On this week’s latest podcast episode, I chop it up with college football player-turned entrepreneur Josh Jones. He’s one of the few Black owners of a Tulsa-based coffee shop on America’s Route 66. #coffee #blackowned #route66

Days after beginning its preliminary autopsy in the death of Nolan Wells, the state of Mississippi has not made its findings public as of Monday. Their own state website shows it can be performed in as little as two hours. indepthwithdeon.substack.com/p/nolan-well...

Genocide is wrong anywhere, says Palestinian-American Farouq Allatar, a Tulsa resident and founder of Save The Children of Gaza. Follow In Depth with Deon Podcast for the full interview later this week.

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UPDATE: A Minnesota judge has freed a Black couple from pre-trial detention after they were accused of kidnapping federal immigration agents. Full story: indepthwithdeon.substack.com/p/judge-free...

WRONGFUL CONVICTION DAY THURSDAY. Don’t forget to mark your calendars. I’ll be your MC for this event at the Oklahoma State Capitol, where several families will highlight cases of alleged prosecutorial misconduct, racial bias and more. Hosted by HOOKED ON JUSTICE Oklahoma Chapter

Ryan Walters would rather force #oklaed students to learn fake news about the 2020 election than improve the state's 49th ranking in education. "Everything they say about DEI, it applies more to White conservatives in the Republican party more than anything.” #indepthwithdeon

As Oklahoma student math scores sit near the bottom of the nation, people like former TU linebacker-turned math tutor Donnell Hawkins fill an outsized role in preparing the next generation of leaders. theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/04/11/f...

A spokesperson for OFS told me, “Our deepest gratitude goes out to the legislators, state and local officials, dedicated partners, and supporters across Oklahoma who are making it clear that they back Oklahoma Forestry Services and its mission.” theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/04/04/o...

An Oklahoma prison tried to cremate a prisoners body before the family knew he was even dead. Now Republican Rep JJ Humphrey is working with the family of Marquiel Ross to demand an investigation and justice. #odoc #oklahomastatepen #indepthwithdeon #justice #marquielross #oklahoma #okleg

A new guide for LGBTQ+ travelers ranked 30 cities in the U.S. as safest in 2025, but not a single city in Oklahoma made the cut. Black Queer Tulsa's Daniel McHenry and Freedom Oklahoma's Nicole McAfee told me they were disappointed but not surprised. theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/03/31/o...

Republican Rep. JJ Humphrey admits his police anti-doxxing bill has gaps that law enforcement has exploited two years after I first brought those concerns to him as a journalist. Now a sheriff in Oklahoma is going after a police whistleblower. #indepthwithdeonpodcast

"You're just a token": Dr. George Henderson says good tokens are able to open the doors "for the next one and the next one." Over a six-decade career at the University of Oklahoma, he's opened thousands of doors for the Black folks who come after him. #indepthwithdeonpodcast

In response to my reporting of a U.S. citizen being temporally detained and questioned by immigration agents because she “fit the description”, I.C.E. denies racial profiling despite numerous other cases like this against Hispanic American citizens and even Tribal citizens.

I spoke with Iliana Pacheco, a nurse and U.S. citizen from New Jersey, who says she was detained and racially profiled by I.C.E. agents who allegedly said she "fit the description" of someone who's undocumented while at a Puerto Rican airport. theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/03/19/u...

"We enslaved Black people in the 19th Century," Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Hoskin Jr. says, describing the role enslaved Black people, later known as Cherokee Freedmen, played in building the economy of the Cherokee Nation. #cherokeenation #cherokeefreedmen #indepthwithdeonpodcast

Sebastien Beauzile’s recently announced cure from sickle cell disease brings hope to thousands of mostly Black Americans who suffer from the rare disease, but the $3 million cost of the gene-editing therapy raises question about access & affordability. theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/03/18/s...

"The Cherokee Nation existed before anyone ever heard of the United States. Before anyone invented the state of Oklahoma, there was a Cherokee Nation." Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. joins In Depth With Deon Podcast.

Public school advocates are celebrating after the Oklahoma Supreme Court temporarily blocked Ryan Walters from mandating a Bible curriculum in classrooms, but his efforts to upend the U.S. and Oklahoma Constitutions show no signs of stopping. theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/03/12/r...

International law states forced displacement is always unlawful “when it is based on policies of apartheid, ethnic cleansing or similar practices aimed at/or resulting in altering the ethnic, religious or racial composition of the affected population.” theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/02/10/t...

Tulsa’s Tyrance Billingsley II, a son of Greenwood, is leading the transformation of Black Wall Street into a premier Black tech hub. Don’t call it a comeback. Call it Black Tech Street. #new episode drops this Friday anywhere you get your podcasts. #indepthwithdeonpodcast

At Metropolitan A.M.E. Church in D.C. where Rev. Al Sharpton is about to host a rally in honor of #MLKDay #mlkday2025 Follow @thebwstimes.bsky.social for our coverage.

Reports from the BBC & the Associated Press appeared to paint Saturday’s People’s March as pointless, powerless and poorly attended. Yet, the passion and resolve to defend multicultural democracy was clearly visible. Check out our on-the-ground coverage: theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/01/19/p...

Tulsa’s Sheyda Brown says Oklahoma education should focus on reading, not bibles in the classroom. 10 DAYS until the relaunch of #indepthwithdeonpodcast Full episodes on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcast, and @thebwstimes.bsky.social starting Friday, Jan. 24. #oklaed

“It shouldn’t matter that I’m gay. It shouldn’t matter that I’m Black. It shouldn’t matter that I’m a woman.” -Amnoni Myers on recognizing identity and privilege. Full episodes on YouTube #indepthwithfeonpod

Join me for an important discussion on domestic violence in Oklahoma. tulsaopera.com/opera-echoes/

When you’re trying to make a point about an historic election, but someone in the studio has to use the bathroom. Full episode: www.patreon.com/posts/episod...

The same night millions around the country were mourning the results of the presidential election, there was a celebration in Tulsa’s Greenwood District with Monroe Nichols elected first Black mayor. Full episode: www.patreon.com/posts/episod... Presented by @thebwstimes.bsky.social

While Oklahoma heads into Christmas with blood on its hands from a recent execution, Biden announced today he's commuting the sentences of 37 of 40 federal death row prisoners to life w/o parole. Trump executed 13 people during his first term. Full story: theblackwallsttimes.com/2024/12/23/b...

NEW: A bill to make Black Wall Street Oklahoma's first national monument passed the U.S. Senate with unanimous consent. It now awaits a full vote in the chaotic House. Full story: theblackwallsttimes.com/2024/12/19/b...