(ThyBlackMan.com) “In 1956, I shall not go to the polls. I have not registered. I believe that democracy has so far disappeared in the United States that no “two evils” exist. There is but one evil party with two names, and it will be elected despite all I can do ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Los Angeles has long been a city defined by its contrasts, from its gleaming coastline to its sprawling inland neighborhoods, from its world-class cultural institutions to communities still working toward greater opportunity. At the center of that ongoing transformation is something deceptively simple: access to a quality education. Across ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) He still hasn’t given up. In the wake of the 6-3 decision of the Supreme Court tossing out his Executive Order abolishing birthright citizenship, President Donald Trump was back at it, insisting that Congress should act. He cared enough about the case that he took the unprecedented step of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Congress loves to wrap legislation in the language of the public interest. This year’s surface transportation reauthorization bill is no exception. Supporters describe the House Transportation Committee-passed package as a major safety bill designed to make America’s transportation system more secure and efficient. Beneath their rhetoric lies the familiar ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Which is better — to be ruled by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants one mile away?” — Rev. Mather Byles (1706-1788) Does it really matter if the instrument curtailing liberty is a monarch or a popularly elected legislature? This conundrum, along with the witty version ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The song “Right Here, Right Now” by Jesus Jones opens with the line, “A woman on the radio talks about revolution, when it’s already passed her by.” There are some people who peaked in high school and never got over it – never changing their hair or general style ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Following last week’s primary elections, in which the rise of Democratic-Socialist candidates alarmed many longtime Democrats, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) read a list of what he said those far-left candidates stand for. To conservatives and Independents, the list sounded like a grand jury indictment. Johnson said the Democratic-Socialist ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Tenants’ groups and leftwing activists are cheering New York City’s newly announced multiyear rent freeze. But Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rent scheme is headed for a judicial smackdown at the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2023 and twice in 2024, a hesitant Supreme Court declined to hear challenges by building owners ...