(ThyBlackMan.com) When an unplanned pregnancy occurs, sometimes both parents feel that they are unprepared for parenthood.  In this case both may agree to give up their rights to raise a child and choose adoption as an alternative.   In most cases when this does occur, the acknowledgement of both parents is ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When a then 17 year-old Rihanna scored a hit song with 2005’s “Pon De Replay,” no one could have predicted the course the young singer’s career would take. Upon releasing her first number one single, 2006’s “SOS” from the album A Girl Like Me, she wasn’t regarded as much ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has been the talk of DC this week, but for all the wrong reasons.  A political newspaper released a story about Cain being accused of sexually harassing two women while he was CEO of the National Restaurant Association (NRA) in the ‘90s. According to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Whether you believe that Muammar Gaddafi was a corrupt dictator or a leader who worked to provide the highest standard of living on the African continent, the U.S.-backed NATO invasion of Libya was unjust, unlawful, and immoral. Libya is a sovereign nation and as such has the right to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) How often have we been commanded by someone or some entity with the words, “Black folks represent!”  I don’t know about you, but this writer is oh so tired of this calling to arms for us to ‘Represent’.  Sometimes I just wanna be ME!  I don’t want to represent ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The sexual harassment allegations against Herman Cain continue to grow larger by the day with the most explosive news to date being released this morning. One of the women that has accused Cain wants to break her 12-year silence and come forward with her side of the story. Apparently, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The show I raved about even before it hit the air is here. Reed Between the Lines is six episodes in with two more premiering tonight. The BET sitcom starring Malcolm Jamal Warner of Cosby Show fame and our favorite Girlfriend Tracee Ellis Ross is receiving mixed reviews across ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The conversation about whether Herman Cain sexually harassed two women while leading the National Restaurant Association in the 90’s brings to mind another famous case of sexual harassment involving another black conservative in the 90’s. Before the sexual harassment documents surfaced, comparisons between Herman Cain and Clarence Thomas were being ...