Five things to know about Oklahoma’s hate crime law
Our reporting found gaps in state and federal laws on crimes motivated by gender or sexual orientation and a lack of required training for law enforcement.
A firebombing in Tulsa highlights gaps in Oklahoma hate crime law
Hate crime investigations based on gender and sexual orientation are complicated by a patchwork of state and federal laws. There’s no required training for police.
With your support, The Frontier tracked how Oklahoma lost millions in federal money
We’ve uncovered how the state’s near-total abortion ban has led to a loss of funding for family planning services and why county health departments can no longer provide confidential services for teens. Support from readers made this reporting possible.
Oklahoma refused to share a hotline with abortion information before it lost health funding
The state is suing over the federal government’s decision to revoke family planning funding and says a Missouri group could face criminal charges if it helps women in Oklahoma get abortions.
Without federal funding, Oklahoma minors lost access to confidential birth control and other family planning services at county clinics
The federal government is sending funding for family planning services in Oklahoma to an out-of state group after the State Department of Health refused to provide patients with information about abortion.
After court rulings, Oklahoma doctors are still confused about when abortion is legal to save a patient’s life
A more than 100-year-old law now propping up the state’s sweeping abortion ban contains no clear definition of what it means to preserve the life of a mother.
Counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl are driving a spike in Oklahoma deaths
State investigators have found nearly two dozen fatal overdoses over the past 15 months tied to fake oxycodone.
At one former Native American school in Oklahoma, honoring the dead now falls to alumni
A new federal investigation into the unmarked graves of Indigenous students unearths a complicated history and patchy records at dozens of Oklahoma boarding school sites.
