The best stories featured in the opinion section from the 2024 to 2025 school year. Last year, the opinion section returned after a two-year hiatus. This year, it thrived.

The federal judiciary is being forced to confront a fundamental question: What to do when its orders are defied?

Guest essays reflect opinions from writers beyond WSN. If you’d like to submit a guest essay for consideration, please ...

Students dread the application essay. Critics think it's an exercise in fakery. Here’s why it’s worth preserving — and how to ...

Unlike most of the Trump administration staff members who are executing deletions, archivists are trained to weed, select and sample. What gets preserved and what vanishes should not be decided ...

I would like to commend Barbara Bowman for her April 4 guest essay, “We can all unite on April 5 at Libbey Fountain to support our democracy,” that called for Ojai citizens to take part in the ...

Public education is facing an unprecedented challenge. As political rhetoric intensifies, the U.S. Department of Education has come under attack, with calls for its elimination shaking the foundation ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Laura Curran ... protects everyone’s rights in the long run. Here are a few examples from the past month where due process was ignored.

It’s time to pass the Fair College Admissions Act. WSN’s Opinion section strives to publish ideas worth discussing. The views presented in the Opinion section are solely the views of the writer.

Joseph Epstein’s disappointment in over-the-top phrasing is appreciated (“The Incredibly Massive Number of Hackneyed Words Is Surreal,” op-ed, April 4). The example that drives me nuts is ...

But her principle offense appears to be co-authoring an opinion essay criticizing Tufts’s response to the war in Gaza. Shortly after taking office, Trump announced, “To all the resident aliens ...

In honor of its 30th anniversary season, the Friends of the Central Library held an essay contest for students ... model in his community are powerful examples of how second chances can lead ...