(ThyBlackMan.com) America once worried about an imperial presidency. Now we have an imperial presidency merged with a family business. And somehow, too many Americans are shrugging. Perhaps that shrug is less agreement than exhaustion. Americans are tired — tired of the scandals, the outrage cycles, the endless circus where every ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Californians will face two competing tax measures this November. The first is the Billionaire Tax Act, a onetime, 5% levy on the accumulated net worth of the state’s richest residents. Lesser known is the Retirement and Personal Savings Protection Act, which would draw constitutional lines around what Sacramento can ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) History tells us that Alexander Stephens was a very dangerous man. As vice president of the Confederate States of America, Stephens gave his famous “Cornerstone Speech” when referring to the equality of races. During his speech, Stephens stated “Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On May 22, Clarence B. Jones passed away at 95 years old, and truthfully, a lot of younger folks probably do not realize how important that brother was to Black history. Everybody knows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Everybody knows the “I Have A Dream” speech. But many people ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I don’t know if you have ever heard of Candace Owens, but those in the know will tell you she is no friend of most of the people you know if you are African American. We have enough people out there who look like us, but choose to work ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dream big, but don’t let your dreams linger too long, young black men and women, because your sacrifices will have a greater impact on your race than your dreams alone. This belief came to the forefront when the NAACP recently urged black student-athletes to boycott major southern PWI institutions ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The sight is so commonplace on Los Angeles streets that it no longer rates more than a passing glance. That is a homeless man or woman sleeping on a sidewalk. What’s even more commonplace is that people casually walk by or more likely around them without more than a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump and an entourage of prominent business titans visited China last week from May 13-15. Of course, Trump touted the trip as an extremely successful event, claiming great progress was made establishing greater partnerships between the US and China. But did that really happen, is Trump telling the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For months now, Democrats have been arguing about whether to release the “autopsy” the National Committee commissioned on what went wrong in 2024. The report was completed but then not released; under pressure, Democratic National Committee Chairman Ken Martin released the report this week, but only with the caveat ...
Trump Corruption Claims Grow As Critics Question White House Ethics And Insider Trading Allegations.
(ThyBlackMan.com) This is the Trump era, which means if you blink, you will miss another shattering example of unabashed corruption. I don’t usually write about the same topic twice in a row, but the latest revelations of Trump’s wanton, shameless profiteering from the White House cannot go unremarked. The term ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Several years ago, while I was speaking with one of my mentors, I showed him a church photo that was very disturbing to me. In the center of the picture was a person, whom I assumed to be the pastor, standing at the pulpit and shaking hands with another ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The month of May is the month of Haji Malcolm X and also the month of African Liberation Day (ALD), and it brings with it instructive histories and ever renewed commitments of continued and victorious struggle. Indeed, both the Black liberation struggle in the US and Haji Malcolm’s central ...