Opinion and Editorial

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Hourly wage hike will backfire

Opinion: By Joe Guzzardi Cagle Cartoons Democratic presidential candidates have unanimously embraced the


Make two-year colleges free

Opinion: By Pablo Pratt OtherWords As presidential candidates roll out proposals to make college


Trump grotesquely made visits to Dayton and El Paso about him

Opinion: WASHINGTON It is not just his stoking of white supremacist sentiment that makes Donald Trump such


Threat of fiscal emergency is very real in Youngstown

Editorial: Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown has made no secret of the fact that city government is standing


Bet on news over views

Opinion: By Peter Funt Cagle Cartoons Back when I was a rookie editor in ABC’s Manhattan newsroom we used


America is in the midst of an invasion of moronic arguments

Opinion: By Ann Coulter Andrews McMeel Syndication BREAKING NEWS: MASS SHOOTING IN DAYTON, OHIO, LAST


Despite death of Epstein, victims still deserve justice

Editorial: Miami Herald: Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide makes it even more compelling to dig deeper into that sordid


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The Vindy: More than a closing

Opinion: On Aug. 31, The Vindicator will bring its 150-year legacy of exceptional journalism to a close.


Dr. Morris Lee always had profound message

Opinion: Dr. Morris Lee always had profound message Ironically, as Youngs- town is losing The Vindicator,


School districts in path of gathering financial storm

Editorial: In Ralph Meacham’s world, numbers come first, and politics second. Thus, when Meacham, the


Trump hears echoes of 2016

Opinion: When self-made billionaire Michael Bloomberg of New York decided not to run for president in 2020,


Oasis of joy in a troubled world

Opinion: By Tom Purcell Cagle Cartoons Twelve years ago, when I first visited the Little Sisters of the


Will Republicans finally disown the president’s incendiary racism?

Opinion: By Dick Polman Cagle Cartoons Amidst the latest bloodshed – the worst of it triggered by a white


Poland Historical Society marks birthday with pride

Editorial: Given its strategic geo- political location on the western edge of the original 13 American


New coal rules bad for rural America

Opinion: By Gloria Oladipo OtherWords New coal standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency