Oklahoma Needs Help, Not Ideology

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig May 23, 2013 While listening to an NPR report out of Moore, Okla., this week, I was genuinely shocked. Not by the scale of the devastation or the tenacity of people who have grown stoically accustomed to the damage tornadoes can do, but by a political sentiment that, in almost any other era, would not have been surprising at all. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Oklahoma Tornado

Dario Castillejos, Cagle Cartoons, Dario La Crisis May 23, 2013 Dig deeper

Not OK

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star May 23, 2013 Dig deeper

GOP Senator’s Hypocrisy on Tornado Aid, Jon Stewart Hates Washington, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig May 22, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including a senator's attempt to repeal the Monsanto Protection Act and the real IRS scandal that is being missed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Videos Capture Scary EF-5 Oklahoma Tornado

Staff / Truthdig May 22, 2013 At least 24 people were killed, hundreds more were injured and numerous homes, schools and businesses were destroyed after a massive tornado barreled through the town of Moore, Okla., on Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Birth Control Is the New Poison

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2013 Laws proposed this year include a bill whose proponent is an Oklahoma cardiologist who sees venomous effects in hormonal contraception for women; the Obama administration has created a policy that will allow more public access to federally financed research; meanwhile, an Italian newspaper claims Pope Benedict resigned thanks to pressure from a secret gay lobby. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fracking-Induced Earthquakes? Not Quite

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2012 The number of significant earthquakes in the Midwest has increased almost fivefold in the last four years. Researchers with the United States Geological Survey set out to discover why. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama Fast-Tracks Southern Portion of Keystone Pipeline

Staff / Truthdig Mar 22, 2012 Responding to criticism from Republicans for supposedly stonewalling development of the nation’s oil supplies, President Obama has ordered the government to accelerate work on a 485-mile Texas-to-Oklahoma portion of the recently rejected 1,170-mile Keystone XL pipeline. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Age of Thirst in the American West

Staff / Truthdig Dec 6, 2011 Consider it a taste of the future: the fire, smoke, drought, dust, and heat that have made life unpleasant, if not dangerous, from Louisiana to Los Angeles. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Oklahoma Not OK With Shariah Law

Staff / Truthdig Oct 30, 2010 Some people in Oklahoma are either able to predict the future or they're just anti-Muslim bigots. A measure on the ballot next week in the state will ask voters whether they want to pass, no joke, a constitutional amendment outlawing Shariah, or Islamic law. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

More States to Join Arizona in Annals of Immigration Infamy?

Staff / Truthdig Jul 8, 2010 The conflict is still raging over Arizona's oppressive SB 1070 immigration law, to say the least -- we're talking lawsuit-from-the-White-House-level conflict here -- but that's not stopping at least three other states from (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Oklahoma Abortion Law Requires Sonogram

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2010 Even in cases of sexual abuse or rape, a strict abortion law enacted Tuesday in Oklahoma requires women to undergo a sonogram, during which the doctor has to turn the screen to face the patient and give her fetal development details. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )