Keep Your Cool at Home During Summer Heat Waves
Special to The Truth As heat waves become a regular feature of American summers, you can use these tips and strategies to cool every corner of your home, while keeping energy bills low: Give your […]
Month: August 2026
Lourdes University Files for Chapter 11 Protection to Support Orderly Wind Down
Special to The Truth Filing will provide a structured process for resolving the University’s remaining obligations and distributing available assets Lourdes University this week filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the […]
Sacred Ground
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor We are the only racial group within the United States ever forbidden by law to read and write. – Alice Childress HBCU campuses are not […]
Searching for Jane Crow: Black Women and Mass Incarceration in America From the Auction Block to the Cell Block by Talitha L. LeFlouria
c.2026, Beacon Press $32.00 224 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Truth Contributor Was she prepared? She was about to be taken away, a slave, a prisoner. Did she know that shackles would make […]
What’s Going On? See Below!
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column Well, for those who are both addicted and repulsed by the constant blaring of “news” from the national media outlets, one certain thing is that, “there is a […]
It’s Back to School Time!!
Several local organizations took the opportunity during the first weekend of August to reach out to the community and celebrate the end of summer and the upcoming new school year. United Vision Baptist Church United […]
Black Mayors: Climate Change is in America’s Top Five Crucial Issues
By Hazel Trice Edney Guest Column As the Trump Administration continues to deny the reality and community impact of climate change, Black mayors have united to protect African Americans and other people of color, who […]
An Academic Oasis: Central State University President Dr. Morakinyo Kuti Is Building a Future Without Barriers
By Asia Nail The Truth Reporter Some campuses educate students. Others transform lives. For nearly 140 years, Central State University has done both. Born from resilience and shaped by generations who believed education could change […]
Community Activist Hosts Community Knowledge Exchange Series About School to Prison Pipeline at Mott Branch Library
By Dawn Scotland The Truth Reporter Community Activist Sharmayne Ivey opened a Community Knowledge Exchange Series at Mott Branch Library Monday, July 27 from 4-8 p.m. The event, which is part one of the series, […]
The Ground Has Shifted
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Whenever persons are rejected by society, the result is Exile… they have no sense of belonging, neither to the community nor to the territory. – Peter […]