By Ben Jealous Guest Column The subminimum wage for tipped workers is a legacy of slavery. After the Civil War, many employers in hospitality and rail service hired newly freed Black workers into jobs where […]
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column If you have not heard by now, Donald Trump is also contemptuously known as, “Captain Bone Spurs” allegedly due to his rich father getting a favor from a doctor […]
By Carla Thomas The Truth Contributor We keep asking the same question: Why can’t Black people unify? Why are we so divided on politics, strategy or even on what progress looks like? But that question […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – […]
The international body United Nations officially affirmed with Black people and our allies what we already know: that the descendants of slavery suffered an atrocious, violation of humanity, demanding of reparations. In response to the […]
State Rep. Erika White (D-Springfield Township) Wednesday issued the following statement on House Bill (HB) 347, legislation requiring a 24-hours waiting period for patients accessing reproductive care: HB 347 threatens healthcare access by requiring doctors […]
State Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) issued the following statement on House Bill (HB) 347, legislation requiring a 24-hours waiting period for patients accessing reproductive care: “Ohio voters sent a clear message by passing Issue 1 […]
Last week, state Senator Paula Hicks-Hudson (D-Toledo) issued the following statement after Republicans in the Ohio Senate passed House Bill 730, a capital reappropriations bill that also changes how the state distributes administrative funding for […]
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq’ Guest Column If you have been watching just a smidgen of the news these past few days, you will come to the easy conclusion that Donald Trump, the self-professed “stable genius” […]
By Ben Jealous Guest Column This year, America marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence. That should make us proud. It should also make us honest. When my son was 11, we walked the […]