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Are city ward lines sacred?

Opinion: The Youngstown charter-review committee will recommend language change to the charter requiring


Teachers under microscope

Opinion: By Jonathan Turley Los Angeles Times In February, a Philadelphia high school teacher was


Still not a woman’s world

Opinion: Still not a woman’s world Los Angeles Times: A new study on the status of women and girls in


Are you a victim?

Opinion: By Mike Brownfield Heritage Foundation It’s been two years since the Patient Protection and


Democrats should stand firm against GOP attack on voters

Editorial: Republicans in the Ohio House and Senate are spoiling for a political fight — just like the one that


Expansion of health-care coverage will help millions

Opinion: By Carla Saporta McClatchy-Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court is considering what may be the most


Liberals in Egypt are still battling

Opinion: The most telegenic part of the Egyptian revolution — the exciting, heart-pumping days, when the


Ban race-day drugs for horses

Opinion: Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader: Horse racing is and always will be a dangerous sport. Human and


Illegal drugs a sticky wicket

Opinion: WASHINGTON The human nervous system interacts in pleasing and addictive ways with certain


This is no time to raise salaries

Opinion: This is no time to raise salaries I am very much shaken by the article in the March 28 Vindicator


Cracking down on meth

Opinion: Cracking down on meth Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W.Va.: West Virginia’s new state law aimed at


Discrimination cases tough

Opinion: A long-standing legal charade was played out again recently, when Federal Express paid $3 million to


Opening a coordinated attack on human trafficking in Ohio

Editorial: Ohio is in the forefront of states seeking to identify the extent of human trafficking and to


Let the forest support itself

Opinion: Let the forest support itself In response to the March 25 article on “easy money” to Poland


Is ‘Obamacare’ a burden?

Opinion: By Dick Polman Philadelphia Inquirer An amazing moment occurred the other day on the two-year