We Are Already Unified: Stop Debating, Start Doing
By Carla Thomas The Truth Contributor In light of the OWE Festival incident, I see a lot of people asking, “What do we do now? Where do we go from here?” And I’ve seen a […]
Category: Politics
Off the Ground
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Every teenager isn’t bad, every parent don’t raise their kids to go out and do what they did — but I just hope situations like these […]
The Political Power of Black Music
By Hazel Trice Edney Guest Column Politicians give floor speeches. Civil rights leaders and activists march and protest for change. Lobbyists advocate on behalf of their clients. Those are just a few strategies by which […]
What I saw at Andrew Jackson’s Plantation
By Ben Jealous Guest Column On Juneteenth, I traveled to the Hermitage, President Andrew Jackson’s plantation outside Nashville, to celebrate Black music. Neither Juneteenth nor Black music had ever been celebrated there before. Lela Harris […]
Black Women Can Still Lead Democratic Tickets Despite Losses
By Kevin Harris Guest Column Black women remain the Democratic Party’s most loyal constituency. That reality has been repeated so often it risks sounding cliché. Yet despite Black women’s contributions, many Democrats seem all […]
Wrong Flag
By Rev. Donald L. Perryman, Ph.D. The Truth Contributor Juneteenth gets co-opted or hollowed out — turned into a cookout without memory, stripped of its connection to slavery and resistance. – Jemar Tisby The […]
Trump to Obama…”You’re The Man!”
By Lafe Tolliver, Esq Guest Column “To want to be someone else because that other person is everything that you are not…is a painful way to live.” Efal Revillot, 19th Century Mexican mystic. […]
Kaptur Announces Over $1 Million in Research Awards to UToledo for Alzheimer’s, Diabetes, and Diabetic Kidney Diseases
Special to The Truth Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) announced that the University of Toledo will receive two separate grants from the Department of Health and Human Services to fund life-saving medical research. The first is […]
‘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 […]
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 […]