(ThyBlackMan.com) “Must Jesus bear the cross alone and all the world goes free? No, there’s a cross for everyone and there’s a cross for me.” For many Blacks in America at one time or another they were compelled to wonder in addition to all the other crosses a person in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As we see it unfold before our eyes, it is unlikely future history books will ever tell the true story of how the civil rights protection we fought hard to obtain is now being surgically removed. In his second term, President Trump has successfully placed key people in positions ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Here is a commonsense question for all of us to ponder. How can you have a full employment economy, which is what Trump’s April 4.2% unemployment rate indicates, and the economy is facing a recession? What Mr. Trump is saying is, 96 American workers out of every 100 American ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Donald Trump’s approval declined after he announced broad tariffs not just on China but on trading partners who, in his opinion, take advantage of America with their tariffs on American goods. But how quickly those rooting for Trump’s failure forget the mood of the country during the Biden ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” There are many in the US and throughout the world who believe America is in the midst of a very dark night in a very cold and very bitter winter. A winter of discontent. The nation which ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Donald Trump reentered office in 2025, he inherited a strong economy partly fueled by the possibility of lower taxes on capital, fewer overbearing regulations, energy abundance and the rise of AI. Instead of stewarding that prosperity and optimism, Trump quickly upended it through a reckless love affair with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m not Catholic, but the pope’s death hit hard, compared to a living president. Pope Francis, a champion for peace and the poor who crossed borders in his inclusion, showed how it’s done, winning hearts all over the world. Donald Trump showed up at the Vatican funeral wearing a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is the secretary of defense sharing battle plans with his third wife, a former Fox News producer, on Signal. His top aides have all quit or been fired. The department is leaking like a sieve about its leader. Disarray, they say. He was stunningly unqualified for the job in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is only right, good and reflective of the high homage we owe and offer her, that in this Black History Month II – Women Focus, we raise and praise the name, work and achievement of Nana Dr. Betty Shabazz. Moreover, this coming May will mark not only the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett fearlessly called it as she saw it, suggesting that if the President Trump is looking for rapists and criminals, he should “look in the mirror.” Her bold statement stands out as a sharp critique, one that few, including myself, had articulated so directly before. Crockett’s words ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In November 2024, 77,284,118 people voted for Donald J. Trump to be the leader of the US government. Some voted for him to bring down prices. Others voted for him to radically shake things up in the American social and political body. If it meant breaking things up or ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) James Brown had a way of reminding us to take pride in our Blackness. We can use some of that today. As an international music icon, James Brown emerged as one of the founding fathers of funk with a musical style that often profoundly influenced R&B, jazz, and rock. Becoming ...