Leadership With the People
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor [Politicians] must edge closer to the public work already being done by lay citizens and community groups. | – Albert Dzur Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, the […]
Category: Editorial/Opinion
Moxie: The defining mark the first Black female Fire Captain
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Just like […]
The Amazing 2022 Midterm Races: An Update
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Win or lose, we win by raising the issues. – Charlotta Bass In a marathon race, your strategy can be to hang back and […]
Remembering 9/11: How the Terrorists Attacks Created an Annoying, Sometimes Frustrating, but Indispensable Inconvenience
By Gregory Smith, Howard University News Service Guest Column Yolanda Williams, a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) supervisor at Los Angeles International Airport, said that passengers were very cooperative with the rules that took place when […]
“My Truth” Did You Do What I asked?
By Cheryl Smith, Publisher of I Messenger Media Texas Metro News Guest Column Last year when I attended the inaugural Arlington Showdown, where the Southern Jaguars and the Texas Southern Tigers took to the Gridiron, […]
Mission Control … We Have a Problem!
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column “It is the very nature of a Faustian bargain that the winner later becomes the loser.” …Efal Revillot, essayist and novelist. If you take the moral and political temperature […]
The Police Department’s Five-Alarm Fire
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor But somebody needs to care about the victims. – Peter Moskos A persistent and out-of-control homicide rate and the botched arrest of Olympic boxer Oshae Jones […]
Does Anyone Really Care About African-American Boys and Men?
Dr. Salvatore J. Giorgianni, Jr. PharmD. Senior Science Advisor, Men’s Health Network Special to The Truth Over two and a half years ago, in the article “African-American Boys and Men in America Are Killing Themselves […]
Strengthening Weak Ties
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor It’s not enough to simply work within your [industry or profession] bubble – you have to branch outside of your immediate sphere of influence, and get […]
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance of Toledo and Vicinity
August 29, 2022 Concerning the Arrest and Recently Released Body Cam Video Featuring Olympic Bronze Medalist Oshae Jones. The pastors and leadership of the IMA have reached a position regarding our concerns and outrage after […]