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What’s Going On With This Gender-Care Matter?

The Southern Truth By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-ChiefFounder & CEO, Parent Action Coalition for Education (PACE) “Secretary Kennedy cannot unilaterally change medical standards by posting a document online. And no one should lose access to medically necessary health care because their federal government tried to interfere in decisions that belong in doctors’ offices.”  — Letitia James,…

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The Southern Truth: My Time with Hardtime — Alvincent Brunt

THE SOUTHERN TRUTH By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief, PACE NEWS I was still Gloria Walker when Hardtime lived across the street. We called it Hudson Street, though in truth it was Hudson Lane—no pavement, no blacktop, just a gravel road scattered with rocks and filled with children from sunup to sundown. That road was our playground,…

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BankFirst Financial Services Under Scrutiny After $42,000 Removed From Disabled Veteran During Merger

THE SOUTHERN TRUTH By Dr. Gloria ZuurveenEditor-in-Chief, PACE NEWS Coldwater, Mississippi—There is something deeply wrong when a bank that began in 1888 with just $20,000 in capital can grow—through decades of trust, pledges, and community faith—into a $2.7 billion financial institution, yet in 2025 allows more than $42,000 to be removed from the account of…

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The Southern Truth Quiet Leadership, National Impact: How Bettye Griffith’s Work Changed Inglewood—and the Nation

By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen Publisher & Editor-in-Chief INGLEWOOD — Sometimes the most powerful leaders are not the loudest voices at the podium, but the steady hands working faithfully in the background—changing lives one home, one family, one neighborhood at a time. That is the Southern Truth embodied in Bettye Griffith, Director of the City of…

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Inglewood Lights the Sky: A Magical Night at the Kia Forum

The Southern Truth By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief INGLEWOOD—Inglewood Showed Up and Showed Out Under crisp December skies, the annual City of  Champions Christmas Tree Lighting at the world-famous Kia Forum became a living celebration of music, culture, family, and community pride. Thousands of residents—from toddlers to teens to elders—gathered with joy, anticipation, and unity…

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