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How not to give workers a raise

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords Some days, I get an irresistible compulsion to tear out my hair.


Back to school, again and again

Opinion: By Garret Keizer Los Angeles Times Even in places that remain in touch with the rhythms of


Congress has a job to do. It should be that simple.

Editorial: Congressmen return this week from a four-week hiatus during which they got to rub elbows with their


Good riddance to MD telethon

Opinion: By Mike Ervin Tribune News Service As a person with muscular dystrophy, I was relieved to know


Obstacles block American dream

Opinion: By Michael Dobie Newsday A college degree has long been considered the holy grail of economic


Success near for Obama

Opinion: When Congress began its August recess, advocates of the agreement curbing Iran’s nuclear program


Despite challenges, labor has much to celebrate today

Editorial: Without a doubt, a multitude of challenges confronts labor in the United States on today’s holiday


Good time to be a Catholic

Opinion: EDITOR’S NOTE: Pope Francis is scheduled to visit the United States from Sept. 22 to Sept. 27.


Making marijuana legal would create a monopoly of large-scale producers

Editorial: The organization leading the campaign for the legalization of marijuana in Ohio has filed a lawsuit


Ohioans should cheer, not jeer, renaming of mountain

Opinion: Ohioans should cheer, not jeer, renaming of mountain The protest of many Ohioans at the renaming


Speeding tickets — Youngstown's PR nightmare

Opinion: “We all speed.” That was a line from an insurance friend this week as I chipped away at what will


Smoke, mirrors & marijuana

Opinion: If voters in Ohio decide to legalize marijuana in the November general election, the ultimate


Niles dodges fiscal bullet with opinion from state

Editorial: For about a week in August, it appeared that the effort by the city of Niles to get out of state-


Who’s running in 2018?

Opinion: COLUMBUS Most Ohioans’ political attention right now is focused on this year’s marijuana ballot


A welfare act stained with blood

Opinion: “It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.” — Chief Justice John Roberts