(ThyBlackMan.com) Hillary Clinton on several occasions has done what could be called a mea culpa for hubby, Bill’s still much talked about and much maligned Omnibus Crime Bill that he spear-headed to Congress in 1994. Her most memorable about-face was in a speech in Harlem last February when she called ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week, a panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rebuked the North Carolina legislature for acting with “discriminatory intent” in passing restrictions on the right to vote that “target African-Americans with almost surgical precision.” The decision came as we celebrated the 51st anniversary of the Voting Rights ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “‘Insourcing,’ as prison labor is often called, is an even cheaper alternative to outsourcing. Instead of sending labor over to China orBangladesh, manufacturers have chosen to forcibly employ the 2.4 million incarcerated people in the United States. Chances are high that if a product you’re holding says it is “American Made,” ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A great deal has been made of the gratuitous appearance of Khizr Khan, the father of a fallen U.S. officer in Iraq, at the Democratic National Convention. Judging by what he had to say, Khan is either a stealth Islamist, or an actual, non-stealth Islamist, depending on how discerning one ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A year ago, in August 2015, this column called “The Donald” the Democrats’ Trump card. It is hard to imagine any other Republican candidate who could rescue a thoroughly discredited Hillary Clinton from a devastating defeat in this year’s election. Now 50 prominent Republicans with foreign policy and national security ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When racial oppression gets so bad in this country, when Blacks say enough is enough and respond in kind to the violence the system routinely metes out on us and their responses threaten the status quo, the ruling class goes into conniptions calling for “law and order.” Law and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When the leaves start falling, we know autumn is around the corner. When the snow begins to fall on the east coast, we know that Thanksgiving and Christmas can’t be far behind. When Hillary Clinton opens her mouth, we know she is lying and after the party conventions, we ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There are two brutal realities about the drug war that have long been recognized by many. One is that the drug war is a war on mostly poor, inner city Blacks. They are the ones most often arrested, fined and jailed for long stretches. The other is that the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Gallup reports that the percentage of Americans expressing interest in the Olympic Games, which have just begun in Brazil, is way below the last four Olympics. In the previous four Olympic Games, going back to 2000, when they were held in Sydney, Australia, Americans saying they planned to watch a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) We’re in the middle of a so-called economic recovery, but the bottom 99% of earners aren’t feeling it. In fact, the only people who are doing better today are the already wealthy citizens who are watching their incomes soar higher than ever. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Well, the party is over and the machine has prevailed. Our attempt to revive democracy in the electoral arena failed. Still, we owe Bernie Sanders so much. He has raised consciousness and expectations while others appealed to fear and told us there is no alternative to the corporate power. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The media, complicit with elitists in both political parties, are trying to “Sarah Palin” Donald Trump. Sarah Palin was a rock star when she gained national attention in 2008 as John McCain’s vice-presidential pick. She articulated the message of We the People clearly and concisely. Her record of accomplishment ...