Truth Seekers Journal

Milton Kirby
Education , Business & Finance
October 13, 2025
3 minutes Read

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation Commits $50 Million to Atlanta’s HBCUs

Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation will invest $50 million over 10 years to help nearly 10,000 Atlanta HBCU students complete degrees through need-based “gap scholarships.”

Milton Kirby
Opinions
October 13, 2025
5 minutes Read

Lindsey Halligan should have re-read the Constitution before going after Letitia James

By Ray Brescia | October 13, 2025 In the same jurisdiction in which the Trump Justice Department indicted former FBI Director James Comey more than a week ago, the same prosecutor who brought that case has now…

Milton Kirby
Community
October 13, 2025
2 minutes Read

MARTA to Close Five Points Peachtree Entrance as Next Phase of Transformation Begins

MARTA closes Five Points’ Peachtree entrance October 13 as part of its $230 million transformation to enhance safety, connectivity, and community space in downtown Atlanta.

Milton Kirby
Politics
October 12, 2025
11 minutes Read

Trump’s trend of targeting prominent Black women, like Letitia James, explained

By Gerren Keith Gaynor| October 10, 2025 “It’s just the continuation of his hatred toward Black women and Black people,” former Obama White House aide Michael Blake tells theGrio. President Donald Trump‘s…

Milton Kirby
Community , Business & Finance
October 12, 2025
3 minutes Read

National Black Farmers Association Sets Course for 2025 Birmingham Conference

By Milton Kirby | Birmingham, AL | October 12, 2025 The National Black Farmers Association (NBFA) will convene its 2025 Annual Conference in Birmingham, Alabama, from October 31 to November…

Milton Kirby
Community , Black History , Business & Finance
October 11, 2025
7 minutes Read

Uncle Nearest: A Billion-Dollar Brand, a $25 Million Question & The Unanswered Future

Uncle Nearest’s receiver plans to sell its Cognac, France château amid questions over asset value, investor stakes, and whether creditors aim to recover—or acquire—the brand itself.

Milton Kirby
Community , Business & Finance
October 10, 2025
3 minutes Read

Council for Quality Growth to Honor Tommy Holder with 2025 Four Pillar Tribute

By Milton Kirby | Atlanta, GA | October 10, 2025 Atlanta to Celebrate a Legacy of Leadership More than 1,400 business and civic leaders will gather Thursday, October 16, 2025,…

Milton Kirby
Community , Politics
October 9, 2025
4 minutes Read

Mayor Dickens Names New Housing Leadership Team to Drive Atlanta’s Affordable Housing Vision

Mayor Andre Dickens appoints Amanda Rhein as Chief Housing Officer and Chatiqua Ellison as Deputy, strengthening Atlanta’s affordable housing and homelessness response.

Milton Kirby
Health
October 9, 2025
5 minutes Read

Denied Care, Divided Nation: How America Fails Its Sickest Patients—and the People Fighting Back

By Stacy M Brown | BlackpressUSA Newsiwre | October 9, 2025 Across America, families are being broken not by illness alone, but by the quiet cruelty of denial letters from…

Milton Kirby
Politics , Community
October 8, 2025
3 minutes Read

Mayor Dickens Strengthens Leadership Team with Key Appointments

Mayor Andre Dickens appoints Courtney English as permanent Chief of Staff, names Greg Clay and Gabrielle Slade deputies, and launches a national search for Chief Policy Officer.

Milton Kirby
Community , Business & Finance
October 7, 2025
2 minutes Read

Five Points MARTA Station to Close Peachtree Entrance Oct. 13 as Transformation Project Advances

By Milton Kirby | Atlanta, GA | October 7, 2025 MARTA’s $230 million transformation of Five Points Station enters a major new phase next week. Beginning Monday, October 13, the…

Milton Kirby
Sports , Black History
October 7, 2025
3 minutes Read

Baseball Historian Ted Knorr Brings Negro League Legacy to Life in new TSJ Column “Shadow Ball”

The Truth Seekers Journal welcomes Negro League historian Ted Knorr and his new column “Shadow Ball,” exploring the history, heroes, and hidden stories of Black baseball.

Milton Kirby
Business & Finance , Black History , Community
October 5, 2025
5 minutes Read

Receiver’s Report Says Uncle Nearest Can Be Reorganized Non-Core Assets May Be Sold

Court filings show payroll now stabilized under Genesis Global as Receiver Phillip G. Young Jr. manages costs, consultants, and $2.5 million in immediate receivership expenses at Uncle Nearest.

Milton Kirby
Politics
October 3, 2025
7 minutes Read

Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals

By Jill Colvin | New York, NY | October 3, 2025 NEW YORK — President Donald Trump is openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from…

Milton Kirby
Community , Black History , Have You Seen
October 2, 2025
7 minutes Read

Thurgood Marshall: The People’s Lawyer Who Became America’s First Black Supreme Court Justice

By Milton Kirby | Washington, D.C. | October 2, 2025 Fifty-eight years ago today, the marble halls of the U.S. Supreme Court bore witness to a moment that reshaped American…

Milton Kirby
Community , Health
October 1, 2025
3 minutes Read

SilverSneakers and Kroc Atlanta Center Bring Seniors Together for 2K Walk

Nearly 30 Atlanta seniors joined SilverSneakers and Kroc Atlanta Center’s free 2K walk, highlighting fitness, fellowship, and healthy aging in the Pittsburgh community.