Category: Editorial/Opinion

By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor   Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.  – James Baldwin   Toledo spent more on public safety […]

Proud of the promise? Responsible for the work? By Steve Flagg Guest Column On July 4, 2026, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of the American nation. A birthday worth celebrating, not […]

The Truth Staff On the anniversary of the passage of Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” local elected officials spoke out about the impact of that bill on access to health care for millions of Ohioans. […]

By Carla Thomas The Truth Contributor In light of the OWE Festival incident, I see a lot of people asking, “What do we do now? Where do we go from here?” And I’ve seen a […]

By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor   Every teenager isn’t bad, every parent don’t raise their kids to go out and do what they did — but I just hope situations like these […]

By Hazel Trice Edney Guest Column Politicians give floor speeches. Civil rights leaders and activists march and protest for change. Lobbyists advocate on behalf of their clients. Those are just a few strategies by which […]

By Ben Jealous Guest Column On Juneteenth, I traveled to the Hermitage, President Andrew Jackson’s plantation outside Nashville, to celebrate Black music. Neither Juneteenth nor Black music had ever been celebrated there before. Lela Harris […]

By Kevin Harris Guest Column   Black women remain the Democratic Party’s most loyal constituency. That reality has been repeated so often it risks sounding cliché. Yet despite Black women’s contributions, many Democrats seem all […]

By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor   Juneteenth gets co-opted or hollowed out — turned into a cookout without memory, stripped of its connection to slavery and resistance. – Jemar Tisby   The […]

By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column   “To want to be someone else because that other person is everything that you are not…is a painful way to live.” Efal Revillot,  19th Century Mexican mystic.   […]