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Justice Becomes Retribution

Posted February 21, 2022 • 00:56:55

Last week, Oklahoma executed its fourth inmate in less than four months. Next week, a federal court begins weighing whether the state’s lethal injection...

State Of The State

Posted February 6, 2022 • 00:55:44

On Monday, Gov. Kevin Stitt will deliver his fourth State of the State to a joint session of the Oklahoma Legislature. For this week’s Observercast,...

#OklaEd In The Crosshairs

Posted January 31, 2022 • 00:59:17

You’re not mistaken if you’ve noticed a theme in the first three episodes of Year 3 of Observercast: Education in Oklahoma. All signs point to a...

Teaching During Omicron

Posted January 24, 2022 • 00:47:50

As if a decade of the nation’s deepest education funding cuts, exploding class sizes, underpaid and worn-out teachers fleeing the profession, steadily...

School, At What Cost?

Posted January 17, 2022 • 00:34:00

Gov. Kevin Stitt’s education secretary, Ryan Walters, dreams of being Oklahoma’s next state superintendent, but his attack on Omicron-besieged schools...