’s about who decides
For progressives, politics is about power. For conservatives, politics is about rights.Trent England | August 11, 2021