(ThyBlackMan.com) The New York Times recently reported that the public health system in the United States may be less prepared for the next pandemic than it was for the current one. Given everything we have been through, and everything we have learned, how can that be? The answer is disturbing. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As Congress debates over critical early childhood investments, I am reminded of 1971 when earlier efforts to enact a comprehensive child care system were toppled by regressive politics and am determined not to allow our nation to repeat the mistakes of the past. Fifty years ago a national moral ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before I decided to commit myself to a career as a journalist, I worked in the trenches as a high school teacher in two departments: English and Religion. Later, I would become an adjunct professor at several colleges in Chicago and then in Atlanta. Because the world was changing ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We believe in rationality, the notion that there is a logical explanation for everything. The ancients believed that there were unseen forces, gods, that completely control and direct everything in the world and all that it contains. And so, they believed that the gods foreshadowed, so to speak, their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have changed the college landscape and have provided a significant return on investment. Our country cannot reach its goals without strong, viable, sustainable HBCUs – goals necessary to close the education gap, health, wealth and economic gaps. HBCUs were founded to educate the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, most of us have been consumed with conversations surrounding the “Build Back Better” budget plan that President Joe Biden campaigned on. His is a much-needed plan that will cut taxes and lower costs for working families, create much-needed jobs and address income inequality. His proposal centers on restructured ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “While HBCUs today look quite different from the schools that were founded in the 1800s, HBCUs now find themselves in a continuing conversation on whether these institutions should exist in a post–Brown v. Board of Education and post-Obama environment. The relevancy of HBCUs has been the subject of academic ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I am an advocate and proponent of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. I am a witness to their power and purpose. HBCUs take the rough and the smooth and make us valuable contributors to the world. It has been that way since the founding of the first HBCU (Cheyney ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black literature has been gaining popularity for as long as black people’s voices needed to be heard. These books have focused on almost every aspect of African American life, from racism to revolutions that society needs. They give details from the eyes of a black men and women. A ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The land of the free and the home of the brave is an expression written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 as he was writing a poem entitled “The Defense of Fort McHenry.” Does that apply to all of us? The answer is no. Racism and inequality have haunted ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before I began writing, I was a computer instructor at a resource center. Handling the morning classes, most of my students were senior citizens who wanted to remain in contact with their children. Mind you, this was when Samsung and Apple were starting to eat into BlackBerry’s hold over ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Believe it or not, some people look at a bachelor’s degree as something to add to their pile of student loans. To these people, a high school diploma or even a two-year degree will do. While there is nothing wrong with their logic, having a bachelor’s degree can open ...