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The truth is not a disaster

Editorials

The U.S. Supreme Court has released its decision in Louisiana v Callais. To listen to Democrats, including former President Barack Obama, who just argued that a wildly drawn partisan redistricting scheme in Virginia was “fair,” is to hear hysterics lying to whip partisans into a frenzy. A few days after a progressive activist, inflamed by left-wing rhetoric attempted a mass assassination of the president and his Cabinet in Washington, perhaps Democrats should rein in their lies. The Supreme Court said, plainly, that states cannot draw legislative districts based on race. Several ...

Apprenticeship week helped shine a light on job training

Editorials

Last week’s National Apprenticeship Week gave employers, apprentices, graduates, industry representatives, labor organizations, community organizations, educational institutions — even government agencies — a chance to highlight the importance of training programs that help develop a skilled workforce. The demand for such well-trained and skilled workers is only growing. Now, as the attention of many students and families in our region turns to high school graduation — and what comes next — it is important to use that knowledge to inform the decision-making process. Each ...

Ruling on voting rights has racist undertones

Editorials

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. cautiously praised the hard-won Voting Rights Act of 1965 as a “great step forward” toward removing obstacles that kept black Americans from voting. It was. But last week, in striking down a voter redistricting map in Louisiana, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken that embattled law and the movement that marched and campaigned for it on a disastrous step backward. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker expressed the sentiments of many Americans, particularly Democrats, saying of the high court ruling, “It is an attack on a crown jewel of our democracy.” As ...

Don’t overlook importance of primary election

Editorials

Today in Ohio, voters will be casting ballots in a primary election that could have extraordinary consequences — both immediately and in November — from our schools and town halls all the way to Washington, D.C. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and will not close until 7:30 p.m. If you have not yet checked your voter registration and polling place, do so before you head out to vote. You can do that here: https://voterlookup.ohiosos.gov/voterlookup.aspx, and here: https://www.ohiosos.gov/directories/find-my-polling-location. Turnout in both Trumbull and Mahoning counties was initially ...

Kimmel’s unfunny jokes pave the way for violence

Editorials

Americans love arguing about free speech. We invoke the First Amendment as a kind of political force field: You can say whatever you want, whenever you want, without consequence. But the First Amendment only restricts government action. It does not guarantee you a career, a platform or immunity from backlash. The real question is not whether certain speech is legal but rather what kind of speech deserves social consequences — and what kind doesn’t. And if we’re talking about reckless political speech, we should talk about Jimmy Kimmel. Years ago, he abandoned comedy in favor of ...

Vote Summers for state central committee

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: I am proud to be writing today in support of Thomas Summers for Democratic State Central Committee for Senate District 32. Summers is the young endorsed Democratic candidate for the post. As we approach the May 5 primary, I ask that you join me in voting to retain him. Summers got involved in politics while still in high school because in 2016, he recognized that our democracy and our Constitution were under threat, and he mobilized and stayed involved. He was an intern at the local Democratic headquarters while he studied political science at Youngstown State ...