By Ben Jealous Guest Column I started out this year, 2025, in Chicago, honored to give the Martin Luther King Day address at Reverend Jesse Jackson’s big gathering. The timing was unforgettable. As I stepped […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Progress is not inevitable. It’s up to us to create it. – Barack Obama Since first joining the Toledo City Council in 2018, Nick Komives […]
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column Historians of whatever ilk or stripe should be glued to the news outlets listening for more pressure cracks in America’s foundation caused by the constant jack hammer drilling and financial “extractions” […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. We must think anew, and act anew. – Abraham Lincoln The ground has […]
Special to The Truth The Lucas County Democrats, Toledo Persists and Toledo Troublemakers gathered Lucas County residents, local leaders, social service agencies, small businesses and other community stakeholders together for the purpose of providing the […]
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Respect is never given; It is taken — and it’s kept only if you defend it. – Urban Proverb The Northwest Ohio Building and Construction […]
Dear Sojourner’s Truth: The 1776 declaration that people have unalienable rights including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness preceded the Bill of Rights and the US Constitution. The founding fathers had the foresight to […]
By Carla Thomas The Truth Contributor America was built on slavery, chains, stolen land, and stolen lives. We see the residue of that history everywhere, from systemic racism to political division. But what if it […]
Labor Day 2025 seems like a good time to ask a long neglected question: What is the State of Black Work Life in America? Precarious. Whiplashed by the daily grind and Donald Trump’s relentless War […]
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent In its nonstop assault on the most vulnerable Americans, the Trump administration is preparing to impose sweeping cuts to Supplemental Security Income (SSI), a program […]