{"id":723399,"date":"2022-08-24T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/?p=723399"},"modified":"2022-08-28T20:37:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T01:37:36","slug":"long-story-short-is-oklahoma-doing-right-by-afghan-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2022\/08\/24\/long-story-short-is-oklahoma-doing-right-by-afghan-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Story Short: Is Oklahoma Doing Right By Afghan Refugees?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1330411522&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/oklahoma-watch\" title=\"Oklahoma Watch\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Oklahoma Watch<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/oklahoma-watch\/afghan-refugees-in-squalor-recreational-marijuana-univeral-free-lunches-end\" title=\"Long Story Short: Has Oklahoma Done Right By Afghan Refugees?\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Long Story Short: Has Oklahoma Done Right By Afghan Refugees?<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Oklahoma Watch reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/lionel-ramos\/\">Lionel Ramos<\/a> examines why more than 100 Afghan refugee families in Oklahoma are <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2022\/08\/23\/why-some-afghan-refugees-in-oklahoma-live-in-squalor\/\">living in substandard conditions<\/a>, some without air conditioning or with insect infestations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/paulmonies\/\">Paul Monies<\/a> details the obstacles proponents of recreational marijuana have encountered in <a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2022\/08\/22\/recreational-marijuana-question-unlikely-to-make-november-ballot\/\">getting that issue on the ballot<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/author\/ari-fife\/\">Ari Fife <\/a>reports on why some Oklahoma schools aren&#8217;t taking advantage of a federal program to extend unfree lunches for all students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oklahoma Watch executive editor Ted Streuli hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha is-grid columns-3 colgap-3 show-image image-aligntop ts-3 is-3 is-landscape \"\n\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t<div data-posts data-current-post-id=\"723399\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-section-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>MORE LONG STORY SHORT<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<article data-post-id=\"754143\"\n\t\tclass=\"category-okwatch-podcasts series-long-story-short-podcast type-post post-has-image\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/oklahomawatch.org\/2025\/12\/30\/long-story-short-too-little-too-late-too-weak-critics-react-to-proposed-insurance-legislation\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Long Story Short: Too Little, Too Late, Too Weak: Critics React to Proposed Insurance Legislation\" data-hero-candidate=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oklahomawatch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/TED_3242-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 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