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Day: April 9, 2026

Delivering More Than Babies: The Legacy of Dr. Karen Adams-Ferguson

April 9, 2026 Sojourner’s Truth

By Asia Nail The Truth Reporter A Calling That Started in Second Grade Some people find their purpose later in life. Others seem to be born with it already written on their hearts. For Dr. […]

Cover Story, Health, Top Stories

Mount Nebo Baptist Church Honors Women’s History Month at Celebration of Silent Soldiers

April 9, 2026 Sojourner’s Truth

By Alexandria Leatherberry The Truth Reporter The 2026 Silent Soldier Awards Banquet filled the banquet room of the Premier Banquet Hall, Sunday, March 29. Attendees gathered in support of 14 honorees who were selected for […]

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Are You Registered to Vote?

April 9, 2026April 9, 2026 Sojourner’s Truth

The Truth Staff “Are you registered to vote?” asked state Senator Paula Hicks-Hudson as she summed up the voter engagement an education event she organized on Tuesday evening, April 1, at the Kent Branch Library. […]

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Reentry Coalition’s Going Home to Stay Resource Program

April 9, 2026 Sojourner’s Truth

The Truth Staff Individuals returning home from incarceration had the opportunity last week to receive information from speakers and numerous community groups in an event hosted by the Reentry Coalition of Northwest Ohio last Wednesday, […]

Local News, Top Stories

The New Kids on the Block Take Office

April 9, 2026 Sojourner’s Truth

By Amy Voigt, City of Toledo Special to The Truth Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz introduced the 2026 Kid Mayor, Jamie Howard, and the new Kid City Council during a press conference on April 1, 2026. Jamie, […]

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No Kings Rally Attended by Hundreds of Toledoans

April 9, 2026April 9, 2026 Sojourner’s Truth

The Truth Staff Organizers of the third No Kings rally estimated that world-wide about eight million people turned out for the protest on March 28 to announce “we don’t do kings in America.” In Toledo, […]

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When Freedom Becomes a Private Club

April 9, 2026 Sojourner’s Truth

By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor   If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then […]

Editorial/Opinion, Politics

The Tipped Wage Is a Legacy of Slavery; Chicago Is Right to End it

April 9, 2026 Sojourner’s Truth

By Ben Jealous Guest Column The subminimum wage for tipped workers is a legacy of slavery. After the Civil War, many employers in hospitality and rail service hired newly freed Black workers into jobs where […]

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Community Block Watch Meeting

April 9, 2026 Sojourner’s Truth

The Kwanzaa Park Neighbors are pleased to welcome Deborah Barnett to the monthly Block Watch Meeting. Through her consulting company N-SYNC, LLC, Deborah Barnett has been instrumental in collaborating  in a variety of programs with […]

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Captain Bone Spurs…Lost In Space!

April 9, 2026 Sojourner’s Truth

By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column If you have not heard by now, Donald Trump is also contemptuously known as, “Captain Bone Spurs” allegedly due to his rich father getting a favor from a doctor […]

Editorial/Opinion, Politics

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