A Mirror into the Soul of America
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. – Martin Luther King, Jr. In his book 9 Things You Simply […]
Category: Politics
Congress Honors Shirley Chisholm with Congressional Gold Medal for Trailblazing Legacy
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia U.S. Senator Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.-12) announced the passage of bipartisan legislation awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the late Shirley […]
Strickland Elected Secretary of Congressional Black Caucus
Special to The Truth Last week, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) was elected by her Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) colleagues to serve as the CBC Secretary in the 119th Congress. “I am honored and grateful to […]
My View: President Joe Biden Is Entitled to Change His Mind
By June Boyd Guest Column The recent pardoning of Hunter Biden by his father, President Jo Biden, has created much furor between both political parties. Form your own opinion, however, I have come to the […]
The Perils of Indefinite School Expulsions
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor We must move beyond punishment to prevention, beyond exclusion to engagement. – Pedro Noguera Ohioans Beware! Legislation known as Ohio House Bill 206 proposes granting […]
What We Should Think and Do in the Trump Era
By John E. Warren, Publisher San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper Now that the election is over, a number of people are experiencing high levels of uncertainty. We should not think that life as we […]
Lady Justice Seeks Early Retirement
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column Well, we sort of knew that this day of reckoning would come. A day of reckoning not for the convicted felon and adjudged rapist who will again occupy the Oval […]
When Johnny Does a Bad Thing….
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column You got the text on your cell phone. Your 16-year-old son, Johnny, was called into the principal’s office because he and two other kids were were caught stealing from the school’s […]
We Have to Live Our Lives
By Paul Hubbard, President Comfort Home Care Guest Column Donald Trump is our next president. However, African Americans we still have to live our lives, take care of our families, support our communities, support our […]
We Will Not Go Back
By June Boyd Guest Column Brace yourself; following the general election, November 5, we are in for a long ride. It might seem like an end to equality, however, there were 72,875,230 of us who […]