The Debt Black Men Owe
by Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Black women, young and old, are not protected nationally, statewide, locally. They’re not protected. – Vanice Williams One word that Black men often reach for […]
Category: Editorial/Opinion
The Toledo Public Schools Are in a World of Hurt — And What Comes Next?
By Steven Flagg Guest Column The Toledo Board of Education has its hands full, and the community is asking a fair question: are they up to the task of stabilizing — and ultimately rejuvenating — […]
The Faithful and the Frustrated
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. – Mark Twain Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton, a Democrat, […]
When Freedom Becomes a Private Club
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then […]
The Tipped Wage Is a Legacy of Slavery; Chicago Is Right to End it
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 […]
Captain Bone Spurs…Lost In Space!
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 […]
We Don’t Lack Unity: We’re Solving Different Problems
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 […]
To The Editor,
Arlington Avenue has already been shut down since 2024 and now we’re being told it will remain closed through 2028. Let that sink in. That’s four years of disruption in a residential neighborhood. This is […]
The Belonging Gap
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. – […]
Reparative Justice is the Only Way Forward After UN Resolution
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 […]