Deon Devon Osborne
@indepthwithdeon.bsky.social
Oklahoma journalist.| Biased for Democracy. | Pro-reparations | Independent |🏳️🌈 (He/him) IndepthwithDeon.Substack.com
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
September 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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
"Everything they say about DEI, it applies more to White conservatives in the Republican party more than anything.”
#indepthwithdeon
May 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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
"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.
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theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/04/11/f...
April 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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...
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.”
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April 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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.”
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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
#odoc #oklahomastatepen #indepthwithdeon #justice #marquielross #oklahoma #okleg
April 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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
#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.
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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...
March 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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...
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
March 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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
March 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"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.
March 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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...
theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
March 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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...
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
#cherokeenation #cherokeefreedmen #indepthwithdeonpodcast
March 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"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
#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...
theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/03/18/s...
March 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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...
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.
March 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"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...
theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/03/12/r...
March 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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...
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.”
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February 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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...
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
#new episode drops this Friday anywhere you get your podcasts.
#indepthwithdeonpodcast
February 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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
#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.
Follow @thebwstimes.bsky.social for our coverage.
January 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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.
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...
Check out our on-the-ground coverage: theblackwallsttimes.com/2025/01/19/p...
January 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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...
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
10 DAYS until the relaunch of #indepthwithdeonpodcast
Full episodes on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcast, and @thebwstimes.bsky.social starting Friday, Jan. 24.
#oklaed
January 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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
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
-Amnoni Myers on recognizing identity and privilege.
Full episodes on YouTube #indepthwithfeonpod
January 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“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
-Amnoni Myers on recognizing identity and privilege.
Full episodes on YouTube #indepthwithfeonpod
Join me for an important discussion on domestic violence in Oklahoma.
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January 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Join me for an important discussion on domestic violence in Oklahoma.
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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.
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Full episode: www.patreon.com/posts/episod...
December 24, 2024 at 2:21 PM
When you’re trying to make a point about an historic election, but someone in the studio has to use the bathroom.
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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.
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Presented by @thebwstimes.bsky.social
Full episode: www.patreon.com/posts/episod...
Presented by @thebwstimes.bsky.social
December 23, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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
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...
Trump executed 13 people during his first term. Full story: theblackwallsttimes.com/2024/12/23/b...
December 23, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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...
Trump executed 13 people during his first term. Full story: theblackwallsttimes.com/2024/12/23/b...
I spoke with Sheyda Brown, deputy director of the Terence Crutcher Foundation, about how Tulsa elected its first Black mayor, a progressive Democrat, in some precincts that Trump won by over 60%.
Out now early on Patreon or everywhere after the inauguration in January! #indepthwithdeonpodcast
Out now early on Patreon or everywhere after the inauguration in January! #indepthwithdeonpodcast
December 20, 2024 at 7:01 PM
I spoke with Sheyda Brown, deputy director of the Terence Crutcher Foundation, about how Tulsa elected its first Black mayor, a progressive Democrat, in some precincts that Trump won by over 60%.
Out now early on Patreon or everywhere after the inauguration in January! #indepthwithdeonpodcast
Out now early on Patreon or everywhere after the inauguration in January! #indepthwithdeonpodcast