(ThyBlackMan.com) Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton has been many things in her illustrious life. A brilliant honor student at Wellesley College. One of America’s most influential attorneys. Former First Lady of the United States. A highly regarded Democratic US Senator from the great state of New York. 2008 Democratic presidential candidate. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) That is right! Sounds incredible, does it not? What is suggested here is that the two major political parties are literally working together when it comes to the immigration issue. The end justifies the means, as the old saying goes. What is going on in Washington D.C. is nothing more ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I despise politicians!! They are normally rich ,self-absorbed jerks with no connection to the people the serve. With the only interaction between the two being when they solicit their constituents for votes, only later to slither back in the pocket of big business and big media to do their ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s late Wednesday night as I’m writing this. Something politically courageous is brewing. By the time you’re reading this, something huge and historic will have already happened on the long-stagnant issue of immigration reform here in America. President Obama has decided that there’s no time like the present. He’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Last week’s midterm elections were historic. Republicans regained control of the U.S. Senate, increased their majority in the House, and expanded their majority among governors. While these gains were historic and impressive, there was a bigger story that no one is talking about. According to early polling figures, Black ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Midterm elections are typically viewed as a mandate for or against the party that is currently in power. As a result of this year’s fallout the Democratic Party, by losing control of the Senate, has all but given away any semblance of real power on Capitol Hill other than ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The national unemployment rate for October “dropped to 5.8 percent” and the media is heralding this as great news. However, it is not great news for every worker group in the labor force. The recovery from the 2008 downturn has been spotty and benefited different working groups in different ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Before the late, great Dorothy Height passed away, she asked President Barack Obama to appoint a black woman to the Supreme Court. But, to date, no one has ever seriously considered the idea of a black woman having this important role. This is a complete disgrace and a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black Enterprise Magazine is one of the most respected black publications in the country. I’ve followed them for years, and will continue to do so in the future. But a lot of people on social media were taken aback when an image of a “Black Mount Rushmore” was ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Congratulations, Republicans. I mean that in a completely sincere and genuine place. You came, you saw, you dominated on this past Tuesday. To call the results of this Election Day a clean sweep doesn’t begin to describe what actually happened. Succinctly put, the Democratic Party got decimated locally, statewide, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “My creation/is it real?/It’s my creation—I do not know/No hesitation—no heart of gold/Just flesh and blood—I do not know.” So goes the chorus of the insanely catchy Oingo Boingo pop tune, “Weird Science.” Of course, that song comes from the hilarious 1985 John Hughes movie of the same name. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) This week many Americans will be going to the polls to cast their ballot in this year’s midterm election. The importance of a midterm elections, some believe, is that it is a referendum on the popularity of the standing president and his policies. This epic battle is played out ...