Tara Malone

[dropcap]Over[/dropcap] the next 25 years, the Centers for Disease Control estimates that the population of adults over age 65 in the United States will double....

[dropcap]Each[/dropcap] year during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Dan and Libbie Midgley pulled up stakes from their farm in northwest Oklahoma to travel...

[dropcap]Anyone[/dropcap] who has ever lost his or her home or loved one to a tornado can tell you that Oklahoma may not be a wealthy...

The morning line at Starbucks and the numb commute. The screech of tires as motorcycles race each other down thoroughfares. Barking dogs, trains, ambulance sirens....

[dropcap]I’m[/dropcap] sitting in the Oklahoma City home of one of the world’s most famous medical scientists. Very few characteristics distinguish it from any other home...

[dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] shortly before midnight on a foggy fall evening in 1988. My mother is driving us through the backcountry roads of Newalla. I am dozing...

[dropcap]More[/dropcap] first-generation students are entering college. Unfortunately, almost as many end up packing their bags for home. Recent reports estimate that between 20 and 30...

[dropcap]It’s[/dropcap] a familiar sight on the streets of Oklahoma City. Homeless citizens can be spotted from one end of the metro to another at any...

It’s no coincidence that Oklahoma is home to some of the most iconic personalities and institutions in American cowboy culture. From the National Cowboy and...

Eva Unterman’s childhood in Lodz, Poland, before World War II was what some would call idyllic. The only child of a middle-class Jewish businessman and...