‘Wake Up Everybody!’ This Song Still Resonates in Black Music Month 2026
By Hazel Trice Edney Guest Column Wake up, everybody, No more sleepin’ in bed No more […]
Category: Editorial/Opinion
Turn a Wall on Its Side, and It Becomes a Table
We have always been at our best when we welcomed the stranger. It is time to be at our best again. By Ben Jealous Guest Column A friend said something to me once that I […]
Rep. White Secures Vital Community Investments in Lucas County
Special to The Truth State Rep. Erika White (D-Springfield Township) today announced the passage of Senate Bill 450, the state’s biennial capital appropriations budget. The bill allocates nearly $4B for the maintenance, renovation, and construction […]
Rep. Rogers, Jr. Secures Millions for Lucas County Projects
Special to The Truth State Rep. Elgin Rogers, Jr. (D-Toledo) continues to deliver transformative investments for Lucas County communities, securing support through Ohio’s 2026 Capital Budget for 16 of the 22 local projects located within […]
Rep. Grim Secure Vital Community Investments in Lucas County
Special to The Truth State Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) today announced the passage of Senate Bill 450, the state’s biennial capital appropriations budget. The bill allocates nearly $4B for the maintenance, renovation, and construction of […]
Preparing and Repairing
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. – Frederick Douglass Toledo spent a year preparing for one weekend. Gun violence, […]
What Set It Off
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me. All I ask is that you respect me as a human being. – Jackie Robinson I […]
Tis the Season! The Graduation Season!
By Paul Hubbard Guest Column This is the season of high school graduations and the activities that go with it. As students, parents and families enjoy the accomplishment; it is also time to think about […]
On Juneteenth, I’ll Celebrate Black Music at Andrew Jackson’s Plantation
The ground at the Hermitage is sacred and stained, and the music made by enslaved people and their progeny is what still feeds this country’s hope. By Ben Jealous Guest Column This Juneteenth I will […]
The Shackles Our Founders Warned Us About
By Ben Jealous Guest Column My grandmother was born in 1916 on the same red Virginia ground where her grandfather was born enslaved. She lived to 105. She carried the weight of what her family […]