Opinion

(ThyBlackMan.com) Our country is moving in opposite directions simultaneously.  On the one hand, sweeping Senate victories in Georgia represent the further rise to power of the “coalition of the ascendant” – people of color, young people and those with college degrees.  On the other, the events at the Capitol represent ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) The newest couple on the gospel scene, David and Tiffany Spencer, releases their new single “We Are One.” The single will be available on January 15, 2021, on all digital outlets. The release date is also Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Birthday. The song is a reminder that King’s ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) “When someone shows you who they are,” Maya Angelou said, “believe them the first time.” We’re about to be reminded who and what the corporate-owned Democratic Party is — something it showed us in 2009. A pair of upset victories in the widely watched pair of Georgia senatorial runoff ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made headline news again with the announcement that he donated $10 billion, the biggest private donation in 2020, to a slew of organizations fighting climate change. One of the world’s top richest men, Tesla CEO Elon Musk barely edged him for the number one world’s ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump did not lose the election because he ran a bad campaign. On the contrary, he ran a prototypical one, that produced tremendous turnout on election day. President Trump maintained the voter enthusiasm that has come to define his political career, as evidenced by his ability to fill ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) If there is one thing this global pandemic has taught us, it is the value of discipline. For much of 2020, we were forced to remain sequestered at home, to socially distance and otherwise keep our hands clean as we dealt with Covid-19. Some of these measures are still ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) 2021 has gotten off to an “eventful” start. As millions of Americans face eviction issues, homes belonging to two of the most powerful and influential servants of capital, Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell, were vandalized. Both homes were defaced with graffiti with messages like “$2K,” “CANCEL RENT!” and “MITCH ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Scripture says, The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.  (Proverbs 19:21 NRSV). You do not create purpose. Purpose creates you. Before you ask, what is my purpose, though, ask these three questions: What does my life mean? ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s a new year and 2021 brings both uncertainty and hope. The year 2020 was dominated by the global pandemic of the novel coronavirus. There was no industry on Earth that was not significantly impacted by COVID-19. Athletes were physically impacted and even emotionally impacted as in the story ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) President Donald Trump, it turns out, was being quite literal when he told us Jan. 6 would be “wild.” And so Wednesday was, but it was also disastrous for the party and the movement Trump has led for the last five years. Wednesday, the defeats of Sens. Kelly Loeffler ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Recently, a bunch of white rioters aka Trump rioters (not protestors) had stormed The Nation’s Capitol Of D.C. The White Nationalist Trump supporters are constantly referred to by corporate white media outlets like Fox News as “protestors” when in reality, they’re nothing but a bunch of thuggish white nationalist ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Now that the Georgia runoffs are over, let’s talk about Donald Trump. When we really needed all hands on deck in Georgia, Trump was a wrecking ball. He went down to Georgia and insulted everyone, refusing to talk about anything but himself. Based on his rally speech this week, ...