Despite the boring white guy as art for this piece, what's at stake in it is half a billion dollars and half of the shares of a soon-to-be-formed insurance colossus.
Drummond is Oklahoma's leading candidate for governor -- nice to see him acting behind the scenes on a piece of investigative journalism. (Mulready hates my guts.)
Covering insurance has been a huge surprise -- full of fundamental ideas with national implications. Huge thanks to my editor for going with my chosen headline...
Very thoughtful and insightful interview with Ted Genoways for the Brooklyn Rail. I was drawn to the book because I know only too well the joys and sorrows of deeply researched work from the deep past...
A very brave individual -- a former patrol officer in Guymon -- reached out to Oklahoma Watch to draw attention to some unreported stories of police abuse.
This piece took me deep into the history of actuaries, and plunged me into the vagaries of Oklahoma law. OK law actually prevents the insurance department from protecting consumers.
Medical parole follow-up: The Oklahoma Supreme Court issued a unanimous order enabling a district court to rule that the department of corrections broke the law in this case.
This story is every family's nightmare. I had no idea how common this was. And a bit of advice to hospitals and gov't officials: not talking to journalists won't save you.
The first of what will be a series of pieces about justice in rural Oklahoma – in this case, a mother and son had very different experiences of justice.
I've been threatened a couple times, as a writer. This was the first time I had members of my family threatened. The woman pictured here is very brave, and the slum bros making her live like this don’t like questions.
