Opinion and Editorial

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Once again, Iowa does its job in narrowing field of candidates

Opinion: By Jonathan Bernstein Tribune News Service Iowa doesn’t pick nominees. It eliminates candidates.


Water isn’t only foul element in Mich.

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords One big difference between the rich and the poor in our country is


How to ignite growth

Opinion: WASHINGTON Woodrow Wilson, who enjoyed moralizing about the mundane, called paying taxes a


Tiny homes to call their own

Opinion: By Michael J. TOTTEN Los Angeles Times My hometown, Portland, Ore., has a serious homelessness


Let vibrant voices of past resonate anew during Black History Month

Editorial: Since its inception nine decades ago, black history observances in February have served as golden


Oscars beset in drama

Opinion: The latest tempest in a teapot controversy is over a lack of black nominees for this year’s Academy


Zuckerberg perpetrates tax dodge

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Let us now praise “Lord Zuckerberg, The Magnificent!” Mark


Taxpayers should rise up against wasteful lawsuit

Editorial: The president of the Youngstown Board of Education, Brenda Kimble, is pursuing a personal agenda


Treasury secretary angers women

Opinion: By Ann McFeatters Tribune News Service WASHINGTON Oh, Jack. How could you have misjudged us


Kasich on hot seat over Planned Parenthood funding

Opinion: The New York Times, which endorsed the Ohioan, has urged him to veto a bill that would defund the family health organization


Youngstown needs a credit union

Opinion: Editor’s Note: The names of the 13 other community leaders in the Mahoning Valley that were included


YSU’s enrollment spike reverses five-year trend

Editorial: A year ago, WE expressed our misgiving about the spin Youngstown State University put on the 4


Memo to Spike and Jada: Please get over yourselves

Opinion: Memo to Spike and Jada: Please get over yourselves I am very saddened that the black community in


President Tressel or Gov. Tressel?

Opinion: Of the many things on the 2016 agenda in the Valley, the most interesting to watch could be


Outbreak of Zika virus demands global response

Editorial: As an estimated 200,000 Americans prepare to compete in or attend the 31st Summer Olympics in Rio