(ThyBlackMan.com) It is pretty clear of the magnitude that college sports has in American society on a seemingly daily basis. There have been numerous scandals involving men’s college basketball, sexual assaults of athletes like college gymnasts, and other issues related to college athletics. The NCAA has been under the microscope and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a member of the infamous Wilmington Ten case in North Carolina from 1972 to 2012, I witnessed firsthand why the criminal justice system in the United States needed to be thoroughly reformed. We had been unjustly sentenced in 1972 to a combined total of 282 years in prison for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This follow up to the very popular boxing film Creed (worldwide gross $174M) throws a lot of left hooks, right jabs and uppercuts, but only a few connect and none land a knockout punch. Count on the mass appeal (young, old, urban, male and female) of Creed II to put viewers in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 2018, the Federal Government increased maximum allowable contributions to retirement plans, such as 401-K, IRA, ROTH IRA, SEP, etc. plans. Why is Congress being generous and increasing retirement contributions? A. Congress really cares about our welfare. They want to help taxpayers. B. This is an automatic inflationary increase. Congress ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump was right. When asked why black voters should vote for him, he answered, “What have they got to lose?” Virtually every major city in the country is controlled by Democrats. In every one of those cities, low-income, most black families are forced to send their children to the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Marian Wright Edelman, a trailblazer, freedom fighter and champion of causes that affect the nation’s young, has announced that she’s stepping aside from the Children’s Defense Fund, an organization she founded 45 years ago. “Dear colleagues, supporters, partners and friends, after 45 years as President of the Children’s Defense Fund ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The problem with the 24 hour news cycle is that news memory lasts only 24 hours. Certainly it does not last 70 years – say back to 1962 and Baker v. Carr, which established guidelines regarding the political-question doctrine, or even a few years earlier, to President Eisenhower and how ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This was my first Thanksgiving without my preacher dad who went to be with the Lord in June at age 90. I smiled remembering when I was a little boy, Dad included me and my four younger siblings in his sermon. Every year, Dad’s east Baltimore storefront church sold tickets ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Even when Donald Trump was running for president, it was pretty evident that the establishment press was biased against him. The reason for this is not hard to discern; Trump was appealing not only to a majority of Americans, but he was doing so with values and proposals that are ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The 2018 WordCamp Orlando conference has drawn hundreds each year to learn about what is new in technology. Attendees from across the country and even from foreign nations attend to learn business tips, SEO – Search Engine Optimization strategies, applying eCommerce tools, business law, web development, new coding integration, Gutenburg ...