(ThyBlackMan.com) If you didn’t read the newspaper carefully (or for us Web citizens, Google News), you’d swear Barack Obama’s economic decisions to date have been disastrous. You’d also be largely wrong, because much of what the guy’s done to help stabilize the economy has been spot-on. No, it hasn’t quite resulted ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A close examination of the Heat’s LeBron James and the role of race… Trying to avoid writing about the Miami Heat this season will be as difficult as trying to avoid writing about race and the NBA. Here we are, mere days after the teams assembled for the first ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) You couldn’t have come up with Sunday’s storyline if you tried. Sunday’s game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Redskins will feature two of the most critiqued, analyzed and criticized players in the NFL. Those two players will lead their teams into the biggest game of the 2010 NFL season. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) According to Forbes, “The richest 400 Americans got even richer this year.” With household incomes plunging for the second year in a row, fewer families earning over $100,000 a year and the ranks of the poor rising, one must contemplate how the super-rich were able to increase their wealth amidst ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hamedah Hasan, a devoted mother of three, fled a physically abusive relationship and sought shelter with her cousin. Hamedah’s primary goal was to provide a safe living environment for herself and her three children. After several months of living with her cousin, he began asking her to run minor errands ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Saturday promises to be a busy day for Hilary Shelton. That’s when the director of the NAACP’s Washington, D.C. bureau will attend the “One Nation Working Together” march. Yeah, the folks on the left side of the political spectrum are getting their turn at bat, and it looks like they’ll ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nearly a decade ago, Charles Barkley made it known that all he wanted to do for his fans was play ball for them – and not play daddy to their children. Said Sir Charles: “I’m not a role model … just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am participating with MSN in a project called “The Invested Life.” The program represents the launch of a series of web-based episodes that teach the fundamentals of investing to regular, everyday people. I’ve worked on the show for months, and I’ll be engaged in the project for the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are signs that equal opportunity has finally reached the most glamorous — and racially charged — position in professional football… Here’s a good measuring stick for progress in the National Football League: The league not only welcomes African-American quarterbacks who are good to great but even makes room ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is (rightly) so much discussion this week about how we, as Americans, can make the education system better for our children. Parents, let me remind you, we are the front line for our children and their education. The change starts with us. In that vein, here are some ways ...