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Andy Rooney Was Really Real

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BY FROMA HARROP It was odd becoming a personal friend of Andy Rooney so late in his life and so far into my own. I’d seen him on 60 Minutes for all 33 years, first while sitting on the rug in my parents’ house. Through one of Andy’s close friends and neighbors, I actually got […]

Homeless Kids

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BY FANNIE BATES Last weekend, I attended a memorial service for Louis Rodriguez, an 18-year-old Hispanic male who died in Oklahoma City's Kerr Park on...

Occupying The DOE

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BY SHARON MARTIN For years, so-called education reformers have been trying to rebuild the American education system that only needed tweaking. We’ve added millions of...

Does Anybody Have The Slightest Idea What To Do?

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BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN Just over a year from now, Americans will be deciding whether to re-elect President Barack Obama or … probably Mitt Romney. In the latter case, this is to assume that Mitt, a Mormon and a family man, doesn’t, like one of his rivals for the Republican nomination – Herman Cain – get […]

‘The Whole World’s Watching’

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BY RICHARD L. FRICKER The surreal dance that has evolved between Occupy Tulsa and the Tulsa Police Department continued Wednesday night as officers once again...