(ThyBlackMan.com) There was never a more appropriately named book than “The War on Cops” by Heather Mac Donald, published a few weeks ago, on the eve of the greatest escalation of that war by the ambush murders of five policemen in Dallas. Nor is this war against the police confined ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) ABC News reports that “A majority of Americans disapprove of the FBI’s recommendation not to charge Hillary Clinton with a crime over her handling of email while secretary of state, and a similar number in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll say the issue leaves them worried about how ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) What happens when a nation has no conscience? Even as the country is grappling with the fact that two Black men were killed by White police officers within 48 hours of each other, so many people in positions of power have said little, if anything. As some were trying ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the political season, tensions are often high and conversations can be heated or even non-existent. But let’s consider the impact on your current workplace, your community, neighborhood, or wherever you find yourself stuck in a sticky situation where politics come up. Chances are in any of these situations, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I write about leadership all the time. Yet, in the last year or so I’ve had some people say that I don’t write enough about how to be a good leader, instead concentrating on pointing out bad leadership traits. It would be easy for me to counter that by ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Lorenzo Collins, Michael Carpenter, Roger Owensby Jr. Timothy Thomas, Amadou Diallo, Patrick Dorismond, Kenneth Walker, Sean Bell, Timothy Russell, Kimani Gray, Ezzell Ford, John Crawford, Tamir Rice, Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Kajieme Powell, Malissa Williams, Vonderitt Myers, Dante Parker, Michael Brown, Tyisha Miller, Trayvon Martin, Dontre Hamilton, Tony Robinon, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) No matter who wins the presidential election this November, a loathsome man will be moving into the White House. Donald J. Trump, the presumed GOP nominee, is “an ignorant, dishonest, misogynistic, philandering, isolationist blowhard,” according to a prominent Republican donor who pledged he won’t give his party’s nominee any ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Obama announced that he would cut short his state visit to Spain to attend an interfaith service for the 5 slain Dallas police officers and give aid and comfort to their families. This is the right thing to do. The slaying of the officers was just as Obama ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The recent events of the unjustifiable police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, the shootings and killings of the Dallas police officers though could be attributed to growing pains of a young republic, are nonetheless, reprehensible and appalling. The shootings of Sterling and Castile isn’t an aberration but ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Bloggers cannot just sit on their behinds, they need to be involved in their communities, attending community meetings, volunteering with youth, teens and young adults. The way to build an online community is to be involved in the community. Online communities have a responsibility to support offline communities that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Writers have to recognize the works of the artist and those of the activist. Creating content is more than just throwing words, video, pictures on a digital sheet of paper. There is serious intellectual thought during the writing process. Sometimes writing will be in a zone of creativity and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Confidence is what turns your thoughts into action. It is impossible to be successful without it because it is your belief that you can, that you’re worthy, and that you will ultimately succeed. But sometimes, insecurities can get in the way of feeling confident. When that happens, there are ...