The Southern Truth

  By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief As America prepares to celebrate 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the question that must rise above the fireworks, flags, speeches, parades, and patriotic songs is this: Freedom for whom? America calls this a celebration. But for Black America, Indigenous America, and all those whose…

By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen Publisher, PACE NEWS Something is wrong with this picture. At a time when families across America are struggling to pay rent, buy homes, keep roofs over their children’s heads, and hold on to the American dream, President Donald Trump has abruptly refused to sign a bipartisan housing bill that had already…

By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief “A change is gonna come.” Those words made famous by Sam Cooke have echoed through generations of people who believed that pain was not the final chapter, that darkness would eventually give way to light, and that communities wounded by tragedy could one day be made whole again. Today, Senatobia…

  The Southern Truth By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief SENATOBIA, Miss. — As communities across America celebrate Juneteenth and reflect upon freedom, justice, and equality under the law, the people of Senatobia,          Mississippi, find themselves confronting a tragedy that has shaken this small North  Mississippi town to its core. A one-year-old…

The Southern Truth By Dr. Gloria Zuurveen, Editor-in-Chief Dear Reader, I grew up in Senatobia when things were different. Long before Walmart. Long before artificial intelligence. Long before sensors, algorithms, predictive analytics, and what corporations now call “operational efficiency.” Back then, we had stores like Mr. Cap Casey’s. Around the corner was Mr. Polly Davis’s…