(ThyBlackMan.com) The streets were a writhing mass of panic. I remember looking down from the 8th floor of a Washington, D.C., office building and seeing, literally, the city – hundreds of people in business suits, dresses and ties – clawing at each other and the air, desperately trying to make ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Rep Maxine Waters, who has been quite critical of the Obama Administration as of late, has come out to express her support for the jobs bill proposed by President Barack Obama last week. Maxine Waters told TheRoot.com that she believes that the bill holds promise and should be supported. I think it ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I really dreaded this weekend leading up to the 10th anniversary of the day of the attacks on NYC and the Pentagon and the tragic crash of the plane in PA. I knew that the media was going to go full tilt with the remembrances, clips interviews, etc. and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Rep. Maxine Waters (D. California) has been one of the most vocal advocates on the black unemployment crisis as of late. Waters has argued that President Obama should use the bully pulpit of the White House to speak in a more balanced way about unprecedented African American suffering. She has noted ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I like Obama. He is smart, promotes the values of family and what it means to be a father and a husband, but his policies leave a lot to be questioned. I am not fond of the republicans, or the Democratic Party, especially the true GOP candidates trying to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As African-American blues legend, B.B. King, continues to wail in his famous all-American lyrics, “The thrill is gone!” It has been reported that the black community is falling out of love with President Barack Obama. Loyal and hopeful voters, the Congressional Black Caucus, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Reverend Jesse Jackson, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In his book, Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America , American linguist and political commentator John H. McWhorter writes: “When I hear someone say something along the lines of ‘why do we have to be talking about race? Why can’t we just be people and let that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) A bid to secure a posthumous presidential pardon for Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Jamaica’s first national hero, has been rejected out of hand by the Barack Obama White House in Washington. But the Administration’s rejection is unlikely to end the campaign in and out of the United States, Jamaica and ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s no secret that I am no fan of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) because they are traitors to the black community. Nonetheless, I did start to feel optimistic thinking their souls are not completely owned by white liberals. I got this idea when I heard Maxine Waters ask ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) For anyone who is currently following the 2012 campaign, it was obvious from the moment it was announced yesterday why the White House picked next Wednesday for the President to give his address to the nation about his jobs plan. They want to show President Obama talking about jobs ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) It is quite a concern that many of our politicians are adamant about cutting entitlement programs that have been designed to help the poor or those with limited resources. Many of these programs are already insufficient in funding; people are turned away, because we can not truly help everyone ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In 1921 — eight years before the great depression — Republicans took over the helm of this nation for 12 years. During that time there were three Republican administrations, the first of which was the administration of Warren G. Harding. History remembers Harding’s administration for one thing more than ...