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Don’t be lazy: Get out to vote

Opinion: Early voting is available today, Sunday and Monday


Playing politics with the border

Opinion: By Jasmine Aguilera OtherWords President Donald Trump recently sent a threatening tweet in


Valley guys should man up to fight prostate cancer

Editorial: Over the past decade, a growing network of organizations in the world, the nation, the state and


Massacre at Pittsburgh synagogue reflects white supremacist attitude

Opinion: On Thursday, I joined with hundreds from the Youngstown area, people of various faiths and without


Democrats in Ohio going into Tuesday’s election with fervor

Opinion: Will a blue wave hit Ohio on Tuesday? It’s hard to say, but one thing is true: Democrats will have


White House fans flames of fear

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords In the days leading up to the election, the news has been scary.


Profits trump lives in Yemen

Opinion: By Alex Potter OtherWords The other day, more than 20 people died in an airstrike in Yemen’s


Youngstown Diocese must stay its course of openness

Editorial: In one sense, Tuesday ranks as one of the darkest days in the 75-year history of the Roman Catholic


Preserve Boardman park with yes vote on tax levy

Opinion: Preserve Boardman park with yes vote on tax levy If you have the luck to live in Boardman, you


Saudi Arabia will cover up savage death of journalist

Editorial: The law in Saudi Arabia is what the ruling royal family says it is, which is why that country’s


Trump returns to an old formula

Opinion: By Jessicah Pierre OtherWords Midterm elections are approaching. The first major election since


Trump out to destroy credibility of a free and independent press

Opinion: By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. ROBERTS Andrews McMeel Syndication “Mr. President, stop


A plan for debt relief

Opinion: As difficult as it may be to believe, there was a time when Republicans were known as the anti-debt


Trump exploits pipe-bomb scare, deepens divisions, ratchets up toxic incivility

Editorial: Though upstaged in horror and in carnage by the massacre of 11 Jewish worshipers at a Pittsburgh


Trans living in fear in America

Opinion: By Robin Carver OtherWords I’m a trans woman, and I’m terrified. Already, on any given