Category: Editorial/Opinion

By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. and Reem Subei of Advocates for Basic Legal Equality The Truth Contributors Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food. – Hippocrates What happens when a specific […]

By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Without stable shelter, everything else falls apart.  – Matthew Desmond Cherry Street in Downtown Toledo reveals a troubling boundary between glistening prosperity and pathetic poverty. On […]

By Anthony Bouyer, PhD Guest Column A name does not reflect the essential qualities of something or someone; the cliché is a direct quotation from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet says, “What’s in a […]

By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column Remember in high school when you had to leave your class and go to another room or leave the building or even go to the principal’s office, that you had to […]

By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor   It’s not enough to be in the right place at the right time. You have to be the right person in the right place at […]

By John E. Warren, PhD, Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Guest Column While a great deal of time and attention is being given to the many sins and acts of evil by Republicans […]

By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column If you are one for reading polls then the right-wing newspaper, The Washington Examiner, just published a poll exclaiming that if our current political polarization remains as it is […]

By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor The moral authority to define the future lies with those who will live it. – Rev. Starsky Wilson Sometimes the truth just hits a person square […]

By Katie Cowart, University of Georgia, Media Relations Special to The Truth Colorism is a form of discrimination, typically within a racial or ethnic group, favoring people with lighter skin over those with darker skin. […]

By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column Well, it will come as no surprise that negotiations on Capitol Hill regarding serious police reform has fizzled out. It is being reported that negotiations on police accountability have […]