(ThyBlackMan.com) In a deal that reestablishes Essence magazine as a totally, Black and independently-owned entity, Sundial Brands founder Richelieu Dennis recently announced the purchase of Essence Communications from Time Inc. “Time Inc. agreed in November to be sold to the Meredith Corporation, the owner of Better Homes & Gardens and Family ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Mounting student debt is a nagging problem for most families these days. As the cost of higher education rises, borrowing to cover those costs often becomes a family concern across multiple generations including the student, parents, and even grandparents or other relatives. Today’s 21st Century jobs usually demand higher education ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Think about it, you are not just raising a kid who is going to live with you but you are raising a human being. The kid will see you, listen to your talks and behave according to what he learns at home. A kid is a reflection of your parenting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During the 2004 presidential campaign then Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry mildly protested the towering hurdles to ex-felon voting in dozens of states. Kerry raised the issue for a good reason. He was trying to unseat Republican incumbent President George Bush. He remembered what happened with the last Democratic candidate, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In a Politico article published last month, Jason Schwartz asserts: Authoritarian rulers across the globe are adopting President Donald Trump’s favorite phrase to limit free speech, with prominent leaders or state media in at least 15 countries using his “fake news” line to denounce their critics, according to a Politico ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The society we live in wants us to believe there are no good black men in the world. Many of us would dismiss the good brothers we do know for the bad relationships we’ve endured, or for the terrible relationships some have with the black men in the family. Too ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s official. The entire 2017 NFL regular season came and went and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick was never signed to an NFL team. Despite his intentions to now stand during the playing of the national anthem and all the various amounts of community work he has done ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After Roy Moore’s defeat at the hands of Alabama voters—driven by Black voter turnout, especially the votes of Black women—we saw the celebration, credit-taking, and meaning-making that usually accompanies a progressive electoral victory. But one thing was different this time. This time, mainstream media and social media feeds flooded with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Change is scary. Change makes the average individual cling to the familiar. So it’s no stretch to say that at the end of one year and the beginning of another, humans are split down the middle in relation to how we adjust ourselves to change. Some scoff at the need ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Taking a much needed breather from work I necessary to keep us on target to meet the goals we set. However, we know time is an entity that, once gone, can never be recovered. Too often we allow distractions to stand between us, and the goals we have set to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) (“Excerpts from the book titled, “The Fix This Time” @amazon.com/dp/B00MI3PD2M) I write this piece not to alarm you, but to sound the alarm! Republicans are betting on American workers’ and retirees’ disinterest in this topic, (read The Fix This Time!) up until the time the cuts actually happen in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Since 1863, the supposedly absolution of slavery…on into this 21st century…there has been one constant, Black America’s protracted begging, moaning and groaning for equality, looking for its salvation through either the Democratic or Republican political parties. Though there has been some progress, these pleas for the most part, are met ...