(ThyBlackMan.com) Learn how to make it easier to cut your losses and move on… Sometimes, you don’t know when to throw in the towel. As time passes, it becomes clear that things aren’t working out as you planned. You realize that pursuing whatever it is that you’re pursuing – whether ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When does a boy become a man? The answer to this must go far beyond biology and chronological age. As defined in the Bible, manhood is a functional reality, demonstrated in a man’s fulfillment of responsibility and leadership. With this in mind, let me suggest thirteen marks of biblical manhood. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was on Facebook the other day, and someone made a joke about “being poked” (a way to draw someone’s attention on Facebook). The person casually made the statement that it’s “better to be poked on Facebook than to be poked in prison.” Maybe 10 years ago, I would have ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In a new round of pitches in the mail, online and the phone, lenders are offering to help consumers manage their money – that is, if they’ll just sign up for a credit card. Coming from companies that make much of their money when customers spend with abandon, it’s an ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked insufficient funds. But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.” -Dr. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During a four-year college career, most students take roughly 40 courses. Personally, I went to graduate school for another seven years after college, taking an additional 40 to 50 more classes. During my entire undergraduate, masters and doctoral experience, I never had one African American professor. This experience made ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you were among the millions out of work at any point in 2010, your tax return may look quite different this year. Many people fail to realize that they must pay taxes on unemployment benefits. For 2010 all unemployment benefits received will be considered taxable income. That is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Launch of 104 year old historically African-American fraternity’s efforts to expand globally… The world’s oldest intercollegiate fraternity founded by African American men has established its first chapter in South Africa. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. in 1906, chartered Rho Phi Lambda Chapter, in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Even stellar relationships lose their spark over time. Here are the ingredients of a lasting, fruitful partnership, and techniques for weathering the stormy periods. Joy, passion, great sex: when a couple heads into marriage, this is what they have in mind. Of course they want their relationship to last—but without ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons has released an interesting new book entitled, “Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All.” Simmons appears to have decided to share his keys to wealth with the world, addressing a community where wealth accumulation continues to be one of our greatest and most ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Progress of a whole generation is just gone… The Great Recession has been hard on almost everyone, but it’s been really tough on black households, who have seen much of the economic progress of the past generation disappear… Despite high-profile success stories such as Barack Obama or Oprah Winfrey, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This Friday, February 11th, Teach For America (TFA) will kick off its 20th Anniversary Summit in Washington, D.C. Thousands of TFA teachers, alumni and supporters from across the country will converge on our nation’s capitol for three days of celebrating, networking and hearing CEO and Founder Wendy Kopp’s vision for ...