(ThyBlackMan.com) American monuments are like mile markers on the highway. They let us know how far we’ve come and how much further we need to go. President Trump was right last week to question whether monuments of our Founding Fathers would be next in line to be destroyed after anti-free speech ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On July 30th, our country marked Medicare and Medicaid’s 52nd birthday—enacted as Title XVIII and Title XIX of the Social Security Act, and signed into law as part of Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 War on Poverty. For the very first time in our country, all Americans aged 65 or older were ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Charlottesville, Virginia, a city named after Britain’s first black queen, was the scene of a bloody riot Saturday, Aug. 12. The fray resulted in the death of one woman, who was mowed down by a car; plus, there were many other people injured. Have politicians and the news media ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I pointed out in a previous article that “Trump supporters are constantly claiming that “Deep State” is out to get him. Deep State is not “out to get” Trump, they’re simply trying to protect America from an idiot. That’s their job. . Donald Trump is his own worst enemy, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Communication and trust are important for the foundation of a relationship. Regardless of who you date, you are likely to run into topics that will make one or both of you uncomfortable. Moving in together, household affairs, and finances are sure to come up. Being able to express one’s thoughts ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As Africans in America, we need to grab control over some things to uplift the black community. One major thing we must find a way to construct in our community is our own educational system. The benefits to that could lead us to many opportunities to raise a wealthier community, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) During a Monday, August 21, preseason game against the New York Giants, 11 Cleveland Browns players kneeled in a prayer circle during the National Anthem. They were flanked by another five players who placed their hands on their teammates’ shoulders in a show of solidarity. The players who participated in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Very few U.S. Presidents have been as disliked as Donald Trump. He has been one of the most controversial presidents in American history because of his persona, his brash campaign during the 2016 Election, and his head-scratching campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again”. It is not surprising to hear celebrities ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If President Trump were to stop his motorcade and have carrion removed from the roadway, Trump haters and craven, progressive Republicans would accuse him of decreasing the food supply for animals that feast upon same. My analogy is reference to the caustic feigned moral outrage that is tantamount to acts ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Will another HBCU “bite the dust?” Truly, it depends on us. Pennsylvania’s Cheyney University, the oldest HBCU in the nation (founded in 1837) has been on probation since November 2015. If the Middle States Commission on Higher Education does not accept a sustainability report that is due on September 1, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many people are highly insulted by confederate statues and monuments, and they want them taken down and/or destroyed. Since the latest movement in New Orleans to eliminate these relics that commemorate folks who tried to secede from the Union, which resulted in a war that cost 700,000 lives, some Black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) No matter what you believe as the eclipse occurred, it could mean everything, nothing or anything in between. People traveled from all over the country and parts of the world in order to see this phenomenon or sign of August 2017. Stores and online companies began selling eclipse glasses. Classes ...