Slavery … Trump: What’s Your Beef About?
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column For the sleepyheads who refuse to watch news, any news for that matter, you missed a recent bombshell coming from Dear Leader Trump. His current catechism that he is […]
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Choosing People Over Prisons
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. We must be headlights, not taillights, in the struggle for justice. – Martin Luther King Jr. Much respect to Pete Gerken and the Lucas County Commissioners for deciding […]
Black Unemployment Skyrockets as Donald Trump Continues His War Against Black Work, Wages and Wealth
Special to The Truth In response to reporting showing that the Black unemployment rate has skyrocketed to its highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic, DNC Senior Spokesperson Marcus W. Robinson released the following statement: “Donald […]
Wake-Up Call: How Democrats Can Use August Recess to Save Their Brand
By Kevin Harris and Richard McDaniel There’s an old saying in the hip-hop community: “Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t.” In this political climate of lies, corruption, and misinformation, working families deserve numbers that […]
History Is Now “His-Story”
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column “When an autocrat attempts to rewrite a historical narrative to their own liking or image, facts and truths become mere electives and are disposable at a moment’s notice.” […]
What Brown’s Return Really Means
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor I’m Back! – Michael Jordan (after returning from retirement) Sherrod Brown’s recent important announcement to “get back in the fight” to return to the U.S. Senate […]
Black Trade Unionists Call Out Trump’s “War on Blackness”
Trice Edney Wire Service The nation’s largest independent voice of Black trade unionists last week issued a blistering statement calling out Donald Trump’s “War on Blackness.” Titled, “Occupied But Not Subdued,” the statement by the […]
Black Women Are Leading Cities and Shaping the Future of Democracy
By Glynda C. Carr Guest Column In 2014, when Higher Heights for America and the Center for American Women in Politics released our first report on the status of Black women in American politics, the […]
Rep. White Stands with Texas Lawmakers at Press Conference Against Rigged Congressional Maps
State Rep. Erika White (D-Springfield Township) Wednesday stood in solidarity with Democratic members of the Texas State Senate alongside dozens of lawmakers from all across the nation in Boston, MA denouncing the undemocratic attempt by […]
What We Lose—and What Our Kids Gain—When Phones Leave the Classroom
By Steven Flagg Guest Column My wife and I raised our millennial children during a different time. Back then, the biggest battles we faced were around too much TV and the early days of instant […]