(ThyBlackMan.com) I have friends from all over the world. I ran a campaign for the U. S. Congress and used some of them in my campaign. I led my opponent by a high number of points during the last week of the campaign. I had great Labor support—even Teamsters, and for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Minister el-Hajj Milak el-Shabazz, formerly known as Minister Malcolm X, once said “The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.” One of the first images for many ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Mark “The Weirdo” Robinson and Donald J. “The Con Man” Trump are not the problem. How a person like Weirdo Robinson became Lt. Governor of North Carolina and now the Republican candidate for Governor of North Carolina is a problem. How Don the Con is the Republican candidate for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many of us do not know, the African American community has been in a Great Recession for the last six months, due to their unemployment rate averaging above 10.0%. The nation, in 2008 was declared to be in a Great Recession by the Obama administration, when the national rate ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I was once told by the Irish playwright, George Bernard Shaw, “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world around him; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” These are the words that came to mind ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When a natural disaster strikes anywhere in the United States, Americans spring into action to help. I live in Virginia, which was mostly spared from Helene’s wrath, but within hours, I was seeing messages that teams of rescuers from Maryland, Virginia and other jurisdictions were rushing aid to western ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Like millions of Americans each year, you order a package, food or valuables. Delivery day arrives. You open the door. You discover the product was damaged. Or it was stolen. Or it is missing. Why are the mishaps growing by leaps and bounds? Food delivery apps such as DoorDash, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Coming into the debate against Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz held a rotten set of cards. Unlike former President Donald Trump, Vance skillfully, calmly, commandingly and with humor and compassion played his hand. He dominated the debate on the issues voters care most about — the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There were fewer arrests at the Southern border in July than in the last month of the Trump presidency. Shelters have seen a massive drop in migrants. And Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is having a hard time finding enough recent arrivals to fill buses headed north. The reason for ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Though not tall in stature, Sybil Haydel Morial was a tower of grace, kindness, dignity and strength who inspired generations of servant leaders. For the past three decades, she was the matriarch of New Orleans politics … Sybil was just as tenacious and just as fearless, but in a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the middle of another national debate demonizing immigrant communities, one family has been speaking up in the midst of their own devastating tragedy to say they do not want their child’s legacy chained to hate. Eleven-year-old Aiden Clark was killed in a traffic accident in August 2023 in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It wasn’t the first or even second time I stood in front of a 7-11 store or other small retail store in South L.A. decrying the latest smash and grab attack on the store. It was getting to be an annoying task, but one I felt necessary to do. ...