(ThyBlackMan.com) Rumors of my death are exaggerated. The reason my wife Mary and I dropped off the face of the earth is because we have not had internet for almost a week, which as y’all know feels like an eternity. We drove up from Florida to close on our new home ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Last February, #45 Trump had a prized photo-op session in the Oval Office with a pleasantly smiling contingent of presidents and administrators of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Donald Trump gave the clear impression from the photo-op that he’d go out of his way to boost funding and support for ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The Christian faith seems to have a serious problem between what is holy and acceptable, and come as we are. Everyone has the right to turn their life around and set themselves on a positive path. The church encourages this positive life turnaround. One would think that with all the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Hope, optimism and fair chances are all positive attributes to have. However, one must be careful not to squander such things on groups and people that have clearly shown you they have no care for your wellbeing. Now, if we go back to the presidential campaign Donald trump showed black ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) With the passage of a new health care bill in the House, the corridors of Congress are teeming with lobbyists fighting reform in order to protect the money they get off the government gravy train of current law. When talking about Medicaid, we are talking about big money. Current federal ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Nation- A people who share the same lies about their past, hatred of their present neighbor, and illusions about the future. Ernest Renan This is one of the most cynical, yet truthful, definitions of the word nation I’ve ever read. Ernest Renan was a French philosopher and scholar who lived ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Businesses have a right to impose rules regarding their employees, and protest, to protect their brand. Many of us can understand that concept. When a company chooses this right ALL their employees will be made aware of the policy, and are expected to comply. It is not a new practice ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In House, Jeffrey Henson Scales first monograph, vibrant reflections of life, history and masculinity are in the mirrors of House’s barber shop in Harlem. Men of all walks of life congregated here where the traditions of grooming styles and the oral histories were passed from old to young, and then ...