Meetings Are Free
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor It’s not that they don’t hear you. It’s that hearing you costs them nothing. Toledo City Council spent three hours last week listening to folks […]
Category: Politics
Dear Family, Friends and Neighbors,
I have a tale to tell. I recently had an experience with identity theft that I thought was worth sharing because I discovered a hole in my own financial security that I did not know […]
City’s Prosecutor’s Office Launches Public Data Dashboard to Increase Transparency
Special to The Truth The City of Toledo Prosecutor’s Office has launched its new Prosecutor’s Office Dashboard (https://toledo.prosecutiondata.org/), offering greater transparency into nearly 90,000 criminal and traffic cases prosecuted in Toledo Municipal Court and highlighting […]
Two Systems of Justice: How Success Makes Leaders of Color Targets
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Guest Column Unless you have lived through it, it is easy to dismiss as racial paranoia the wariness and discomfort felt by many successful business leaders of color […]
Two Civil Rights Men, Different Parties, One Bill of Rights
Most gun deaths in this country are suicides. We argue about guns as if they were all murders. By Ben Jealous Guest Column When I was a boy two brothers lived on our block and […]
Soldiers Without Swords
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us. – Freedom’s Journal, March 16, 1827 The Toledo Blade might not exist […]
Lucas County Commissioners, The Arts Commission Announce New Lucas County Poet Laureate
Special to The Truth The Board of Lucas County Commissioners in partnership with The Arts Commission is pleased to announce that Sandra Rivers-Gill has been selected to be Lucas County’s next Poet Laureate. “Poetry has […]
Rep. Grim Announces $2M Grant for City of Toledo Redevelopment
Special to The Truth Rep. Michele Grim (D-Toledo) this week announced that the Ohio Department of Development approved $2 million in funding for the redevelopment of the historic Spitzer Building at the Four Corners intersection […]
OJPC Applauds New Law to Speed Up Process for Formerly Incarcerated People to Qualify for Jobs
Special to The Truth The Ohio Justice and Policy Center (OJPC) applauded Gov. Mike DeWine this week for signing House Bill 268, a new law that will modify the waiting period for individuals with felony […]
When the Lights Come On: State Rep. Elgin Rogers Reflects on a Traffic Stop, the Law and What the Community Should Know
By Asia Nail The Truth Reporter The blue lights came on, and for D-District 42 Ohio State Rep. Elgin Rogers Jr., the drive home became something else entirely. On Aug. 12, Rogers was pulled over […]