(ThyBlackMan.com) Hurricane Harvey did everything people said it would do, and more. It either drowned or swallowed everything it touched in Corpus Christi, Houston, Beaumont, the gulf coast of Louisiana, and a bunch of other places. Already, estimators say that Harvey may be our nation’s costliest disaster to date, costing at ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) These days, in my rare appearances of being out in public, I walk around predominant black areas in Montgomery and almost on every street and every corner in our community, it’s not uncommon to see a church everywhere you look in the community. Not all black churches and black pastors ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Uncle Sam and his state and local government cohorts steal 41.3 percent of your life, energy and family time annually – and they couldn’t care less. The money you earn is representative of your time on earth. It’s good to work, and the Bible is clear that we should ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I graduated from UC Berkeley in 1975 with a BS degree in political science. I studied sociology at Merritt College under Melvin Newton, Huey Newton’s older brother. I have studied black history, Swahili, the African slave trade and understand the racial tensions in America. I understand that the current tension ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Two people are in the same challenging situation for the same amount of time and facing financial, relational or other pesky obstacles that will determine their future. Which person will emerge victorious? Which person will remain mired? The person in possession of positive mental habits! In short, the one who ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A few days ago, I wrote an article about what’s been going on in Houston and the actual stories coming from the brothers and sisters down there in Houston. It’s quite obvious that The State doesn’t care about African people because The State only serves to protect their own best ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hurricane Harvey has been among the most destructive natural events in recent American history. It has generated a record amount of rainfall and has broken the all-time Texas rainfall record from a tropical storm or hurricane. Hurricane Harvey has already had billions of dollars of financial implications related to its ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A scheme designed to evade an important Department of Education rule could soon lead to an estimated 41,000 former Corinthian College students and loan borrowers receiving more than $183 million in student loan relief. Aequitas Capital Management, a former financial services firm, is charged with acting in concert with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When we begin to make plans toward building or buying a home, we typically think about the down payment, the insurance cost, and of course the monthly mortgage payment. Those are our automatic responses and they form the most common advice we receive from friends and family. But when the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Did you know it is your right to think and become empowered? Did you know that the only quality you need to be successful is a sense of empowerment? Do you know the number one reason that most people fail is because they do not know they are empowered to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Why do people fail? Why do their dreams fail to take root? We’d like to believe that the answer lies at the other end of asking, ‘Why do people succeed?’ We pretty much know why we succeed. Earl Nightingale said it best: Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Hosting a community event is a great thing to do. Not only do you get to have people from all over your area coming and socializing at your event, but community events are often great at raising money for some cause or project. If you’re relatively new at hosting community ...