4/20/2013 11:15 PM
Immigration reform won’t solve farm workers’ woes
BY BALDEMAR VELASQUEZ
Legalizing the United States’ 11 million undocumented immigrants will remove a major impediment to their integration in the social mainstream, as citizens, job creators, and taxpayers. But amid the broader debate over comprehensive immigration reform, the special case of agriculture remains obscured. …

4/20/2013 11:12 PM
Behind the walls
Editorials
Twenty years after crowding and inhumane treatment helped spark a riot at the Lucasville prison in southern Ohio, many of the same problems continue to plague the state’s 28 prisons. …

4/20/2013 11:10 PM
Find abusers of Social Security
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
When are President Obama and members of Congress going to get it into their heads that the money in Social Security is not theirs (“Social Security, Medicare get cut in Obama budget; Liberals horrified as deal sought with GOP over economy,” April 11)? …

4/20/2013 11:09 PM
It may be late, but Viet vets thanked
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
In response to the April 16 Readers’ Forum letter “So now you want to honor Viet vets?”: I want to clarify the upcoming Vietnam Era Veterans Appreciation Event. …

4/20/2013 11:07 PM
Presidential distraction
Editorials
National media and some pundits are speculating about the 2016 presidential race. They’re kidding, right? Wrong. …

4/20/2013 11:06 PM
Imposing Chinese tariffs would cut deficit
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Why have tariffs on imports from China not been proposed as a significant part of the budget solution (“Little reform in Obama’s budget,” op-ed column, April 16)? …

4/20/2013 11:05 PM
MS agency urges Medicaid expansion
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The Ohio General Assembly should expand Medicaid coverage to adults with family incomes up to 138 percent of federal poverty guidelines in the state budget bill (“Ohio House OKs $61.5B budget plan; Medicaid expansion scrapped from bill,” April 19). …

4/20/2013 2:17 PM
Ohio House GOP’s war on women
BY MARILOU JOHANEK BLADE COLUMNIST
Ohio House Republicans are challenged to explain why another legislative attack on Planned Parenthood operations in this state is not a war on women. Why are you effectively moving to defund the women’s health-care provider? …

4/19/2013 7:57 PM
Boston questions
Editorials
We don't know enough to draw many conclusions about the tragedy and continuing drama of the Boston Marathon bombings. But we know that the people of Boston are resilient and united, and that the police work in the case has been disciplined and heroic. …

4/19/2013 7:55 PM
Shoving democracy aside
WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL
The attempt by the followers of Hugo Chavez to install a successor to the dead caudillo through a one-sided election is faltering. The Venezuelan regime appears to be preparing to maintain itself in power through brute force — and the oil-producing country is headed for a crisis that demands the attention of the United States and Latin America’s …