(ThyBlackMan.com) “Investigating a bank for following the government’s own rules to create paths to address longstanding discrimination in lending is an abuse of the agency’s investigative authority and a transparent attempt to scare every lender in the nation away from their legal obligation to serve underserved communities.” — Nikitra Bailey, executive ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The November midterm vote will be shaped less by party slogans than by the judgments voters make about their daily lives: whether prices feel manageable, whether their communities feel safe, and whether Washington is listening. Neither party can assume that frustration with its opponent automatically amounts to trust in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The federal government just closed fiscal year 2026 with a deficit of nearly $2 trillion, according to figures the Congressional Budget Office released last Thursday. Only the two pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 were worse. Today, though, there is no recession and no emergency. These enormous budget deficits ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” — Voltaire (1694-1778) A government that claims the authority to kill persons after they have been subdued, disarmed, tried, convicted and confined in prison has made a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This article is intended for an average reader intending to improve their health. If you are a health practitioner, please feel free to offer your comments as well. If you are accustomed to sprinkling salt on your food, you might be surprised to learn that the salt cravings that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some questions sit in your chest and refuse to leave. Mine showed up again the other evening when a rerun flickered across the screen. There was Cliff Huxtable, sweater loud as a jazz solo, dancing in his living room while Clair watched with that look only a wife of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Here in the stretch before the midterms, the baddest man ever to lace up gloves is right where he always seems to end up, planted somewhere in Donald Trump’s corner. No belt on the line, no pay-per-view audience to impress, nothing to sell but presence itself. Iron Mike is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s understandable why politics turns people off. It’s reasonable to conclude that many politicians don’t care. Unfortunately, as citizens, we cannot afford to walk away and become totally disengaged from those chosen to act, speak, and govern on our behalf. We need them to do their jobs as “representatives” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Most Americans apparently agree on at least one thing. Unfortunately, it’s something dangerous: price controls. A new Wall Street Journal poll finds remarkable bipartisan support for government limits on prices, with 93% of Democrats and 83% of Republicans supporting capping prescription drug prices. Nearly four in five voters support ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you have been following the news from Cornell University, you’ll know that a former student — identified only as “Jane Doe” — is claiming that she was gang-raped at a Chi Phi fraternity party in 2024 and that seven men were involved. As horrific as that accusation is, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In his run-up to the midterm elections, the president is crisscrossing the country in an effort to energize his base. Unfortunately, he seeks to inflame his base with multiple exaggerations, obfuscations, half-truths, and downright bald-faced lies. Thus, he told Oklahoma’s News 9 on October 1, “So we have the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Some news just lands on your chest and sits there a while. Monday night, Freddie Jackson went home. His family shared it through his own social accounts, saying he had gone on to rest, and just like that a certain kind of radio went quiet for those of us ...