Category Archives: National

Demand Project Releases Impact Report

Tulsa, OK – The Demand Project has released Monday its 2025 Impact Report, highlighting a year of significant progress in prevention and restoration efforts in the fight against child trafficking while also celebrating a strong start to 2026 marked by expanded facilities and services for survivors.  

In 2025, increased national attention from traditional and social media brought greater national awareness of the dangers children face online and the growing number of arrests by law enforcement. In response, The Demand Project expanded its reach and strengthened its programs to protect children and support survivors.

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Ebola Story Built to Be Forgotten

There is an Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo. People are dying. The official account is accurate and incomplete, and the missing parts are the ones that explain everything.

The version in circulation goes like this. There is an outbreak of Ebola in central Africa. Case numbers are climbing. The World Health Organization has declared an emergency. The risk to Western readers is low.

Each of those statements is accurate. Assembled, they form a story shaped to be skimmed and set down. The reporting that fills it in is harder to set down, and it is available to anyone who looks past the wire summary.

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President Trump Endorses Mike Mazzei

It has been the talk of Tulsa since Friday after the close of business. President Donald J. Trump endorsed Mike Mazzei for Oklahoma Governor. On Truth Social, President Trump wrote, “Mike Mazzei has my complete and total endorsement to be the next Governor of Oklahoma — HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!”

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Great American State Fair Update

Freedom 250 announced in a release Wednesday the first wave of participants, performers, speakers, and featured activations for the Great American State Fair, the 16-day national exposition taking place June 25 through July 10, 2026, on the National Mall. 

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