(ThyBlackMan.com) I remember growing up, and the grown-ups had a saying for us fellas out roughhousing. “It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. A woman was shot and lost her life in Minneapolis, Minnesota, last week. The truth about the ending of her life is that it did ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Once Oprah asked Prince why he lived in Minnesota and talked about how cold it is there. He told her he would always live there. She asked why. He said, “It’s so cold that it keeps the bad people out!” Well, obviously he had no idea bad ICE gangsters ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) History lives not only in textbooks and museums but in the stories we carry, the faces we remember, and the lives we celebrate. For African American communities, honoring legacy and memory has always been an act of resilience, dignity, and unity. From the heroes of the Civil Rights Movement ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On Saturday, January 3, the American government launched an unprovoked, unjustifiable and illegal attack on the sovereign country of Venezuela, killed at least 80 people, bombed civilian and military areas, kidnapped its president, Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Adela Flores de Maduro; and brought them to the United ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The United States Postal Service is under attack again—and this time, the damage threatens both Black livelihoods and Black votes. The Postal Service is not just how we send letters. It is democratic infrastructure. It is also one of the largest employers of Black workers in the nation. Roughly 29 percent of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As for the estimated $8 billion in government (taxpayer) money stolen by crooks in Minnesota, people demand answers to many questions. But the 800-pound elephant/question goes unasked: Why is government in the business of welfare in the first place? Where in the Constitution does it permit the federal government to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Mark Twain is credited with the saying, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” Events do not occur over time in the same manner, but you can find patterns or similarities within them that make it appear as though you are experiencing that Yogi-ism, “…it’s deja-vu all over ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Cardiovascular Crisis in the Black Community—And the Practical Steps That Make a Difference Heart disease kills more Black men than any other cause—and we develop it earlier, with worse outcomes than other demographics. By age 55, Black men have twice the rate of heart failure as white men. ...