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Xenophobia Alive And Well In Oklahoma

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BY KAREN WEBB Rep. Randy Terrill is on his soap box again, so keep in mind that having a legal copy of your birth certificate...

Oklahoma Winning Race To Bottom

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BY KENNY BELFORD While I wasn't actually born in Oklahoma, I've lived here all my life except for the first year. I've always considered myself...

It Takes Power To Control Power

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BY JOE CONASON With a furious majority of American voters demanding security from the depredations of Big Capital, all of the filibustering and bargaining in Congress will inevitably produce a bill described as “financial reform.” Partisan sniping aside, neither Democrats nor Republicans so far have proposed a deep and thorough cleansing. Republicans like to pretend […]

Is The Sunbelt Ready For Urbanity?

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BY FROMA HARROP HOUSTON – Houston faces a crossroads, or to be more precise, a five-level stack interchange. Is it going to nurture compact walkable neighborhoods? Or is it going to do what it has always done – stand back and watch developers build anything anywhere? This, America’s fourth-largest city and quintessence of Sunbelt sprawl, […]

I Won’t Set Foot In Arizona

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BY KAREN WEBB Isn't that special? In Arizona a legal U.S. citizen who looks Hispanic and doesn't have his papers with him gets six months...