LAWTON, Okla.--Westwin Elements, which operates the first nickel refinery of its kind in the U.S. on Kiowa, Comanche and Apache ancestral lands, is facing mounting criticism from the people of Lawton, who are questioning Westwin's lawsuit against former partner company CVMR. The refinery produces nickel powder for electric vehicles, stainless steel, and aerospace technology. To […]

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Kendrick Lamar, Dave Free and pgLang are producing a live-action comedy with “South Park” co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone set to hit theatres July 4th weekend. When Paramount announced the film at last year’s CinemaCon, CEO Brian Robbins called it one of the funniest and most original scripts he’s ever read. “It’s certain to […]

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LAWTON, Okla. — As concerns grow over the environmental and health risks posed by nickel refineries, Westwin Resistance is organizing teach-ins this year to educate and mobilize the community against toxic industrial development on Tribal lands.  Titled “Warning Signs: The Dangers of Building a Toxic Refinery,” the event will take place on Thursday, February 13, […]

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Dr. Karlos Hill, a historian and professor at the University of Oklahoma’s Clara Luper Department of African and African American Studies, is on a mission to deepen public understanding of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Greenwood and mobilize Oklahomans toward justice. His upcoming presentation at the Metropolitan Library is more than a lecture—it’s a call […]

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WASHINGTON - The Trump administration continues to dismantle environmental justice staff and EPA programs. Over 150 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency’s) Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR) were placed on paid administrative leave last Thursday. This particular office works to reduce climate pollution and environmental harms to low-income and BIPOC communities, […]

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