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(ThyBlackMan.com) A brother does not always need more weight on his shoulders. Sometimes he needs a porch, a fishing pole, a good book, and a long walk back to himself. That may sound too simple for this loud age, but simple things have saved plenty of men. A rocking chair ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A Black father’s greatest flex is not what he owns, what he drives, or how many people praise him, but whether his children can look around and know he is still there. That may not sound flashy to folks chasing noise, but ask any grown person still healing from ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a big cry for “Tolerance” in our society and in fact across the globe today. This term is especially used and brought out to parade around when the topic of discussion turns to spiritual matters. But when I hear the word and read the funny looking bumper ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Karmelo Anthony should have walked away. If he had, he would not have killed. He would not have been arrested and charged with first degree murder. He would not have been defended by, prosecuted by, judged by, and convicted by non-Blacks. He would certainly not be facing thirty-five years ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m not one to generally quote Senate Majority Leader John Thune as my authority on Cabinet appointees, but when it came to Bill Pulte — the housing chief with no national security experience who was President Donald Trump’s first choice for Director of National Intelligence — he was right to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Jay Z is one of those artists you cannot discuss in a small way. Not if you really understand hip hop. His name brings up albums, arguments, business, Brooklyn pride, grown man ambition, public mistakes, private discipline, and a catalog that still makes people stop mid conversation when the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The World Cup is kicking off here in the United States and for the next five weeks, a sport most Americans cannot be bothered to watch will bring the rest of the planet to our doorstep. They are already arriving. Germans, Spaniards, Egyptians, Australians, every continent but Antarctica is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) They are calling it a budget cut. But let’s be clear: when Congress cuts WIC, it is taking food from pregnant women, babies, toddlers, and young children. WIC is not cash welfare. It is not a giveaway. It is one of the most efficient and humane nutrition programs this ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is almost certain that at some point in your life you have suffered confusion. Maybe someone said something to or about you that left you confused. Maybe you went to some strange place, like when I first went to London, and the effect was that of confusion. Or ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I think it is safe to say that the overwhelming majority of Americans, regardless of party affiliation, have come to the conclusion that the current form of government is clearly not working. The refrain at one time was that the government was of the people, by the people, for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Rep. James Clyburn recently warned that America risks sliding backward toward the post-Reconstruction era, many heard the words but failed to grasp the horror behind them. They should. The soft-spoken South Carolina congressman is not given to exaggeration. When Clyburn invokes the specter of post-Reconstruction America, he is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about James Cleveland’s voice that feels like home. Maybe it’s the way he blends sermon with song, or maybe it’s the unshakable honesty in every word he sings. For me—and for so many others—his music isn’t just gospel; it’s therapy, it’s church, it’s family, it’s healing. This ...
