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Fear the worst for jobs, Medicare now that GOP has full control

Opinion: Fear the worst for jobs, Medicare now that GOP has full control Here are a few things you may not


Allies of Youngstown air base must fight to keep C-130s aloft

Editorial: Over its five-decade history, the sprawling Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Vienna Township and


Hateful beliefs against Jews a part of Palestinian psyche

Opinion: “You’ve got to be taught to hate...” Oscar Hammerstein, “South Pacific” The murder of five


Is racial harmony possible?

Opinion: By Joel Mathis and Ben Boychuk Tribune News Service With the nation watching, a St. Louis County


Dow keeps Bhopal suffering

Opinion: By Amitabh Pal Tribune News Service It’s been 30 years since the Bhopal disaster, but the U.S.


Iraqis who helped American soldiers, civilians need help

Opinion: In Thanksgiving weekend columns past, I’ve written of my gratitude to this country for taking in my


Gov. Kasich will not dictate the future of Y’town schools

Editorial: We don’t know what was said when Gov. John Kasich and state Rep.-elect Michele Lepore-Hagan had a

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Tressel needs his ‘peeps’ to ante up

Opinion: It didn’t take long for the honeymoon to come to a screeching end. Youngstown State University


GOP on the spot with immigration

Opinion: When President Barack Obama announced his decision to allow roughly 4 million undocumented


Don’t indict black community in killing of store owner; Vindicator editorial bullies YSU workers; Run on Traficant tribute tickets easy to understand; Don’t ban Malala’s memoirs

Opinion: In reacting to the killing of Mahdi, don’t indict all of black community Bertram de Souza, regard-


A fluke path to Red Bridge Project

Opinion: Marilyn Hare has lived a pretty good life in Canfield. With three kids grown and five grandkids


Ohio prisons require changes

Opinion: The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer: The brief but frightening prison escape of T.J. Lane, who was serving


Citizenship rules are complicated

Opinion: By Peter Schuck Los Angeles Times To Americans, the rules of citizenship can seem simple: You’re


Use Ferguson as springboard to mend police-community ties

Editorial: Rioting and disturbances ROCKED Ferguson, Mo., and the nation this week after a grand jury decided


Common Core is a target

Opinion: COLUMBUS We’re midway through the Legislature’s lame-duck session, and there’s plenty of