(ThyBlackMan.com) The acronym, NAACP, is among the more historic and respected ones in this country’s history. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or NAACP, was formed in 1909 and has been the premier and most well-known civil rights organization in the United States. It has been in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When you can’t govern, when every policy you advocate for is a disaster, and when the American people have grown weary of your march to an economic gulag, you must deflect their attention. The Democrats in Congress, with a few accomplices from the Republican Party, continue to dredge up ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Opposition and disparities in politics are commonplace. In a country as diverse and divergent as the United States, everyone holds different beliefs, views, and opinions on any subject matter in existence, and the same applies in the political scene. However, the last thing any incumbent president would ever expect ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I revered Dr. King. Still do. Fusing Christian thought with Gandhi’s tactic of “satyagraha,” King immortalized the idea that regular people could peacefully lock arms in civil disobedience to abolish bad laws. Jim Crow laws, in his case. In a 1957 speech, King quoted Faust author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Across the country, Republican state legislators have been busy imposing new voting restrictions and devising corrupt redistricting schemes to give their party more power than they could win under a fair system. Republicans in the U.S. Senate protected that wrongdoing again in October by using filibuster rules to stop ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Nearly 1.7 million migrants were apprehended at the border in Fiscal Year 2021, the highest number recorded since 1960. The caravans have grown despite newly installed President Joe Biden telling would-be migrants in March on ABC: “I can say quite clearly: Don’t come. We’re in the process of getting ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The New York Times recently reported that the public health system in the United States may be less prepared for the next pandemic than it was for the current one. Given everything we have been through, and everything we have learned, how can that be? The answer is disturbing. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As Congress debates over critical early childhood investments, I am reminded of 1971 when earlier efforts to enact a comprehensive child care system were toppled by regressive politics and am determined not to allow our nation to repeat the mistakes of the past. Fifty years ago a national moral ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It was once said of a Philadelphia Phillies outfielder renowned for his defensive prowess, “Two-thirds of the Earth is covered by water, the other one-third by Garry Maddox.” At 72, Maddox can no longer cover quite that much ground. But then, there is less to cover. Every day, the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Even with all the catcalls and derision currently being heaped on President Joe Biden — his popular support is tanking in the opinion polls — Biden may yet pull off a spectacular political victory. To be honest, even the most modest victory will register as a win and could ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It was probably the worst day of Alec Baldwin’s life when he accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the movie “Rust” on Oct. 21. It’s a time to feel terrible about a 42-year-old woman with a husband and a young son. Then, CNN’s Jake ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a pervasive sickness in America, and it is called white supremacy and systemic racism. These ideologies are invisible, and many Americans now believe that success has nothing to do with the color of an individual’s skin. Discrimination no longer exists, and everyone has the same opportunities. It ...