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EDITORIAL | Youngstown city schools moving in right direction

Editorial: It has been a year of dramatic change in the Youngstown School District, orchestrated in large part


Running for, not with, the bulls

Opinion: By Simon Plazolles-Hayes People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Every year, people from


Living in fear of GOP health plan

Opinion: By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington Tribune News Service The harshest impacts of the GOP’s Obamacare


Cuts threaten good works of YWCAs in the Valley

Opinion: Cuts threaten good works of YWCAs in the Valley YWCA is committed to eliminating racism,


Great work if you can get it

Opinion: How would you like to get paid for 40 hours a week even though you work only 32.5 hours? In the


Opening Wick vault reveals even more

Opinion: I had the great chance and luck to bump into a new book about Youngstown’s Wick family written by


Parents: Keep your kids engaged academically and socially this summer

Opinion: Summer camps are going on right now to give to entertain and educate your child


Travel ban is needed

Opinion: By Jalil Dawood The Philadelphia Inquirer As a former refugee from Iraq and a proud American


Trump trying to sow distrust in our democratic institutions

Opinion: By Rex Huppke Chicago Tribune The president of the United States has now declared that CNN, NBC,


Ohioans can ill afford stonewalling on reforms for payday lenders in state

Editorial: In its latest callous display of disregard for Ohio consumers, the predatory payday loan industry


A big win for Trump

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service The story line is that President Donald Trump has no respect


Valley Rep. Ryan renews criticism of Pelosi and her leadership team

Opinion: After Democrats greatly underperformed in the November 2016 election, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan placed


State BOE sharpens claws to help students, taxpayers

Editorial: The long tarnished image of Ohio’s network of charter schools just got a much needed dash of


American, Saudi ‘princes’ reflect Trump’s foreign policy doctrine

Opinion: King Salman of Saudi Arabia just elevated his somewhat reckless 31-year-old son Prince Mohammed to


White men in charge

Opinion: By Edwin Dorn The Dallas Morning News Six weeks ago, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell