(ThyBlackMan.com) When President Joe Biden was sworn in on Jan. 20, 2021, the federal government’s debt stood at $27,751,896,236,414.77. When his first year in office ended on Jan. 20, 2022, it stood at $29,867,021,509,573.92. That means that during Biden’s first 12 months in office, the federal debt grew by more ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “We are amazed but not amused – By all the things you say that you’ll do…But we are sick and tired of hearing your song – Tellin’ how you are gonna’ change right from wrong – ‘Cause if you really want to hear our views – You haven’t done ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, the United States won 56 medals, 14 by Black athletes. Jesse Owens dominated the Olympics by becoming the first person ever in Olympic track history to win four gold medals at one time. This is history that all Americans—regardless of race—can be proud ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s nothing petty about petty crime. Tolerate it, and society descends into disorder. You’re standing in line at Starbucks and watch a freeloader go to the front, pick out a sandwich and walk out without paying. No one says a word. Or you pay your bills, then find out ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Among the many unbridgeable divides between Americans is a completely antithetical view of mask wearing. On one side are those who wear masks almost everywhere outside their homes and who demand that others do so, including young children in class and on outdoor playgrounds, and 2-year-olds on airplanes. On ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In January 1967, 55 years ago this month, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took a very rare sabbatical at an isolated house in Jamaica far away from telephones and the constant pressures of his life as a civil rights leader to write what would become his last book, “Where ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Actors, poets and graphic/visual artists are engaged in a continual quest to touch the hearts, minds and souls of their audiences. It’s a daunting challenge and, if successful, leads to respect, admiration and adoration. I can’t imagine that when writing the poem “A Dream Deferred,” Langston Hughes could recognize ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Gaining new customers is crucial to growing your business, but it can be financially demanding, time-consuming, and difficult. If you don’t have a healthy retention rate, it can actually cost more to acquire new customers than you will collect in revenue over their lifetime. Just think about it; you ...