Category: Editorial/Opinion

By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor   We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.  – Freedom’s Journal, March 16, 1827 The Toledo Blade might not exist […]

By Carla Thomas Truth Contributor The controversy surrounding the Al Peake & Sons pop-up market is bigger than carrots and collard greens. It exposes how the City of Toledo repeatedly makes decisions for Black communities […]

By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor   Sometimes ‘they’ forget about us, but ‘WE’ will lift us up. – SONIA Organics, Produce Party flyer, September 2026   Swayne Field re-opened Friday in Toledo’s […]

By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column There is an old maxim that a man is judged by the company he keeps. Well, that has never more apt than what we are continually experiencing with Donald […]

By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor   The dark ghettos are social, political, educational, and — above all — economic colonies. — Kenneth B. Clark Every office in Lucas County found a way […]

A Remedy from 1879 Offers Hope. Working-class men of every color have been in crisis for generations. The way out is to come together, for the sake of all our kids. By Ben Jealous Guest […]

By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor   If we hadn’t become soldiers, all might have gone back as it was before.  – Thomas Long, Civil War soldier   From Montgomery to Selma to […]

By Rev. Charles Reginald Johnson Guest Column Washington’s housing affordability crisis is real, and Black families are among those paying the highest price. Across our state, rising rents have made it harder for working families […]

By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column Well, for all of you present day Black Republicans (an anachronism?) you must be shouting for joy that the Navy, under the racist auspices of Pete Hegseth who disdains […]