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It’s past time to cure stigma of mental illness

Editorial: Mention mental illness, and far too often, the focus quickly turns to its tragic outcomes that play


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Letters to the editor: May 13, 2018

Opinion: Shower all mothers with love this holiday


TJX project introduced to residents butt first

Opinion: You don't enter a home butt first


Mother’s Day: The untold story

Opinion: By Danny Tyree Cagle Cartoons Editor’s note: This column was originally published in May of


Is containment the only option after end of Iran nuclear deal?

Opinion: WASHINGTON The path to today’s problems with Iran passed through the University of Chicago squash


It isn’t bribery; it’s love

Opinion: Here’s what Anthony M. Cafaro Sr.’s apologists want you to believe: Ralph Infante woke up one


Judge Cosgrove was right in condemnation of Infante

Editorial: Residents of the Mahoning Valley who have bemoaned the epidemic of public corruption should send


A quiet conspiracy of billionaires

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords The Koch brothers are oil magnates and billionaire GOP funders.


High school graduates should think about learning a trade

Opinion: By Chuck Collins OtherWords In the classic 1960s movie “The Graduate,” a family friend offers


Fighting back in war on the poor

Opinion: By Nijmie Dzurinko OtherWords What’s the first thing that you think of when you think of Martin


The power of incumbency charged key county races

Editorial: Few forces in the political universe wield as much strength as the power of incumbency. Results from


Trump: The artful dodger

Opinion: By Peter Funt Cagle Cartoons Sometimes it takes a year or more for a president’s strengths to


Cordray scores impressive win in Democratic race for governor

Opinion: Election officials in Mahoning and Trumbull accurately predicted voter turnout in their counties


School-levy results reflect our broken funding system

Editorial: Are Mahoning Valley voters more supportive of public school districts than most Ohioans? On the


Veep Pence governs by groveling

Opinion: WASHINGTON Donald Trump, with his feral cunning, knew. The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent