(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently here in Alabama, a bill to authorize the bond of $800 million to build four new state prisons as part of the new legislative session that just started on Tuesday. Under this “prison reform plan“, 13 of the states 15 prisons including the state’s two oldest prisons in Draper ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve heard that making sausage is a pretty messy, ugly and unpleasant process to witness. Well so is implementing real change in Washington DC. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I believe God gave us Donald Trump because I do not believe a pro-politician could pull off ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When the New England Patriots won Super Bowl LI over the Atlanta Falcons, there was an obvious connection to the Patriots to the White House even before they won the game. Superstar quarterback Tom Brady is friends with U.S. President Donald Trump, Trump received a letter of encouragement from Patriots ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s an important part of being a responsible adult, a role-model for the young people we want to bring up to be good people who will think of others and do the right thing when presented with a difficult decision. That’s to make sure that however we advise them to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) More and more these days whenever I go to my social media page, I see urban celebrities like Floyd Mayweather, 50 Cent, and others love to floss and stunt their wealth like it’s something that’s supposed to be celebrated in our community. People like myself are tired of seeing certain ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Attending WordPress and WordCamp conferences can be life changing experiences. Talking to Jon and Josh after their experiences and the excitement that lasted several weeks after each conference because of the exposure to new experiences. The networking opportunity allowed them to speak to industry leaders and innovators. Josh, interested in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Inspired by the movie Hidden Figures and the book by Margot Lee Shetterly Picture accompanying is of Taylor Richardson, Ashya Fox, Breyonna Fox, Alandra Hill How many girls of color are super smart in mathematics, how many want to be engineers, how many girls of color want to be doctors ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As a progressive who worked hard to help get Secretary Hillary Clinton elected, it is challenging for me to accept Donald Trump as President. But, he won. At least for now, I have to make the best of a bad situation. Which means progressives like me will have to both ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My wife and I went to see Raoul Peck’s documentary I Am Not Your Negro. It was based upon James Baldwin’s writings and life experiences. It uses archival footage of Baldwin, pictures and footage of American history and Samuel L. Jackson’s voice reading and sharing some of Baldwin’s thoughts ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Growing up as a kid, I didn’t knew what the term sexual irresponsibility meant, but I knew I had 8 other brothers and 1 sister. When I got older however, I finally realized that I was the product of sexual irresponsibility because my mom had 10 kids with 6 baby ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The problems among young black males stem from many areas such as lack of opportunity, low self-esteem, living in a violent environment, drugs, etc. The root of the problem of black males may be the absence of the father in the black family. The relationship between the absent father and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When you ask about the right time to start saving for your retirement, you’ll soon find everyone gives the same answer: now! This is because the sooner you start saving for your retirement, the larger is your return of investment, and here is how it works: 1. Compounding. The earlier ...