(ThyBlackMan.com) At least six congressional Republicans are demanding a radical fix in the 2017 tax law targeting residents of high-income states. If they don’t get it, they may sink Donald Trump’s tax-and-spending package, his “one big beautiful bill.” And who can blame these reps from New York, New Jersey and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Much ado has been made of the first one hundred days of Donald Trump’s second term. What exactly have we learned, if anything, and what can we extrapolate from these first few months of the Trump administration? First, we see Trump is much more active writing Executive Orders, governing by ...
Alexis Herman, Trailblazing First Black U.S. Labor Secretary and Delta Sigma Theta Icon, Dies at 77.
(ThyBlackMan.com) May we take a moment to mourn the transition of the Honorable Alexis Margaret Herman (1946-2025), the first African American woman who served our nation as Secretary of Labor. Nominated by President Bill Clinton, her confirmation was no easy feat. During her hearings, members of our sorority, Delta Sigma ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Must Jesus bear the cross alone and all the world goes free? No, there’s a cross for everyone and there’s a cross for me.” For many Blacks in America at one time or another they were compelled to wonder in addition to all the other crosses a person in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As we see it unfold before our eyes, it is unlikely future history books will ever tell the true story of how the civil rights protection we fought hard to obtain is now being surgically removed. In his second term, President Trump has successfully placed key people in positions ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Here is a commonsense question for all of us to ponder. How can you have a full employment economy, which is what Trump’s April 4.2% unemployment rate indicates, and the economy is facing a recession? What Mr. Trump is saying is, 96 American workers out of every 100 American ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Donald Trump’s approval declined after he announced broad tariffs not just on China but on trading partners who, in his opinion, take advantage of America with their tariffs on American goods. But how quickly those rooting for Trump’s failure forget the mood of the country during the Biden ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) “Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.” There are many in the US and throughout the world who believe America is in the midst of a very dark night in a very cold and very bitter winter. A winter of discontent. The nation which ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When Donald Trump reentered office in 2025, he inherited a strong economy partly fueled by the possibility of lower taxes on capital, fewer overbearing regulations, energy abundance and the rise of AI. Instead of stewarding that prosperity and optimism, Trump quickly upended it through a reckless love affair with ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’m not Catholic, but the pope’s death hit hard, compared to a living president. Pope Francis, a champion for peace and the poor who crossed borders in his inclusion, showed how it’s done, winning hearts all over the world. Donald Trump showed up at the Vatican funeral wearing a ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) There is the secretary of defense sharing battle plans with his third wife, a former Fox News producer, on Signal. His top aides have all quit or been fired. The department is leaking like a sieve about its leader. Disarray, they say. He was stunningly unqualified for the job in ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is only right, good and reflective of the high homage we owe and offer her, that in this Black History Month II – Women Focus, we raise and praise the name, work and achievement of Nana Dr. Betty Shabazz. Moreover, this coming May will mark not only the ...