‘Wake Up Everybody!’ This Song Still Resonates in Black Music Month 2026
By Hazel Trice Edney Guest Column Wake up, everybody, No more sleepin’ in bed No more […]
Category: Politics
Turn a Wall on Its Side, and It Becomes a Table
We have always been at our best when we welcomed the stranger. It is time to be at our best again. By Ben Jealous Guest Column A friend said something to me once that I […]
Rep. White Secures Vital Community Investments in Lucas County
Special to The Truth State Rep. Erika White (D-Springfield Township) today announced the passage of Senate Bill 450, the state’s biennial capital appropriations budget. The bill allocates nearly $4B for the maintenance, renovation, and construction […]
Rep. Rogers, Jr. Secures Millions for Lucas County Projects
Special to The Truth State Rep. Elgin Rogers, Jr. (D-Toledo) continues to deliver transformative investments for Lucas County communities, securing support through Ohio’s 2026 Capital Budget for 16 of the 22 local projects located within […]
Rep. Grim Secure Vital Community Investments in Lucas County
Special to The Truth State Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) today announced the passage of Senate Bill 450, the state’s biennial capital appropriations budget. The bill allocates nearly $4B for the maintenance, renovation, and construction of […]
Preparing and Repairing
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. – Frederick Douglass Toledo spent a year preparing for one weekend. Gun violence, […]
We Can Do Better … Part Two
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column Well, well…we have another incident in which two white Toledo Police Officers were caught with their race and cultural superiority pants down when they rudely addressed some minority teens […]
They Want You to Stay Home
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles. – Jean Toomer What happened at the Old West End Festival was not just gun violence. It […]
Reconciling Jackson and Jackson
By Ben Jealous Guest Column The party of Andrew Jackson has spent a decade running from him. It should keep the two things he got right. I was 14 the first time I raised my […]
Lucas County Commissioners statement on Old West End Festival shooting
“We are heartbroken and hurting alongside our community in the aftermath of the senseless shooting at the Old West End Festival,” the Lucas County Commissioners said in a joint statement. “Our thoughts are immediately with […]