(ThyBlackMan.com) If the United States is going to regain its global leadership position in higher education, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will need to play a major role, says a White House official on education. Just how the nation’s predominately Black institutions will participate in that objective was the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, I find myself engaged in discussions about social entrepreneurship and its lasting impact vs. charity’s seemingly temporary one. Growing up as the son of Salvation Army officers, I’m no stranger to the ideology of helping those in need. As a child, I watched my parents play the roles ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Obama is well aware of the devastating impact that any cuts in Social Security, either through direct benefit slashes or a formula change that virtually eliminates or damps down the already abysmally low cost of living increases, would have. In a ringing statement in 2008, then Democratic presidential ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Because I’ve been fired several times, I personally advocate this as a means of moving a person into their greatness. Don’t look at me sideways. I say this because, people get comfortable and complacent. Generally, it’s not until a person gets the boot, and they’re snatched from their comfort ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Is it me, or is this a throw back to the days when those cheesy IO Digital Cable Reggaeton commercials were on television. When I first saw one of those commercials, I felt uncomfortable and wondered why a company that operates in communities heavily populated with Latino folk would ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Millions of Americans endured financial calamities in the recession. But for many in the black community, job loss has knocked them out of the middle class and back into poverty. And some experts warn of a historic reversal of hard-won economic gains that took black people decades to achieve. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dallas Cowboys star Roy Williams got the world’s attention when he sent a $75,000 engagement ring and videotaped proposal to former Miss Texas, Brooke Daniels. Daniels had been Williams’ girlfriend for a year, but she turned down the player’s engagement request. She did, however, decide to keep the ring. A signed ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Congresswoman and Presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann’s recent decision to sign something called the ”Marriage Vow” has sparked major debate. To be honest I sincerely doubt she even read it. The pledge Congresswoman Bachmann signed this week is sponsored by The Family Leader, an Iowa-based group of Christian social conservatives. ...