Brett Dickerson - Journalist - Editor

09/09/2024

Wow. This. Right here.

09/08/2024

As a subscriber I have gifted this article to you so you can read the whole thing. Good analysis:

The right-wing think tank has been pushing misinformation about voting into social media feeds. The Georgia secretary of state’s office called one video “a stunt.”

06/28/2024

The OKC PrideFest 2024 will go on as planned but the withdrawal of a significant number of big sponsors brings added scrutiny on the Oklahoma Pride Alliance.

06/28/2024

For this year's iteration of their annual French Film in July slate, OKCMOA puts the focus squarely on the most boundary-pushing French filmmakers of today.

06/25/2024

Coming up this weekend!

Some of the most exciting and diverse local artists are filling out the weekend-long music lineup for PrideFest 2024, with rock, pop, soul, and dancing!

04/30/2024

The extent to which we actually believe what Trump and his enablers are saying is the extent to which we can guard our government as a democracy. As a subscriber, I'm gifting this article to you.

No major American presidential candidate has talked like he now does at his rallies — not Richard Nixon, not George Wallace, not even Donald Trump himself.

04/19/2024

SJR34 is scheduled for a vote tomorrow and would replace Oklahoma’s nonpartisan Judiciary Nominating Commission with political appointees.

There is no valid reason for this. If SJR34 were to pass, Oklahoma Supreme Court nominations would be based on partisanship, friendship, and campaign donations.

Corruption and bribery are the very reasons why the commission was established in 1967.

Unconstitutional bills sometimes make it onto the governor’s desk, and right now, a fair and impartial justice system is all that's keeping them from becoming law.

I will always push back against blatant power grabs like this.

04/19/2024

Noble Theater at the museum is one of the most comfortable venues in Oklahoma City. Anytime you are on the home page of Oklahoma City Free Press take a look at their upcoming film offerings in the side column of the home page.

03/25/2024

"The way out of this will be to educate and empower our next generation, not in so-called media literacy, but in media leadership, in taking responsibility for the health of their communities and their public discourse. That is a big, complex, nuanced, unsure order that will require marshalling the wisdom of disciplines far beyond journalism: history, anthropology, sociology, psychology, community studies, ethics, design, and the arts."

What to say to Scranton?

02/11/2024

It’s no secret that Oklahoma’s history is filled with a host of monumental Black figures at the forefront of arts, education, and activism.

01/10/2024

Taking the NW BRT to downtown OKC to cover a meeting. Once I get the schedule down, this is going to be too easy.

12/31/2023

12/31/2023

This is me trying to figure out how to frame an accurate report on a totally bonkers set of events.

12/20/2023

I absolutely agree with this and do what I can to promote better understandings of our nation's founding. This statement is in response to public rally speech pronouncements Donald Trump has made in the last several weeks.

12/15/2023

How many times do we need to see evidence like this about Trump? For some, it will matter. For others, it will make no difference in their support.

A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, raising alarms among intelligence officials.

12/10/2023

We fact-check claims and address possible misinformation circulating on social media or voiced during public events regarding the proposed new NBA arena in OKC.

12/10/2023

Opponents of the proposed arena question the moral soundness of asking the public to fund 95% of the project while the billionaire owners contribute only 5%.

12/10/2023

Free Press is exploring the different angles on the new NBA arena proposal. In this first report in a series, we cover the argument for a new arena.

11/26/2023

As a subscriber, I have gifted this article to you because of its importance.

Univision anchor Jorge Ramos said Saturday that reporters should ask hard questions of Donald Trump in the wake of a widely criticized interview by the network.

11/18/2023

It's Thanksgiving in Oklahoma City and Brett Fieldcamp has the info on restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day in the metro.

10/13/2023

Charter schools with no guardrails ....

David Chaney and Ben Harris and longtime Epic CFO Josh Brock now face counts of embezzlement, as well as money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the state.

09/22/2023

I'm gifting this The Atlantic article because it is one of the best I have read about the topic of the military and politics. You don't have to be a subscriber.

How General Mark Milley protected the Constitution from Donald Trump

09/17/2023

"We know better. We created the day. We bear the judgment."
This is so powerful and reaches beyond the South to any of us who think that political action is just too hard.

On Sept. 15, 1963, white supremacists bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham as part of a campaign to terrorize the Black community.

08/22/2023

The conspiracy theories are already starting to fly. Here is a great fact-check:

There are photos and videos being misrepresented on social media to spread conspiracy theories about what caused the wildfires on Maui. This is an AP Fact Check.

08/09/2023

"At least three studies have found that takeovers don’t increase academic achievement."

Takeovers have had limited success in improving student performance. Opponents say their real purpose is to undermine the power of Black and Hispanic communities

06/30/2023

ONE WEEK FROM TONIGHT! Join the OKCPHIL and Maestro Alexander Mickelthwate Monday, July 3, 2023 for a FREE 8:30PM concert at Scissortail Park in downtown OKC. This year’s program features two fabulous vocalists, J. Warren Mitchell – tenor, and Julianne Reynolds, soprano. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs and the whole family to enjoy a lovely evening outside with beautiful and inspiring music!

05/15/2023

This is seen as a direct threat to the prosperous and hard-to-deal-with tax prep software out there so, they are against it and the IRS having enough money to do much of anything. As a subscriber I have gifted this article so you can read it for free.

The tax agency has quietly built its own prototype system for filing tax returns digitally and free of charge, according to current and former officials.

05/13/2023

"A doctor said one child had been decapitated by the force of the bullets. Another had a baseball-size hole in his chest. Blood was spattered on the walls and was sprayed over the fourth graders’ drawings and books and backpacks."

One year ago, before the school shooting in Uvalde, Kimberly Mata-Rubio had never been on a plane or given a public speech or scolded a U.S. senator right there in his office. A year in the life of a grieving mother.

04/21/2023