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Speed cameras in Y’town are part of the landscape

Editorial: A graphic accompanying the front-page story in the Sept. 18 edition of The Vindicator on speed-


Is debate Hillary’s to lose?

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service Maybe, in tonight’s nationally televised debate between


Who will save white underclass?

Opinion: By Joel Mathis and Ben Boychuk Tribune News Service Need an explanation for Donald Trump’s rise?


Union-made miracle on the Hudson

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords In their ongoing, all-out assault to crush labor unions, corporate


Struthers must weigh future of jail carefully

Editorial: For more than one year now, operations at the Struthers City Jail have been chained to controversy,


Citizens Bank does its part for Hunger Action Month

Opinion: Citizens Bank does its part for Hunger Action Month Hunger exists in every community in the


Miller’s words are deeply hurtful

Opinion: By The Rev. MARCIA DINKINS Special to The Vindicator The Mahoning Valley has a long and


Info on pu blic pensions is not secret; it’s private

Opinion: Info on pu blic pensions is not secret; it’s private Once again, Bertram de Souza has published a


A great deal riding on Clinton-Trump debate

Editorial: By any objective measure, the Republican presidential primary debates were a three-ring circus with


Racist rants to behold

Opinion: Kathy Miller did David Duke proud with her verbal lashings of blacks in America. Who is Duke? Only


The hero at Helmick house

Opinion: Kevin Helmick walks into a room and takes up the space of a football player. You might guess his


National anthem deserves respect

Opinion: By Francis J. DEASEY The Philadelphia Inquirer The sight of people kneeling during the playing


In appreciation of growth in public art in the Valley

Editorial: A surge in public art in recent years has been painting the Mahoning Valley increasingly vibrant.


Black girls’ dilemma

Opinion: By Lewis Diuguid The Kansas City Star African-American girls don’t often see themselves depicted


Miller quits Trump campaign after roiling the political waters with statements about racism

Opinion: Wow, that was fast. I was talking Thursday to Kathy Miller, chairwoman of Mahoning County for