Oklahoma
Related: About this forumOklahoma isn't working. Can anyone fix this failing American state?
A teacher panhandles on a roadside to buy supplies for her third-grade classroom. Entire school districts resort to four-day school weeks. Nearly one in four children struggle with hunger.
A city overpass crumbles and swarms of earthquakes shake the region the underground disposal of oil and gas industry wastes have caused the tremors. Wildfires burn out of control: cuts to state forestry services mean that out-of-state firefighting crews must be called in.
A paralyzed and mentally ill veteran is left on the floor of a county jail. Guards watch for days until the prisoner dies. A death row inmate violently convulses on the gurney as prison officials experiment with an untested cocktail for execution.
Do these snapshots of Oklahoma show a failing state?
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/29/oklahoma-education-system-four-day-school-weeks-poor
Might try electing Democrats for a change....
Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)Nice people, the weather's not bad, some attractions. But so much of what's wrong with Texas is wrong with Oklahoma too.
Squinch
(53,495 posts)BeyondGeography
(40,120 posts)Thanks for posting.