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Black success should also matter

Opinion: We keep hearing that ”black lives matter,” but they seem to matter only when that helps politicians


Snapchat’s messed-up racial filter

Opinion: By Leslie Bow Tribune News Service Last week, Snapchat lost face. The company, whose messaging


Trump would get old

Opinion: By Stu Bykofsky Philadelphia Daily News As a columnist, President Donald Trump would be good for


Trump needs to flesh out national security strategy

Editorial: As the hard-hitting Repub- lican primary election clearly showed, immigration ranks as one of the


Let poetry cure political insanity

Opinion: By Joshua J. WHITFIELD The Dallas Morning News Winnie-the-Pooh, you may remember from childhood,


Message of mercy and love

Opinion: By Cynthia M. ALLEN Fort Worth Star-Telegram The headlines the morning of July 26 were grim, as


Don’t let your best friend bake

Opinion: By Lindsay Pollard-Post People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Most dogs love going for


Great expectations should be set, met for school year

Editorial: Optimism abounds as about 85,000 students head back to more than 200 schools in the Mahoning Valley


Why did Trump choose Youngstown?

Opinion: Many possible explanations for Trump coming to town to discuss his world view


US paid ransom to Iran

Opinion: You’ve probably heard the very old riddle: When is a door not a door? When it’s ajar. An updated


Select permanent Olympic sites

Opinion: By Tim Wendel Tribune News Service The Olympics are in need of a financial intervention. While


Strickland lowers himself with remark about Scalia

Editorial: Other than his immediate apology, Ted Strickland showed himself to be no better than Donald Trump


Let nations bid to host Olympics

Opinion: By Whitt Flora Tribune News Service It would be very wrong to diminish the majesty and


Restore jobs program for low-income Ohio youths

Editorial: Fresh from the “if-it-ain’t- broke, don’t-fit-it” realm of state government comes unsettling news


Trump should emulate McCain

Opinion: By Bart Chilton Tribune News Service With all the violent campaign rhetoric we’ve heard, what