(ThyBlackMan.com) During a press conference following his July 7 meeting with Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan, U.S. President Donald Trump calmly raised a military technology issue that eight years ago triggered a major NATO alliance political quarrel. Trump told the press gaggle his administration just might sell NATO member and reliable ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Everything about President Donald Trump’s Independence Day-eve speech at Mt. Rushmore was a much-unneeded reminder that the personification of crude, self-glorifying narcissism occupies the White House as we celebrate our 250th birthday. He chose the venue to suggest, not subtly, that he deserves to be etched on a mountainside ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As a Black man in America, if I were placed on trial for a major crime such as first-degree murder and knowing I was totally innocent, it would be impossible for me to forget the long criminal justice history of this nation, particularly when it resulted in the incarceration ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Americans seeking inspiration during this anniversary of independence should turn away from the nation’s capital, where Donald Trump’s narcissistic celebration provides only national embarrassment (and perhaps a few laughs). They can look instead to the World Cup, where the performance of the U.S. Men’s National Team is renewing the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first began flipping houses, I did not have an elaborate marketing department, a massive mailing budget, or a complicated lead-generation system. Much of the business was built by getting in the car, driving through neighborhoods, and paying attention. This strategy is commonly known as “driving for dollars.” ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “In 1956, I shall not go to the polls. I have not registered. I believe that democracy has so far disappeared in the United States that no “two evils” exist. There is but one evil party with two names, and it will be elected despite all I can do ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Los Angeles has long been a city defined by its contrasts, from its gleaming coastline to its sprawling inland neighborhoods, from its world-class cultural institutions to communities still working toward greater opportunity. At the center of that ongoing transformation is something deceptively simple: access to a quality education. Across ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) He still hasn’t given up. In the wake of the 6-3 decision of the Supreme Court tossing out his Executive Order abolishing birthright citizenship, President Donald Trump was back at it, insisting that Congress should act. He cared enough about the case that he took the unprecedented step of ...