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(ThyBlackMan.com) After the shellacking Republicans just took in the midterm elections, a common refrain among conservatives is that we should all be terrified of what comes next. Whether you get your commentary from X, Instagram or friends on Facebook, you may have heard fear that the Democrats will vastly expand ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is perhaps no more dangerous appointment in a constitutional republic than an attorney general who mistakes his obligation to defend the Constitution for a choice to defend the president. Todd Blanche is demonstrating, with alarming regularity, that he does not understand the difference. Once Donald Trump’s skilled personal ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Imagine a project manager who stays late every night, agrees to every last-minute request, and never pushes back when colleagues pile on more work. This person fears disappointing others, believing it will harm their professional standing. Yet, the cost is mounting: stress, missed deadlines, and career burnout. The underlying ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Families waiting on a visa or a green card have lived through a long stretch of policy changes, fee updates and processing times that rarely match the original estimate. Every shift raises fresh questions for people who are already balancing jobs, school schedules and the strain of not knowing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “The struggle is a never-ending process. Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation.” — Coretta Scott King When people hear the words “civil rights museum,” they often think of history. They think of photographs, artifacts, and stories from another era. They imagine a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This is a sankofa retrieval of memories and thoughts on an anniversary past that reaffirms our continuing commitment on this our 61st anniversary. The founding and developmental unfolding of our organization Us, September 7, 1965, was in a fateful and furious year, a time and context of decisive turning. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The midterm elections are over; the people have spoken. The voters overwhelmingly repudiated Trump and the Republicans by huge margins, so now what? What is the follow up agenda once all the votes have been tabulated? Where does the nation go henceforth? Will the people be disappointed by the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) They organized. They mobilized. They led. They delivered. And now, with Keisha Lance Bottoms as Georgia’s Governor-elect, Black women are no longer standing in the background of history. They’re standing at the altar. The bridesmaids have become the brides. This moment is bigger than one election and bigger than ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For most families, the roof only becomes a topic of conversation when a brown stain spreads across a bedroom ceiling. By that stage, a minor fault that began months earlier may already have soaked into insulation, drywall or the wooden frame beneath. A few minutes spent looking up at ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The instinct to get even must be nearly overwhelming. After two years of getting pounded every day by the Trumpers, of fighting hard when you know you’re going to lose every vote, of indignities large and small inflicted on the Democratic minority, the tables are suddenly turned. The minority ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a habit in how America measures Black men who reach the summit of its politics. We want them to mean something before we let them do anything. Be the symbol first. Stir the blood, put a lump in the throat, make folks believe again, and the governing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Republicans can tell you the median household income for Blacks, how many kids the average Black family has, how many Blacks have college degrees, detail their voting habits, identify the type of credit cards they use, list what restaurants they like to eat at, name the type of cars ...
