(ThyBlackMan.com) Black voters voting behavior is a perplexing dynamic. Their unwavering support of Democrat politicians and the liberal agenda that creates an illusion of caring about their plight of living life at the bottom is stunning. But this didn’t happen overnight. It’s been decades of head in the sand mentality ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Experience has taught me how easy it is to get distracted from the “main thing” and mired in minutiae. The recent public spate between Hilary Rosen, a Democratic strategist, and Nina Turner, co-chair of Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, is such a moment. Just in case you missed it, the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) With the benefit of hindsight, I am sure that I got on my close friend Regina Alhassan’s last nerve by repeating the phrase “Maybe God is trying to tell you something.” My frequent use of that popular axiom was meant to serve as a not so subtle push that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Joe Biden was sworn into the United States Senate on Jan. 3, 1973. He remained in the Senate until Jan. 15, 2009 — a span of 36 years. If history is any guide, that alone is a disqualifier in Biden’s quest for the White House. What does 36 years ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Well, so much for the “Joe Biden is such a nice guy, he’ll bring back civility to the political discourse” argument. Just hours before he declared a “revival of decency and honor and character” during his Michigan primary victory speech, he berated a Michigander as a “horse’s a**” who ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Across the cable and broadcast news landscape, the term “Trump’s Katrina” is being bandied about on political roundtable discussions and analysis segments focused on COVID-19 coronavirus coverage. Before coronavirus, “Trump’s Katrina” was used plenty of other times as the media’s main focus in political coverage from day one of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The stock market on Monday took a look at the world around it and swooned, delivering a decisive blow to the Sanders candidacy and its proposed revolution. Who wants a political revolution when economic forces are hard at work wringing vitality and optimism out of the economy? Isn’t that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The Democratic presidential field is down to two old, white males, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Though they are said to represent two polar-opposite wings of the party, on one issue, they are in complete agreement. They both have solemnly pledged to destroy millions of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) So many Americans are struggling to survive. Many of us are one bad paycheck from homeless, and more people than we realize can’t afford to eat every day. Some of us are battling illness and disabilities and can’t afford the supplies nor medication to fight for wellness. This is ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Four federal house members, last week, voted against a bill seeking to make lynching a federal hate crime. As a freelance journalist having written about the atrocities perpetuated on Blacks during the civil rights era this writer is amazed and astonished at their immoral act! This bill has been ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you tell me how you spend your money, I can tell you what your values are. You say you are a Christian but neither tithe nor have a church home. You say support civil rights but have no connection to a civil rights organization. You love your alma mater never contribute ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I never thought, in all my years of serving the most underserved black people on the planet, that I would be called an “Uncle Tom.” However, that is exactly what happened to me and other community leaders and patriots last week after we attended a Black History Month event hosted by ...