The Washington Post: Then and Now — A Pattern of Injustice
“Who wants to vote the (xxx)-emancipation ticket? Who wants Iowa covered with indolent blacks? Answer at the polls.” Stilson Hutchins[2 A Black History Month Reckoning By Gloria Zuurveen | The Southern Truth The Washington Post has just laid off one-third of its breaking news newsroom. On the surface, this reads like another corporate downsizing in…
Read MoreCasey, What Would Grandpa Lew Do?
A Southern Truth Editorial By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief In Hollywood, power has always moved by quiet decree. In another era, Lew Wasserman — the ultimate fixer of the film industry — could pick up the phone, speak a few measured words, and watch entire controversies evaporate before they ever reached the front page. Careers bent…
Read MoreTell It, Jelly
The Southern TruthBy Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief When a friend told me that she had watched the Grammys and heard Jelly Roll stand before the world and give glory to Jesus, I was not shocked. I knew, even before I saw it for myself, that if Jelly Roll had the microphone, he was going to tell…
Read MoreBrother Ray: A Living Witness to Black History and the Road Ahead
By Dr. Gloria ZuurveenEditor-in-Truth, PACE NEWS | The Southern Truth Black History Month is upon us and it is important to say plainly what too often goes unsaid: Black history is not only something we remember — it is something we are still living. And nowhere is that more evident than in the life of …
Read MoreWho Took the Ride? From Robert Maxwell’s Shadow Games to the Trump-Era Cover-Up — and Why Black Newspapers Were Never Invited on the Jet
Southern Truth Investigates: Who Took the Ride with the Pediaphian Bonnie & Clyde By Gloria Zuurveen | Publisher, The Southern Truth In a week where America is reeling from the latest revelation — that the Trump administration actively sought to withhold thousands of pages of Epstein files — we at The Southern Truth ask an…
Read MoreDon Lemon Released After Federal Court Appearance in Los Angeles Following Church Protest Arrest
By Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief LOS ANGELES — Journalist Don Lemon was released Friday afternoon following his first court appearance in downtown Los Angeles after being arrested earlier in the day in connection with a January protest that disrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota. Lemon, 59, was taken into federal custody early Friday…
Read MoreThe Southern Truth: Journalist or Not, Don Lemon Was Outta Order for Disturbing a Place of Worship
“You don’t bring protest into a sanctuary while God’s people are praying. That ain’t journalism — that’s disorder.”— The Southern Truth By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen, BBS, MRE, D. Min., Editor-in-Chief There are some lines you just don’t cross.And one of them — from the time I was knee-high to a pew — is the threshold…
Read MoreInvitation to Submit Proposals for RFP-0260
The Inglewood Housing Authority invites and will receive proposals from experienced firms qualified to provide the “Inglewood Housing Authority’s Project-Based Vouchers Program,” as specified in this document. The IHA is making up to fifty (50) PBVs available to property owners and developers through a competitive process in accordance with the requirements included within this Request…
Read MoreThe Spirit of Slavery Still Walks Among Us
What John Hope Franklin Warned Us About — and What We Are Witnessing Today By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief As Black History Month approaches, it is important that we do more than recite names, dates, and ceremonial victories. Black history is not a museum exhibit. It is a living record — one that speaks, warns,…
Read MorePick Up Free Grocery at the Nile On the Corner of Market & Manchester In Inglewood Today and Every Wednesday!
With prices sky high, it is a blessing that the Nile will host a Grocery Giveaway today! Stop by and help yourself and tell others on the way! SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE GROCERY GIVEAWAY TODAY!
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