Today, the United States celebrates the 97th birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. His acclaimed “I Have a Dream” speech delivered in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28, 1963, still rings true with its universal message of equality and justice. Here is an unabridged transcript: I am happy to join ...

Renee Good should be alive. The activist, killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, met her end in tragedy. What has happened since, predictably, saw people rush to their tribal corners. ICE “murdered” Good. Good was the villain. Your politics positioned your stance. What ...

ORCHID: To Mahoning County Career and Technical Center instructors and technicians Jason Moore and Matt Peters for their selection as delegates to the esteemed Congressional Robotics Caucus recently at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The two showed other participants from across the nation ...

A sad and ironic reality once again permeates America on this federal holiday weekend dedicated to the life and teachings of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For far too many in the Mahoning Valley and in the nation, the third Monday of January rises as just another day to sleep ...

“For what you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing: it also depends on what sort of person you are.” — C.S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew Let’s start with the shooting of Renee Good, a Minneapolis woman killed by an ICE agent while attempting to drive away ...

Surely, I have plenty of company in wanting to jump off the Donald Trump distraction express. Rage is its fuel. A weekend isn’t short enough to contain the demands on attention. Just this last two-day break encountered: The cinematic ICE raids in Minneapolis. Threats against Exxon for its ...