How four states – including Oklahoma – use fetal personhood to punish pregnant women
Hundreds of women who used drugs while pregnant have faced criminal charges — even when they deliver healthy babies.
In rural Oklahoma, homelessness remains a hidden problem
Advocates in Western Oklahoma say they are combatting a lack of funding and awareness in their communities. There are few shelters and a reluctance to address housing problems.
After the Castro-Huerta ruling, Oklahoma’s criminal justice system endures another shift
Local district attorneys are preparing to pick up more criminal cases but the need for more federal funding for tribal law enforcement hasn’t gone away.
Oklahoma has asked for smaller share of monkeypox shots than any other state
The state’s strategy for containing the disease involves rapidly vaccinating people who have already come into contact with the virus.
Voices: Tribal compact cancellations could hit Wildlife Department funding
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s decision not to renew hunting and fishing compacts with the Cherokee and Choctaw Nations for 2022 could mean a potential loss of millions of dollars in future federal funding for the state’s wildlife department.
An Oklahoma city prepares for an unprecedented influx of refugees
When 40 Afghan families arrive in Stillwater, they will need help with everything from housing to finding work.
Voices: Oklahoma’s values around race, justice and truth are standing trial
“Julius Jones has a commutation hearing on September 13, and Oklahoma’s values around race, justice and truth are standing trial.”
When police shoot tribal citizens on Muscogee Nation land, families ask ‘who’s held accountable?’
Tribal Nations are being asked to take on more responsibility when it comes to policing, prosecution and when families experience something tragic like one of their loved ones getting shot by police.