Opinion and Editorial

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DE SOUZA: Trump roils Valley politics

Opinion: Republican Donald Trump’s vote totals in Tuesday’s presidential primary in Mahoning and Trumbull


Open-government forecast: Cloudy conditions persist

Editorial: Ohio and the entire United States this week are basking under a common and particularly pleasant-


Will Dems unify?

Opinion: The battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders hasn’t turned into a playground brawl like


Dems are free-speech hypocrites

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service If politicians had to cease being hypocritical, there would


No words left for the GOP charade

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Help! We political wordsmiths are in urgent need of assistance from


Hard hits to the head

Opinion: By John M. CRISP Tribune News Service The National Football League has gradually turned more


East High School situation requires careful approach

Editorial: Until the Youngstown Police Department completes its investigation of last Tuesday’s melee at East


A personal story of white poverty

Opinion: In his continuing effort to pit races and classes against each other, Democratic presidential


An offensive remark about rape

Opinion: By Sharon Grigsby The Dallas Morning News Texas state Rep. Myra Crownover did women in Texas the


Young has overstayed welcome at Mill Creek

Opinion: Young has overstayed welcome at Mill Creek Upon reading The Vindicator the morning after last


Truth-telling is risky in China

Opinion: By Markos Kounalakis The Sacramento Bee Social media made him a star. He is a real estate mogul


Dems light up Twitter

Opinion: By Michael Mayo Sun Sentinel Bienvenido a Miami, home to Spanglish and a different kind of


Vindicator endorsements for Tuesday’s primary

Editorial: Once again, a presidential election year brings a slew of part-time voters out of the woodwork and


Mahoning voters should back senior-services levy

Editorial: As the number of Mahoning County residents 60 years and older increases – it now stands at


Trump channels Jimbo

Opinion: Eight months ago in this space, a Donald Trump-James A. Traficant Jr. comparison was made under the