(ThyBlackMan.com) If you’re like me… you don’t want your hard earned money to get way I bet if you’re reading this you’re the type of person who is not shy about using money saving tip’s and methods if they keep more money in your pocket If you are a saver ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The first decade of the new millennium brought a lot of things that the world didn’t expect: the ability to order a pizza on your home computer, cell phones that allow you to talk to your friends face-to-face, and our nation’s first black president. One other unexpected event of ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) While the world’s attention is fixed primarily on turmoil in Libya, Syria and Yemen, thousands of Ivorians are being murdered in fighting that pits supporters of Côte d’Ivoire incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo against challenger Alassane Ouattara. Both men claim to have won the disputed election in a country already ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) One hundred and fifty years ago, the Civil War began. Americans suffered more loss of life than in World War I and World War II combined. Slavery was ended, but racial inequity was not. In the South, denial that slavery was the root cause of the secession and war ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I’ve been closely following the Tyler Perry phenomenon, before the film adaptation of Diary of a Mad Black Women. His signature character Madea has achieved a following in off Broadway theatre. Perry has a classic rags to riches tale making work for a market considered under-served by Hollywood, he ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) If you’re white, you probably are wondering who is Tyler Perry? If you’re black, you’re probably wondering why am I asking, and the answer is yes, I know who he is. This will set the tone for this article. Tyler Perry has become a household name in the African-American ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) On Thursday, millions of people will watch the NFL draft and see the faces of America’s newest multimillionaires, some just 21 years old and many without any idea how to manage that much money. For some, it may be the only professional contract they ever sign. Career-ending injuries or ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Dr. Manning Marable made his transition a few days before his Malcolm X biography was released on April 4. The community of scholars that admired him was saddened by his death, and also anticipated the work that would be the product of his decades of research. In many ways, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Juan Williams, Fox News’ token Black political analyst, has been quoted as saying that National Public Radio (NPR), for whom he was a token correspondent for many years, exhibited “the worst of White condescension” when they fired him in late 2010. The question is why it took Juan so ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In March, the American economy added 216,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 8.8 percent, the lowest in two years. That is the good news. The bad news is that the nation has a mighty long way to go to recoup the 13 million jobs lost during the ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) President Barack Obama is adept at walking a tightrope. That’s what he did when he talked about the budget, chastising both Democrats and Republicans. U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, chair of the House Budget Committee, is bound and determined to reduce the size of government. He will do it on ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Forty-one years ago, Earth Day was established by the global community and now literally hundreds of millions of people throughout the world will celebrate Earth Day on April 22. For Black Americans and millions of people of color, Earth Day 2011 should be both a day of celebration and rededication ...