The Truth Staff It’s not always easy to surprise someone on her birthday. However, on Thursday, December 4, former Toledo City Council President Wilma Brown was indeed flabergasted as friends and former colleagues greeted her […]
By Emily R. Evans The Truth Reporter The Area Office on Aging celebrated the holiday season with 700 of their closest friends Thursday, December 4, at the annual 60+ Holiday Party held at The Premier […]
By Asia Nail The Truth Reporter Some stories are loud. Others hide right in front of you, like the string in a sweater that you tug at, not realizing it’s the thread that’ll make […]
By Carla Thomas The Truth Contributor There was a time when it was illegal for Black people to read. When we couldn’t own anything because we were owned. When we couldn’t eat in the same […]
By Alexandria Leatherberry The Truth Reporter The Toledo Chapter of The Charms, a local site of a growing national women’s empowerment and service organization, is closing out the year with new initiatives aimed at community […]
By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor You’ve just about had it. Everything and everybody is on your last nerve, which marks the official end of any self-restraint you might’ve had. You’re out of patience, out […]
Special to The Truth National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s comments about Somali Americans: “The President’s abhorrent slurs against Soma-li Americans are not […]
By Ben Jealous News of the Reverend Jesse Jackson’s health struggles has stirred many. It has me praying. And it has me remembering the hard lessons he taught, shaped in the trenches of our people’s […]
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column For the historically challenged readers who are not versed with the concept of Jim Crow, suffice it to know that this intentionally-created dim-witted buffoon was the product of a […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor All signs point to Vanice Williams as Toledo City Council’s next president, shedding her interim label when the body reorganizes in January. Despite speculation about challenges, […]