Category Archives: Features

Oklahoma Observer features injustice of Payday lending racket

Frosty Troy, founder of the Oklahoma Observer, and Arnold Hamilton, its current editor and publisher

‘PayDay MayDay’ is the cover story in the new issue (Feb. 25)  of the Oklahoma Observer. Observer editor Arnold Hamilton wrote the piece. Just before Thanksgiving, about 50 Baptists of varying stripes gathered at a predominantly African-American church in northeast Oklahoma City to learn about an economic plague quietly devastating the state’s teetering middle class

Bradley Manning nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Oklahoma Center for Conscience and Peace Research

Bradley Manning

Accused whistleblower deserves the prize for casting light on war crimes committed in Iraq, nomination states The Oklahoma Center for Conscience and Peace Research (OCCPR) announced on Tuesday that it has nominated US Army Private First Class Bradley Manning for the Nobel Peace Prize. In its nomination, OCCPR stated that it chose Bradley Manning because of his

OKC rally to protest Citizens United on decision’s 2nd anniversary

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What better way to use your lunch hour on the second anniversary of the Citizens United decision (in which the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are people and money is speech) than to rally with others who decry that travesty of justice and call for it to be overturned with a constitutional amendment. WHEN: Friday,

OG&E Asking for More Money

Oklahoma Corporation Commission members, judge and audience listen during a public comments period.

It was stupid of OG&E to apply for a rate hike they were not entitled to because it brought it to our attention that they are trying to stick us with smart boards we don’t want, which will put all the meter readers out of work and will allow them to charge us 15 times

Occupy OKC Moves Forward

The Occupy movement has moved in to OKC's Kerr Park

The occupation at Kerr Park in Oklahoma City began on October 10, 2011.  Hundreds of enthusiastic people have hung out at Occupy OKC in the past eleven days.  Dozens of altruistic people have  made the park their home.  Many people have donated tents, sleeping bags, food and money. The members of Occupy OKC have many

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