By Ben Jealous Are you one of the more than 100 million Americans who live somewhere that was (or still is) under a heat advisory? As I write these words, the mercury is soaring. The […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Innovation is taking two things that already exist and putting them together in a new way. – Tom […]
By June Boyd Guest Column Recently, we celebrated Juneteenth. In February we welcomed Black History Month, and in December, 2023 we lit the candles for Kwanzaa. Has anything changed?? Our people are still dying at […]
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column After watching the Thursday night debacle billed as the first presidential debate, (I doubt there will be another one!), these are the only grim choices for the now aghast Democratic […]
By Hazel Trice Edney Every Sunday, millions of African-American people across the nation make their way to church anticipating relief from lives of financial woes, pressures at work, health concerns, family matters, race discrimination and […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory or an acceptance of the way things are. It’s a celebration of progress. It’s an affirmation that […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Redemption is not just a personal journey but a societal imperative. Our systems must be designed to allow for second chances, reflecting our belief in […]
By Ben Jealous Guest Column When Terence Crutcher, a father of four who sang in his church choir, was shot and killed by the police in 2016 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, his twin sister Dr. Tiffany […]
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column One of the greatest challenges and thrills of my life occurred when I graduated from Kent State University and was contacted by the State Department regarding possible employment in […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor …History brims with tragedies built out of incremental missteps. – Alan Kesselheim A series of alarming incidents involving the Toledo Police Department (TPD) and the […]