THE “new” N.N.I.M.B.Y.
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column One of the lasting legacies of systemic racial bias is in the debate about who lives where and what “color” they should be, or not be. Residential patterns of deliberate […]
Category: Editorial/Opinion
Judicial Preferences
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see. – Justice Sonia Sotomayor A multitude of research has confirmed long-standing criticism of the issue of […]
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Nikole Hannah-Jones Speak Truth to the Power of Journalism
By Nyah Marshall Howard University News Service “Two of America’s best journalists are teaching?” An audience member asked this question during the 15th annual Knight Media Forum in reference to Ta-Nehisi Coates and Nikole Hannah-Jones […]
A Matter of Choice
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Life presents you with so many decisions. A lot of times, they’re right in front of your face and they’re really difficult, but we must make […]
There Is No Rest for the Weary
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column “One of the explicit purposes of racism is to continually debase and defile its victims so that they are forever locked under a cloud of suspicion, ignominy, distrust and […]
America’s School Lunch Program Is Failing Black Students
By Maya Pottiger | Word In Black | Sacramento Observer (WIB) – From mushy fish sticks and fries to mystery meat burgers and soggy broccoli, public school lunches in the United States aren’t exactly known […]
Fight, Flight and Creative Differences
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Fresh ideas come from those who do more than think outside the box. They think outside the building. – Rosabeth Moss Kanter It only took barely […]
‘The Moment’ and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson
Black Women Legal Experts Deliberate on Supreme Court Nomination at Howard Law Panel By Nyah Marshall, Howard University News Service Special to The Truth It was a historical moment for the nation and a monumental […]
A LETTER FROM DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
“WHAT’S UP MY PEOPLE”? By Bishop Marjorie Holt, Ph. D.©2022 I have been gone from you now for more than 53 plus years and you will soon be reminded of the day that I left […]
A Gaze into Chaos
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor We need election systems that are free from fraud, discrimination, and partisan influence and that are more, not less, accessible to the citizens of this country. […]