(ThyBlackMan.com) Are you and your mate at wits’ end about how to accomplish everything your family needs done each day? Do you irritate each other over housework and parenting duties? Are you dropping balls because there just aren’t enough hours in the day? Maybe it’s time to bring in some ...

(ThyBlackMan.com)  While I was in attendance at the Blogging While Brown I was reminded of how many people say they want to do something but never completing it over finish the task. I looked around at all of these great bloggers in attendance and realized that my idea of doing instead ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) I  spent a lot of my childhood wondering why so many white people hate Black people. I wondered why all the other colonized, brainwashed people of color (who white folks also despise) hate Black people. Most of all, I wondered why so many Black people hate being Black and presumably/most ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As the first semi-Muslim, non-citizen African-Americanesque President, Barack Obama has set a precedent that can neither be overlooked nor repeated.  More literally, his re-election is one that cannot be repeated.  I must say though, I feel somewhat duped – short-changed, if you will, with his term.  Granted, I never ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau begins operations, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) is releasing new findings on the growth and effects of a new short-term and high-cost loan product. Big Bank Payday Loans, a new CRL research brief, details how mainstream banks have entered the triple-digit interest ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Although I did not know much about Amy Winehouse’s music, I was saddened to hear of her death. Unfortunately, my limited knowledge of Amy is the very public battle she had with drug and alcohol abuse. Without an official autopsy as of this writing, my assumption is Amy’s destructive ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Back in the day, Armstrong Williams proved to be one of the most recognizable conservative voices in America. He possessed a pugnacious and provocative style, and Williams stayed on point when expressing his viewpoints. Most importantly, he provided conservatives and Christians with what they longed to hear. In the ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The United States Justice Department is preparing to launch an investigation against Wells Fargo, a company that serves as the largest home mortgage lender in the country.  The company is being accused of taking advantage of minority consumers by selling them loans that were overpriced and more likely to ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Blessings can come from the smallest of things and from some of the most overlooked places, and such was the case with “The Book of Jude” that my Pastor preached from a few weeks ago.  He spoke about the importance of relationships, and surrounding yourself within the proper circles ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) When your mate does nice things for you, do you feel (and show) appreciation? Or do you simply expect a romantic partner to do those things? If so, consider this: No one has to do anything for you, and expecting your mate to do things he/she hasn’t bargained for ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Paul Carrick Brunson left his lucrative financial investment position to pursue his passion and become the first African-American matchmaker in the world. Paul’s bridge between financial investments and matchmaking started back in 2003 at Kaplan – the servicer for higher education programs and products. Traveling every three months or ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The enslaved Black was stripped of his heritage so that no parts of his ingenious, dignified, self-reliant, culturally-aware and proud African background could influence his life inAmerica. His personality, behavior, and self-image were re-shaped exclusively by the unique form of American slavery. This system of degradation birthed the exact ...