Bill Cosby: America’s Father or American Villain
By Rev. Benjamin Green Guest Column Well, I have not been one to shy away from a subject, and I don’t intend to start now. I know that there will be those who will disagree […]
Category: Editorial/Opinion
More Police in Toledo Public Schools?
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor For too long our education system has been intertwined with the criminal legal system and the results have been tragic, particularly for our most vulnerable students. […]
Just Think About It!
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column Reparations are needed now. I know, I know…white folks would rather wrestle with a 40-foot anaconda than sit down and have a rational conversation about the need for reparations, […]
Well, Is It Now Clear To You?
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column If you are one of those persons who still sings along with Judy Garland’s signature song, “Somewhere Over The Rainbow,” out of the famed movie, The Wizard of Oz, and […]
The Juneteenth Hypocrisy
By RaShya Ghee, Esq Guest Column Hypocrisy has long characterized America’s racial realities. In the 1770s, colonists demanded freedom from “enslavement” of the crown while simultaneously enslaving practically an entire race of people. In 1829, […]
Power to the People
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor This isn’t a revolution of black against white, this is a revolution of right against wrong. And right has never lost. – Dick Gregory On January […]
Juneteenth … Meet Your New America!
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column A time traveler returning from viewing the celebrations of the newly freed slaves in Texas in June of 1865 and which joyous occasions morphed into the Texas holiday of Juneteenth, […]
Declared But Not Realized
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in present-day society. – Black Panther Party Platform The celebration of Juneteenth resonates with […]
The Art of Leadership
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor The hope of leadership lies in the capacity to deliver disturbing news and raise difficult questions in a way that people can absorb, prodding them to […]
What Is All The Fuss About?
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column “Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” –Chinua Achebe- You may have heard the recent political dust-up about some […]