(ThyBlackMan.com) The comparison of then Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the height of the presidential campaign was hyped, overblown and made mostly to sell magazines, puff up TV pundit sound bites, and by a few carried away with themselves Democratic party campaign boosters. Though undoubtedly flattered ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As political battle lines deepen and tempers boil, the real life superhero movement serves as a much needed political neutral ground for well intentioned people whose disagreements end at helping others. Verbal volleys and policy pummeling still leave at risk populations in need of what RLSH offer: inspirational humanitarian and crime prevention support. Like ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Social networks, such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter serve as highly useful communication tools for individuals these days. However, they have also become targets for hackers, as they are full of potential victims. Unfortunately, these threats are fairly new, so many have not begun to think about how to protect ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Marc Morial explains why and elaborates on the 2010 State of Black America report… The National Urban League, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, has produced an annual State of Black America (SOBA) report for one-third of its existence. At a press conference Wednesday in Washington, D.C., the organization ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) President Obama earned well-deserved accolades for his dogged fight to make a much needed, and long overdue comprehensive health care reform a reality. The president can and should savor the victory and feat. But there’s another equally hard battle that desperately needs to be fought, and that’s the fight to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Embattled Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas will serve 3 months in a halfway house for bringing guns to his locker room to scare a teammate.Prosecutors recommended Arenas get three months in jail, but defense attorneys successfully argued that Arenas didn’t deserve time in jail for  what he considered a prank. ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) For generations all genres of fiction warned of apocalyptic destruction and despair. What if these works were really cautioning against a disastrous change in consciousness instead of physical events like war or disaster? In the wake of the latest healthcare debate opponents feel doom has arrived. Government once owned the bodies of ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) In a historic vote, Democrats in Congress approved a plan to renovate the U.S. health care system. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, passed an enormous, politically daring overhaul of the American health insurance and health care delivery system by a margin ...