Opinion and Editorial

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Youngstown’s crime rate is still unacceptably high

Editorial: The overall crime rate in the city of Youngstown declined for the second consecutive year in 2015.


Media coverage unfair

Opinion: By Huma Munir Austin American-Statesman Just a few days after the brutal attacks in Brussels,


‘Operation Paul Ryan’ is launched

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Exciting news, people: The Republican Party establishment has a


Sanders is here to stay

Opinion: By Albert R. HUNT Bloomberg View Sen. Bernie Sanders is waging an improbable presidential


End puppy mills the right way

Opinion: By Edwin Sayres Sun Sentinel Puppy mill. Two words that evoke images of horrible living


America is missing its statesmen

Opinion: By Ben Boychuk The Sacramento Bee The democratic cliche has never been truer: We get the


Panama Papers expose global avarice, thievery

Editorial: A year ago, in commenting about the massive cache of data taken from HSBC, the world’s second-


Youngstown Early College shines as a beacon of hope over troubled school system

Editorial: As the critical operation of easing the epidemic of academic distress plaguing the Youngstown City


NBA: National Billboard Association?

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Billboards must be living creatures, for they appear to propagate


Kurdish women on front lines of North Syria’s transformation

Opinion: One of the most fascinating aspects of my recent trip to Rojava, the Kurdish region of Syria, was


Fixing gender pay gap

Opinion: By Joanne Cleaver Chicago Tribune A new idea is blooming among American employers: They win when


Storm clouds linger over Mill Creek MetroParks

Editorial: Less than a month after Mill Creek MetroParks’ boss and the board of commissioners were harshly


No guns at ‘The Q’ for GOP

Opinion: By Ann McFeatters Tribune News Service WASHINGTON Reason has prevailed! Guns will not be


Racism thrived in America before the dawn of political correctness

Opinion: By Aimee Liu Los Angeles Times Today it’s popular to say that political correctness is


Glaciers melting away

Opinion: By Robert Thorson The Hartford Courant Two weeks ago, even as I enjoyed the first signs of