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(ThyBlackMan.com) The national debt has passed $40 trillion—that is $40,000,000,000,000, a number with more zeroes than most of us can comfortably count. The Congressional Budget Office projects a federal deficit of $1.9 trillion this year. We will spend more than $1 trillion simply paying interest on the debt—money that cannot be spent repairing bridges, educating children, housing families, or providing health care. The numbers are sobering. But whenever politicians start hyperventilating about […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) It drew some media and public attention. The “it” was the news item in August 2026 that California state officials were mandated to clean up a toxin chemical dump that had posed danger to residents for four decades in an area of South L.A.. The fact that it even made news had some significance for three worrisome reasons. The first: the dump has been there for decades. The feds, […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) I remember the version of manhood a lot of us were handed coming up. Your daddy provided, and if he stuck around at all you counted yourself lucky. Emotion stayed folded up somewhere behind the ribs. A boy learned early that a real man kept his answers ready and his softness hidden. That inheritance runs deep among Black men, and it does not turn loose easy. Which is exactly […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries encountered a government program he does not want to expand — at least not “currently.” Asked recently on NBC’s “Meet the Press” whether he supports Medicare for All, Jeffries replied it is “not legislation that I am currently cosponsoring or that I support.” In 2022, while seeking reelection, Jeffries wrote, “I have cosponsored the Medicare for All Act every Congress that I’ve been […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Sen. Darline Graham, Republican of South Carolina, was appointed to serve out her late brother’s term and was endorsed by President Donald Trump in the Republican primary for the full six-year term. Hers is a test in many respects: a test of President Trump’s reach, as well as a test of the value (or stigma) voters attach to experience versus a new face (Sen. Graham is running against Rep. […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Darius Rucker turned 60, and something in him finally exhaled. The country singer sat down on The Dan Patrick Show recently and said out loud what plenty of us keep buried. Glancing back at his last calendar, he tallied the concerts. 110 of them. Then came a question that hit me square in the chest. What am I doing? That deserves a long pause. This is a brother who […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Let me talk plain for a minute. Something strange has followed Shedeur since draft night last spring, and it is getting worse instead of better. Grown folks who have never met the kid treat every rough throw like a personal wound. A missed read turns into a conspiracy. Any coach who dares make him earn a rep gets cast as the villain in a story that lives only in […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Emotional spending rarely announces itself as an emotional decision. It often looks practical in the moment. You had a difficult day, so ordering dinner feels reasonable. You feel bored, so browsing for a new outfit seems harmless. You are disappointed, so buying something for yourself feels like a small form of comfort. A review of common budget categories can show where your money went, but categories alone cannot explain […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) I remember the night in November 2008 when grown Black men in my circle wept without any shame at all. One of our own stood before the world as our incoming president, and a thing we had been raised to believe impossible suddenly breathed. That moment mattered. It still does. Yet somewhere down the road, something crept into our thinking. We began measuring our whole worth against one man […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The Philadelphia Eagles have a notable history of Black quarterbacks for their franchise. A generation before Jalen Hurts won a Super Bowl as the starting QB, Donovan McNabb was the face of the franchise during the 2000s, and the Eagles have even had two of the most unique QB talents in both Randall Cunningham and Michael Vick. This summer, the city of Philadelphia hosted another former NFL Black quarterback, […]