(ThyBlackMan.com) Your representatives may finally grab the feared “third rail” of U.S. politics. When the Social Security and Medicare trust funds run out in the early 2030s, the law is clear: Benefits must be slashed. That would mean a roughly 24% cut to Social Security checks and an 11% cut ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Labor economists like me mark our calendars for the first Friday of each month, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases The Employment Situation. In February, that report did not arrive on schedule. According to BLS, a partial government shutdown temporarily suspended data processing and dissemination, delaying the January jobs ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In remembrance, retrieval and reaffirmation. Clearly, in this important month and historical moment of celebrating Black History through remembrance and recommitment to ever-deeper study and emancipatory practice, our minds easily turn to the writings and life work of the father of Black History Month, Nana Dr. Carter G. Woodson ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many Black Americans would argue that it is nearly impossible to go through a week without encountering someone from the Black community posing the question, ‘What happened to the Black Church?’ People often reflect on what happened to the Black Church, which was once a vibrant and cherished part ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are moments in American history when cruelty is not accidental—it is strategic. Recent reports that the president circulated or endorsed a video depicting former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as monkeys, followed by a refusal to apologize or disavow the imagery, belong to a long ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Why would the President of the United States post a video of former President Barack Obama and the former First Lady Michelle Obama as monkeys? Writing on X, Senator Tim Scott, who chairs the Republican Senate Campaign Committee and is an ardent Trump defender, reposted it, “Praying it was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award is one of the most well-known awards in professional sports. It “recognizes an NFL player for his excellence on and off the field. The award was established in 1970 and was renamed in 1999 after the late Hall of Fame ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On New Years Eve 2025 in Los Angeles Keith Porter Jr. was allegedly gunned down by Brian Palacios, a Hispanic ICE agent. Two weeks later, Alex Pretti was allegedly gunned down by two Hispanic ICE agents Border Patrol agents Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Don Lemon knew he was going to be arrested. On January 18, he flew from Minneapolis to Chicago to emcee the MLK Breakfast for PUSH Excel the next morning. He was expert and gracious, as always—but he also dropped a couple of quiet bombs. Lemon all but said he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The idea that “Republicans are cowards” is provocative, but for many Black Americans, it resonates as a reflection of lived experience and historical standing pattern observation. This perspective is not rooted in mere partisanship, but in a long- of political behavior that has often left Black communities vulnerable, marginalized, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The essential recommendation of close reading and critical reflection concerning history is one of those kinds of advice which is regularly given but infrequently followed. Indeed, we are taught by mind-molding media, contemporary concepts of mindfulness, and the relentless force of current events to focus on the here and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. — Barack Hussein Obama “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with ...