(ThyBlackMan.com) The moadim of First Fruits controls when all of the other feasts are observed.  At the end of the 12th month, called Adar, the barley is inspected to see if it has reached the stage of ripeness, called “aviv”.  Originally, the first month of the Hebrew year was called ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) These suggestions are to help parents, grandparents and guardians as graduation for their children gets closer. Graduation, a great accomplishment and the end to an educational journey from Day Care to High School. Before this momentous occasion parents need to make sure all the i’s are dotted and t’s ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Hydroponic growing provides many advantages for both commercial farmers and home growers. This easy and efficient growing technique offers healthier and nutritionally better plants than conventional growing methods. Yet, hydroponics is still a much maligned and misunderstood growing methodology. Here we look at some of the commonly believed myths ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I don’t really have any nicknames, which suits me fine. My grandfather called me something different, which was great because he was my grandfather and the only one who ever used it. My mother and father had a name they called me; parents do that. And there was this ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Here is what presidential aspirant Sen. Bernie Sanders said: “I believe that health care is a right of all people.” President Barack Obama declared that health care “should be a right for every American.” The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: “Every person has a right to adequate health ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In 1991, President George H.W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas, then a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and former chairman of the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, to replace Thurgood Marshall on the U.S. Supreme Court. The rest, as they say, is history. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The illuminating lead in a recent, front page article in The Washington Post, headlined “A New Divide In American Death,” stated the following: “White women have been dying prematurely at higher rates since the turn of the century, passing away in their 30s, 40s, and 50s in a slow-motion crisis ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In any other time and place it would be the most idiotic and unbelievable headline one could imagine. The headline being that Hillary Clinton ranks close to Trump as the two most hated candidates in the history of American presidential elections. That’s a lot of years and a lot ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) There are so many facets to running a successful business, that one person simply can’t manage it all on their own. While many entrepreneurs start off running the show by themselves to save money and resources, when their business starts to grow, the need for help also increases. The ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Coalition-building is the best way for Black people to make the kind of progress we need to make in this country, especially when it comes to economic empowerment. Some have posited that Black people are swiftly becoming obsolete. From the agricultural economy to the industrial and mass production economy ...