(ThyBlackMan.com) On July 30th, our country marked Medicare and Medicaid’s 52nd birthday—enacted as Title XVIII and Title XIX of the Social Security Act, and signed into law as part of Lyndon Johnson’s 1965 War on Poverty. For the very first time in our country, all Americans aged 65 or older were ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Charlottesville, Virginia, a city named after Britain’s first black queen, was the scene of a bloody riot Saturday, Aug. 12. The fray resulted in the death of one woman, who was mowed down by a car; plus, there were many other people injured. Have politicians and the news media ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I pointed out in a previous article that “Trump supporters are constantly claiming that “Deep State” is out to get him. Deep State is not “out to get” Trump, they’re simply trying to protect America from an idiot. That’s their job. . Donald Trump is his own worst enemy, and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As Africans in America, we need to grab control over some things to uplift the black community. One major thing we must find a way to construct in our community is our own educational system. The benefits to that could lead us to many opportunities to raise a wealthier community, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Very few U.S. Presidents have been as disliked as Donald Trump. He has been one of the most controversial presidents in American history because of his persona, his brash campaign during the 2016 Election, and his head-scratching campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again”. It is not surprising to hear celebrities ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If President Trump were to stop his motorcade and have carrion removed from the roadway, Trump haters and craven, progressive Republicans would accuse him of decreasing the food supply for animals that feast upon same. My analogy is reference to the caustic feigned moral outrage that is tantamount to acts ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Will another HBCU “bite the dust?” Truly, it depends on us. Pennsylvania’s Cheyney University, the oldest HBCU in the nation (founded in 1837) has been on probation since November 2015. If the Middle States Commission on Higher Education does not accept a sustainability report that is due on September 1, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Many people are highly insulted by confederate statues and monuments, and they want them taken down and/or destroyed. Since the latest movement in New Orleans to eliminate these relics that commemorate folks who tried to secede from the Union, which resulted in a war that cost 700,000 lives, some Black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 2015, CNN reported that 49% of Americans thought that racism was a big problem in the United States. Not surprisingly, people of color and Whites had significantly differing views regarding the subject. 66% of Blacks and 64% of Hispanics thought that racism was a big problem, while only ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Then came Peter to him, and said, “Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?” Jesus says unto him, “I say not unto you, Until seven times, but until seventy time seven.” (Matthew 18: 21-22) And the Scribes and the Pharisees ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Look back on the great men and women of history. Most of them fare poorly when subjected to modern scrutiny. They launched wars, murdered rivals, enslaved enemies, enriched allies and violated most every moral norm valued by people today. Yet their tombs are venerated, their distinctions are celebrated and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I wasn’t mad at #45 Trump for his initial mealy mouthed, say no name, whitewash of the white nationalist rampage in Charlottesville. I wasn’t mad at the Republican National Committee chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel ‘s, equally mealy mouthed, say nothing, statement on the racist perpetrators of the violence. My anger only ...