Opinion and Editorial

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Ohio needs action plan to control algal blooms

Editorial: The Plain Dealer of Cleveland: The bad news about this year’s Lake Erie algal toxins is that the


Congress enjoys socialized medicine

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords For $3.5 trillion a year, shouldn’t we Americans have a world-class


US women’s national soccer team deserving of champion-level pay

Opinion: WASHINGTON The superb athletes of the U.S. women’s national soccer team, once again winners of the


Climate change hurting the poor

Opinion: By Mallika Khanna OtherWords If you’ve read anything about climate change over the past year,


2020 census will proceed minus GOP political stunt

Editorial: The controversial citizen- ship question will not be on the 2020 census, but not because Republican


Resigning Labor secretary Acosta is not real villain in Epstein case

Opinion: By Ann Coulter Andrews McMeel Syndication Now that the media is finally, at long last,


On being human in tech

Opinion: By Alissa Quart OtherWords America’s tech giants are accused of many sins, including invading


Raids on undocumented immigrants are no way to produce real reforms

Editorial: Washington Post: Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement are launching major raids in a


To defeat Trump, Democrats should nominate Sen. Bennet

Opinion: WASHINGTON With a disgust commensurate with the fact, Michael Bennet, the Colorado Democrat,


Ag-LINK available to help farmers and agribusiness

Opinion: Ag-LINK available to help farmers and agribusiness It has been said time and again, and it remains


Y’town mayor putting off the inevitable rate increase

Editorial: Two months after we warned that Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown was rolling the dice by refusing


Trump really, really loves us

Opinion: “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” That syrupy line from the sappy movie “Love Story”


Sky is limit for Apollo 11 hoopla

Opinion: By Danny Tyree Cagle Cartoons I feared that the upcoming 50th anniversary of the first manned


In the post-woke age, women’s antics are being hailed as heroic

Opinion: By Christine Flowers Cagle Cartoons When a woman keeps talking over a man who refuses to listen


Bask in fun of weekend’s Summer Festival of Arts

Editorial: Vibrant and delightful are sure to be the watchwords in and around downtown Youngstown today and