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US must reform elections

Opinion: By Dan K. THOMASSON Tribune News Service WASHINGTON Let’s take a poll. All those who believe


Wealth gap gets short shrift

Opinion: By Jim Hightower OtherWords It’s futile to hope that the GOP’s gaggle of corporate-hugging,


US making more enemies as the drone wars continue

Opinion: Almost two years ago, President Obama announced that he was tightening the rules under which the CIA


Several promising candidates fill 5th Ward city council field

Editorial: Residents of the lower West Side of Youngstown are indeed fortunate this spring to have five civic-


Judges back repression in Egypt

Opinion: By Sharif Abdel Kouddous Los Angeles Times Egypt’s ousted president, Mohamed Morsi, was


Kurdish peshmerga fighters showing ISIS not invincible

Opinion: ERBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan At Kurdish forward command headquarters, not far from the Syrian border,


World must deal with tide of migrants in Mediterranean

Opinion: By William Lacy Swing Los Angeles Times GENEVA A tide of death is surging on the Mediterranean


Youngstown’s 7th Ward race attracts three good candidates

Editorial: There’s good news and bad news in the race for the Democratic nomination for Youngstown’s 7th Ward


Fiorina may be antidote to Clinton

Opinion: One of Mitt Romney’s main attributes in seeking the presidency was his business and management


US policy in Yemen flawed

Opinion: By Moustafa Bayoumi Tribune News Service The United States’ response to the civil war in Yemen


Do strong gun laws work?

Opinion: By David Hemenway Los Angeles Times After the Sandy Hook tragedy, reporters often called me to


Niles’ fiscal problems cast pall over Infante’s bid for re-election

Editorial: Absent an official statement from the Ohio Auditor’s Office that the ongoing investigation of Niles


Oliver for 1st Ward council

Editorial: Unlike most wards in Youngstown, Downtown Youngstown’s 1st Ward has witnessed its fair share of


Ohio must make sexual abuse of children a priority

Opinion: By Erin Merryn The Vindicator In the United States, elementary school students devote several


Hathorn’s honesty was his undoing

Opinion: When Dr. Connie Hathorn had the audacity to publicly criticize parents and guardians in the city of