What Spring Hides
By Ben Jealous Guest Column Spring arrives this week, and the world feels alive again. Trees fill out. Birds return. The air softens. It is the season when nature tells us life is coming back. […]
Category: Editorial/Opinion
Juliana Stratton’s Victory Signals a New Era for Black Women’s Leadership
The presence of two Black women in this race was not a problem. It was progress. By Glynda C. Carr Trice Edney Communications On Tuesday, March 17, voters in Illinois did more […]
When Naming the Truth Becomes the Crime
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor America has a problem. It doesn’t want to know what it has done. – Ta-Nehisi Coates The most dangerous thing a community can do is remember. […]
Legacy to Action: Gerald E. Rose’s Growing Fight for Justice
By Austin R. Cooper, Jr. Special to The Truth Gerald E. Rose is turning a family legacy of civil rights advocacy into a expanding national movement through the New Order Human Rights Organization (NOHRO). Rose […]
Yeah, That Is the Smell of War
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column Well, it is official. Trump has ordered 5,000 troops, so far, to the Middle East as “back-up” for whatever may come during his “gut” ordered war with Iran. The […]
Wes Moore’s AI Warning to Black America
By Kevin Harris and Richard McDaniel When Amazon cuts 30,000 jobs and Black workers hold nearly 20 percent of the roles being eliminated while making up just 13 percent of the workforce, that is not […]
Time To Panic?
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of human beings. – Nelson Mandela […]
The Black Press: Our History, Our Crisis
By John E. Warren, DMin, Publisher San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper Chairman of the Board of Directors, NNPA This month, the Black Press celebrates 199 years of existence. It has been a time of […]
The Rotunda Is Too Small for Rev. Jesse Jackson
By Julianne Malveaux (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Guest Column America has rituals for the dead. We lower flags. We dim lights. We ask for moments of silence. In rare cases — former presidents, Rosa Parks — we […]
What You Voted for, You Got!
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column This is a memo to those in that half of America who, knowing the character of Trump and his mental decline, his record as a convicted felon who has […]