(ThyBlackMan.com) At the time of writing, BOAN (an acronym for Birth of a Nation) is trending. Not because of the film itself. Or even directly because of the controversy surrounding Nate Parker — its star, director, executive producer, and head writer. But because it performed below most expectations, which is being ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Sexual boasting, emails, tax returns, deplorables — the second presidential debate Sunday featured insults wrapped up in put-downs. This debate was held within miles of Ferguson, Mo., but it was never mentioned. The citizens who offered questions asked about issues — health care, the Supreme Court, energy. The moderators ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Detroit school students, represented by the Los Angeles-based public interest firm Public Counsel, filed suit last month against the state of Michigan, claiming a legal right to literacy based on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Ninety-three percent of Detroit’s predominantly black public school eighth-graders are not proficient in ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I have always been a great fan of the idea of “enterprise zones,” originally introduced by the late Rep. Jack Kemp in 1980. Jack Kemp and I were of one mind that free markets and enterprise are the way to reduce poverty, rather than government spending programs. Kemp’s plan ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) A group of Black doctors in Los Angeles and throughout California have been waging a long, valiant, and lonely fight against a practice which has had disastrous effects on the quality of medical care in poor, and underserved communities and harmful consequences for the doctors. The practice is medical ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When you are about to turn 30, your 20’s are behind you, therefore, the habits that you had in your 20’s should be put behind you as well. If you get over these habits, you can help yourself live a happier, healthier life. #1 Smoking Cigarettes Studies have shown that ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Even if you offer the best product in the world or have exceptional customer service, you won’t be able to lure new customers without adding some marketing ingenuity to the mix. Marketing methods to draw prospective customers to your doors help you keep your sales pipeline full at all times ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) To paraphrase Winston Churchill, never has so much been said by so many about so little. This feigned outrage at Trump’s private conversation with Access Hollywood reporter Billy Bush is farcical at best, and a big joke at worst. The media, Democrats, and Republicans are equally hypocritical in their ...