Opinion and Editorial

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YSU faculty pondering strike disrespect public

Opinion: YSU faculty pondering strike disrespect public Recent articles and editorials have provided


McKinley’s challenges in 1897 still relevant for Trump in 2017

Opinion: By David M. SHRIBMAN Andrews McMeel Syndication FREMONT, Ohio Some 120 years ago this month,


The magic of Don and the Indians

Opinion: As the Cleveland Indians rolled into the Major League Baseball record books with a 22-game winning


Storm clouds gathering over Youngstown State

Editorial: The possibility of a strike looms large as members of Youngstown State University’s faculty meet


YSU’s prez on hot seat

Opinion: If the claims by the lawyers for Ma’lik Richmond, the former high school football player convicted


MA’LIK POLL

Opinion: MA’LIK POLL Should Ma’lik Richmond play for YSU versus Central Connecticut University today? Take


Political ‘option play’

Opinion: What just happened? President Trump cut a deal with Democrats to pay for hurricane damage relief and


Equifax breach demands action on several fronts

Editorial: Although virtually eclipsed by the natural disaster of Hurricane Irma over the past week, a national


Republicans see an opportunity in two area legislative contests

Opinion: State Rep. John Boccieri’s decision to run for the Ohio Senate has changed the complexity of what


Campuses need a fairer system for looking into sexual assaults

Opinion: WASHINGTON There is no reason to trust the Trump administration and Education Secretary Betsy


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More teaching in Y'town should be matter of course

Editorial: The academically troubled Youngstown City School District is not expected to make notable gains in


Poor usually remain poor

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords We all want to live in a country where all it takes is hard work


Whatever happens in Washington is not the whole story of America

Opinion: By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. ROBERTS Andrews McMeel Syndication We’ve had the chance this


Hungary sets an example

Opinion: BUDAPEST Congress has returned to Washington after another unearned vacation and faces at least


Let wrath of Irma unleash a lasting positive impact

Editorial: Despite weakening in intensity as she ruthlessly roared up the Sunshine State, Hurricane Irma has