(ThyBlackMan.com) (****) If you’ve ever wondered what an immigrant’s backstory might be, you ‘re not alone. It’s a subject worth exploring. That’s why this sobering but illuminating parable by Italian writer/director Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah) is so compelling. He humanizes a journey thousands upon thousands of Sub-Sahara refugees make to the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Let’s take a trip down the rabbit hole right into the mirror of who you are, what your potential is and who you should be. Are you a slacker? Do you live a life of mediocrity and complacency when you should be striving for and achieving excellence? Do you ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) (***1/2) Wow. It’s a rebirth. There’s a new badass rising like a phoenix. In 1979, Australian director George Miller introduced the post-apocalyptic and eerily dystopian action film Mad Max to audiences around the world. Forty-five years later he’s resurrecting the saga and has created a new storyline that’s as worthy as ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It can be argued that the church is probably the most misunderstood organization on earth and looking at the church from the outside gives credence to such a perception. The secular world just do not get is as far as the church is concerned and view it as a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In early May 2024, video of recently disgraced record producer and music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs beating ex-girlfriend and singer Cassie Ventura—who performs under the mononym “Cassie”. The two began dating in the late 2000s before parting in 2018. While I won’t go into what occurred in the video—it’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Two polls were released immediately before and during the New York Hush Money trial of former President Donald Trump. The polls zeroed in on one question: Would you vote for Trump if convicted in the New York case? The results in both polls were revealing in just about every ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Why is Congress so dumb?” That was the title of a 2019 op-ed written by U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., a New Jersey Democrat. In the answer hangs a tale of congressional anemia and languor. The veteran congressman lamented: “Our available resources and our policy staffs, the brains of Congress, have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Biden-Harris administration is making bold moves to ensure America leads the global clean energy economy of the 21st century. We are at the crossroads of our country’s next major shift in trade policy and domestic manufacturing that will define our economy for decades. The last time we were ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) G. Michael Hopf wrote an end of society as we know it type novel called “Those Who Remain.” It was part of a new world series of seven books. In this work, there is a most often quoted line: “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) America is a nation of symbols. The bald eagle was designated the national emblem because of its strength and determination. The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of freedom. The Liberty Bell is an iconic symbol of independence. While people are quick to embrace these and other symbols of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “If there’s no criminal accountability of police for criminal behavior, then the fox is guarding the henhouse, and we’re the hens, and we’re living in a country that’s becoming a police state.” – Maya Wiley Since 1994, Congress has appropriated more than $20 billion for the Community Oriented Policing Services grant ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) (**) It’s hard to fathom who’ll go ape over this action/sci-fi/drama. Maybe those who don’t know better and slept through the previous Planet of the Apes trilogy. The bar was set very high back in 2011, after Rise of the Planet of the Apes became the grandchild of the original 1968 cult classic ...