(ThyBlackMan.com) As Americans observe social distancing guidelines and quarantines during the coronavirus pandemic, it is important that we acknowledge the efforts and the dedication of those who are laboring against the virus, whether those in public service or health care workers, the beleaguered troops on the front lines. I believe ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) My little town for years had on its city council a retired firefighter. Fellow lawmakers joked that he wanted to require that everything be covered with concrete. This councilman’s single-mindedness would certainly prevent fires. Trouble is, it would also have bankrupted town taxpayers and produced a hard, gray world ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The new unemployment numbers are out and there’s really no way to butter this biscuit, folks. Unless America‘s economic engine is restarted, we will be plunged into a Great Depression. Since the global pandemic hit our shores, more than 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment benefits. And the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is good news and there is bad news as it relates to the 2020 Census, which is currently in the self-reporting phase. During the self-reporting phase, the census relies on the citizenry of the United States to voluntarily report — either online, by phone or by mail — ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) How is it that celebrities like Oprah see negative racial disparities in every facet of American life, except in the one industry that deliberately kills? Oprah recently opined about the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus in black communities. COVID-19, according to the guru of talk, is “taking us out.” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The liberal media are urging Joe Biden to form a shadow government to upstage President Donald Trump’s crisis response effort, which illustrates its consuming partisanship — and its insufficient attention to the health and welfare of the American people. MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle floated the idea during an interview ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) CNN host Chris Cuomo recently complained about his job. “I don’t like what I do,” he said. It seems that Cuomo, out in public, gets some negative feedback: “I don’t want some jackass, loser, fat-tire biker being able to pull over and get in my face and in my ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There will be no good news, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) delivers its April jobs report on May 8, 2020, at 8:30 in the morning. It will show high unemployment rates for the general population. It will also, show the black population, which is the first worker ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump is an idiot, and getting rid of that guy must be considered a matter of national survival. At first many of us thought that he was merely clueless and he didn’t realize just how inept he really was, but it is now becoming increasingly clear that he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It isn’t like Joe Biden was former President Barack Obama’s first choice for president. Obama’s video endorsement of Biden on Tuesday came after every other candidate had pulled out. He even waited for Bernie Sanders to suspend his campaign to endorse Biden. The “moderate” Obama and the formerly moderate ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Senator Bernie Sanders has finally heeded calls to exit the presidential race. We might be tempted to call this a failure, but Sanders has been an extremely successful candidate — if we measure success not by votes, but by influence. While many Americans may be breathing easier now that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While in the paint section at Home Depot, a young couple next to me wore masks. A thought popped into my head, “Am I nuts for not wearing a mask?” “Stop it. Get a grip Lloyd.” When many are responding in fear and panic, it can be a challenge ...