DEAR EDITOR: Social media has grown to become a huge aspect in the lives of many across the globe. According to the National Library of Medicine, social media use by youth is nearly universal. Up to 95% of youth ages 13–17 report using a social media platform, with more than a third saying ...
DEAR EDITOR: Times are changing, some for the good and some not. Locally, we have elections and other issues that affect many in our city. I want to address one particular concern: the reduction of events at our city churches. It starts small, with collaborations, then proceeds to the ...
ORCHID: To Youngstown City Schools Superintendent Jeremy Batchelor, other administrators and teachers for their collective efforts to elevate the school system’s academic standing. In his recent annual State of the Schools address, Batchelor noted many significant improvements in the ...
So-called King, Donald Trump, ran in two contested Republican primaries. He ran three times in a general election. He was elected twice, and his party recently won a Republican Congress. In contrast, in 2020, former President Joe Biden did not run a typical campaign. He avoided the ...
Over the past decade, a growing network of organizations in the world, the nation, the state and the region have transformed the month of November into a hair-raising experience for a noble cause. Specifically, groups like Man Up Mahoning Valley use the 11th month of the year to urge men of ...
In 2018, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to strike down a federal law banning sports gambling, thus allowing individual states to decide whether to allow it, or not. It didn’t take a genius to predict what might happen, especially when politicians can find new sources of revenue beyond income, ...