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NFL Domestic Violence; Did Commissioner Roger Goodell Just Fumble on 4th and Goal?

August 31, 2014 by  
Filed under News, Opinion, Sports, Weekly Columns

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) On Thursday, August 28 National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell announced a new league-wide policy for players accused of domestic violence. The Good: There needs to be stronger and more professionally detrimental circumstances for what is a heinous crime. Note: there is no excuse for domestic violence despite what... [Read more...]

How You Think About Money Depends on Your Age – The Investment Life Cycle.

August 31, 2014 by  
Filed under Money, News, Opinion, Weekly Columns

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) When I’m not out doing what I do everyday (whatever that is), I am a Finance Professor in my spare time. So, in order to utilize all the years of spending countless hours every single day studying the intricate details of financial and statistical theory, I thought I’d give some advice on something that is known as “The... [Read more...]

Five Ways to Become Active In Your Community.

August 30, 2014 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) As a people we must ask ourselves how can become more active within our black community? How can we not only look at the problems, but the solutions also? Although African Americans have come a long way we are still challenged with unemployment, incarceration, poverty, crime and the lack of education. There are conversations... [Read more...]

Old Washed-Up Rappers!

August 30, 2014 by  
Filed under Ent., Music, News, Opinion, Weekly Columns

Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) We’ve all witnessed the sad sceen before: once spry and energetic rappers who have overstayed their welcome to the genre and now, well, they’re just old. Looking at an old rapper that has clearly seen younger days and is now trying to catch their breath in between lyrics is like being a witness to elder abuse. There’s just... [Read more...]

5 Reasons Black Women Should Not Give Up On Black Men.

August 29, 2014 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) As a black woman if I were to rely on the media’s portrayal of the black man I would be running in the other direction. Black men are said to be deadbeats, criminals, thugs and just no good. And of course all black men are dropping black women like flies. So it would be understandable if I chose to abandon all black men right?... [Read more...]

Project : “Get A Move On”.

August 29, 2014 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) This Article is meant to be a call for action among the citizen of America to bring order back to a society that is in total chaos. As a Kid growing up in the south I know many have called it a place of racism and other things. But I can attest to the fact that we had strong values when I was growing up that seemed strict at... [Read more...]

Just U.S. – Our Prison Industrial Complex Issues.

August 29, 2014 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) The prison-industrial complex – or PIC – may sound like a relatively innocuous term. It is generally defined as “the rapid expansion of the U.S. inmate population due to the political influence of private prison companies and businesses that supply goods and services to government prison agencies.” But PIC is much more... [Read more...]

Pushing Back Against the Darkness of Ferguson and the Big Apple!

August 28, 2014 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) What is occurring in communities across this nation is tragic. It is as if a dark cloud has enveloped and fallen upon this nation when it comes to homicides by whites of black youngsters and black men. Blacks in Sanford, Florida; Jacksonville, Florida; New York City and now Ferguson, Missouri have had enough. The killings were... [Read more...]

Robert Griffin III, quarterback of the Washington, D.C. Professional Football Team will have a huge season, don’t doubt that.

August 28, 2014 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) Robert Griffin III or RGIII as he is sometimes better known as, will begin the 2014 N.F.L. season as the starting quarterback of the Washington Professional Football Tea,m. There’s no doubt about that, the doubt however is more or so aimed at his current status as Mr. Football in the nation’s capital. Yes, the same... [Read more...]

Pray for Peace.

August 27, 2014 by  
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Tweet (ThyBlackMan.com) You may know me personally, or you may not know me personally. Whichever happens to be the case, I care about you and your well-being. I pray for you. There is so much going on in the world right now. It seems that few of us know about the good things happening. We hear about the bad things. We read about the bad things. The... [Read more...]

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