(ThyBlackMan.com) David Paterson has always been a political star, and he’s definitely a fighter. His stellar career landed him in the New York governor’s mansion after a long climb up the gritty landscape of New York politics. Being the first African-American governor of New York was impressive enough without adding the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) After 10 years, Tavis Smiley is ending his annual State of the Black Union conference, which spawned best-selling books and his critical stance toward Barack Obama. The activist and PBS host said Wednesday that he needs time to focus on other projects, such as his four prime-time specials this ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I sat at my desk, as frozen as a block of ice, listening to one of the most heated conversations I’ve ever heard on the radio. Tavis Smiley and Rev. Al Sharpton were mad, and you could hear it in their voices. This wasn’t “radio mad,” where you pretend ...