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(ThyBlackMan.com) “In 1956, I shall not go to the polls. I have not registered. I believe that democracy has so far disappeared in the United States that no “two evils” exist. There is but one evil party with two names, and it will be elected despite all I can do ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We asked a child to be a miracle. Not a good performer, understand me. A miracle. Every night, in every arena, under lights hot enough to sweat the paint off his face, thousands of grown people decided before the first note dropped that Michael Jackson owed them something close ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Los Angeles has long been a city defined by its contrasts, from its gleaming coastline to its sprawling inland neighborhoods, from its world-class cultural institutions to communities still working toward greater opportunity. At the center of that ongoing transformation is something deceptively simple: access to a quality education. Across ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Most cats find a sound and ride it till the wheels come off. They stumble onto something that works, the crowd claps, the checks clear, and they spend the next thirty years doing a slightly tired version of the thing that made them. Can’t blame them either. Comfort is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) He still hasn’t given up. In the wake of the 6-3 decision of the Supreme Court tossing out his Executive Order abolishing birthright citizenship, President Donald Trump was back at it, insisting that Congress should act. He cared enough about the case that he took the unprecedented step of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Congress loves to wrap legislation in the language of the public interest. This year’s surface transportation reauthorization bill is no exception. Supporters describe the House Transportation Committee-passed package as a major safety bill designed to make America’s transportation system more secure and efficient. Beneath their rhetoric lies the familiar ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The New York Knicks, NBA champions for the first time in 53 years, have been given the keys to the city of New York. But, before they can celebrate for too long, owner James Dolan has dropped a bombshell. The team is to visit the White House of President ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants one mile away?” — Rev. Mather Byles (1706-1788) Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature? This conundrum, along with the witty version ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Pooh Shiesty walked out of federal custody in October 2025, the videos hit the timeline within hours. There he stood, flush with cash, grinning wide, Big30 at his shoulder, years in prison finally behind him, even though home confinement and federal supervision still waited on the other side. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Few artists in modern R&B pose the moral puzzle as sharply as Chris Brown. The talent is immense, the history of harm is documented and long, and the culture has spent years dodging the plain question of how those two truths are meant to share the same room. I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The song “Right Here, Right Now” by Jesus Jones opens with the line, “A woman on the radio talks about revolution, when it’s already passed her by.” There are some people who peaked in high school and never got over it – never changing their hair or general style ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Following last week’s primary elections, in which the rise of Democratic-Socialist candidates alarmed many longtime Democrats, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) read a list of what he said those far-left candidates stand for. To conservatives and Independents, the list sounded like a grand jury indictment. Johnson said the Democratic-Socialist ...
