By Carla Thomas The Truth Contributor I don’t know what’s worse, the Supreme Court’s decision to weaken protections against racial gerrymandering and make it harder to protect majority-Black voting districts, or the response from State […]
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column In light of the recent Supreme Court ruling that the blatantly partisan gerrymandering in Tennessee, which for all intensive purposes neutered a heavily Black voting bloc and now results […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor A child miseducated is a child lost. – John F. Kennedy Elections have consequences — and every election also has winners and losers. Last week’s primary […]
By Ben Jealous Ona Judge escaped George Washington once. Now the federal government is trying to make her disappear again. I teach in Philadelphia, a short walk from the site of the President’s House. George […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have. – John Lewis I did my early voting after church on Sunday. The line at the […]
By Lafe Toliver, Esq Guest Column Justice Roger Taney who wrote the prophetic and racist decision in the famous Dred Scott case decision in 1857 is smiling in his grave. As you may remember, the […]
By Steven Flagg Guest Column In a recent column, I wrote that Toledo Public Schools is in a “world of hurt” — driven by declining enrollment, reduced state support and a system built for a […]
By Kevin Harris Guest Column Democrats have momentum as the midterms approach. A string of recent victories has fueled optimism that Democrats could retake the House of Representatives and even reclaim the Senate. At a […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor A judge shall act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the independence, integrity, and impartiality of the judiciary.” — Ohio Code […]
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column If you were ever concerned about the limits of capitalism and the rotting effect it can have on human nature that chooses to be besotted with the sin of […]