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‘We always FaceTime daddy for presents’: How families celebrate Christmas with their deported spouses
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants are deported from the US each year, and many of them leave behind US citizen spouses and children. Here’s how two families have changed their holiday traditions after the deportations of their husbands and fathers.
Tulsa 2024: The Real Plan to Make OK the Home of the Summer Olympic Games
Tokyo, Moscow, Athens, London and Sydney: What do these cities have in common? They’ve all hosted the modern Olympic games. And if Tulsa (yes, that Tulsa–the one in Oklahoma) has its way, it will soon join this prestigious list. After going through a self-described bout of economic doldrums, Neil Mavis says the city is ready to […]
How Important Was Preschool to Your Child’s Education?
In Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Obama called for universal early childhood education, citing a range of studies that show “the sooner a child begins learning, the better he or she does down the road.” And yet, the president continued, “today, fewer than three in ten four-year-olds are enrolled in a high-quality preschool […]
American Icons: The Outsiders
This is the underbelly of teen America. Susan Eloise Hinton was a teenager when she wrote The Outsiders, the story of rival gangs in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She used the pen name “S.E.” so readers wouldn’t know she was a girl, and bought a Camaro with the earnings. “Some of [the novel’s] faults, like its over-the-top […]
