(ThyBlackMan.com) Why? Why? Why? Why do we not speak to each other? How can I walk by you, my sister, a mirror reflection of me/myself, and not speak? How can I walk by me/myself? How can I neglect me/myself? How can I not nourish, encourage, praise, celebrate, empower, educate, and ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In a CNN article that appears designed to promote her upcoming appearance as an “empowerment speaker” at the Essence Music Festival, Shaunie O’neal, executive producer of the hit show, “Basketball Wives,” was given the solemn task of analyzing the complex issue of black female portrayals in American media.  Choosing Shaunie ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) What kind of headache is it? It’s important to figure out what type of headache is causing your pain. If you know your headache type, you can treat it correctly. In one 2008 study, 80% of people who had a recent history of self-described or doctor-diagnosed sinus headache, but ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Spiritual depression. The dark night of the soul. This phenomenon describes a malady that even the greatest of Christians have suffered from time to time. It was the malady that provoked David to soak his pillow with tears. It was the malady that earned for Jeremiah the sobriquet, “The ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The National Newspaper Association took advantage of what some expected to be a major prize fight between Cornel West and Rev. Al Sharpton.  The group referred to their gathering at the annual convention of the National Newspaper Publishers Association as “The Showdown,” letting the world know that they expected ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Whenever you take a look at a bad law that is on the books, or a policy that the government has put into place, you can bet that someone paid for that. And in this most horrid of political seasons, you’d better believe that attached to each deplorable piece ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Wall Street and the auto industry bailout, healthcare reform, Iraq and Afghanistan, the “birthers,” the Tea Party, Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, immigration, 9.1% (16% real) unemployment, “shellacking” 2010 Midterm Congressional elections, civil unions, same-sex marriage, al Qaeda, bin Laden, renewal of the Patriot Act, continued rising tide of home ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As our nation celebrated the importance of fathers nearly 2 weeks ago, and now it’s a good time to reflect on how we show them love in the policies we create. And there is no greater place to do that than in the federal government’s Child Support Enforcement program, ...