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(ThyBlackMan.com) I love election season! I love the act of voting. I’ve been loving it since I was seven and my mom let me pull the lever on her vote for John F. Kennedy in 1960. The voting site was just a block from our house, in a neighbor’s garage, where three voting booths were set up, along with a coffee urn and some cookies set out on a paper […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Although clearly the Million Man March was the central event on October 16, 1995, it is important that we remember and always pay rightful homage to its parallel support project, the Day of Absence. Indeed, the Mission Statement is titled The Million Man March/Day of Absence Mission Statement. Moving to foreground the challenges faced by Black men and yet rightly place them in the context of community and partnership with Black women, after […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) In a bombshell turn of events, Chicago rapper Lil Durk, born Durk Banks, found himself behind bars on October 24, facing serious charges. The hip-hop artist who often branded himself as the “Voice of the Streets” and seemed to be turning over a new leaf has now been accused of masterminding a murder-for-hire plot. Lil Durk, a 32-year-old Grammy-winning artist known for his unfiltered lyrics and connection with the […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The hip-hop world is shaken again as five associates of the late Chicago rapper King Von have been charged in a jaw-dropping murder-for-hire plot in Los Angeles. This isn’t just any charge; it’s a high-stakes indictment that alleges the defendants were hired to carry out a retaliatory shooting against rival rapper Quando Rondo following King Von’s tragic death in 2020. And as details emerge, the connections to Chicago’s gritty […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) After being home-schooled for most of my life, when I got to high school, some folk observed that I had skill sets that the average high-schooler did not have. So I was recruited to be into a lot of clubs and organizations. One of them was the debate club (Chess club aside). The Chess club lacked appeal. I loved Chess, do not get me wrong, but playing Chess in […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) This is the first of a two-part series based on Hutchinson’s latest work, American Presidents-Men Only Need Apply (Middle Passage Press) Before the 2020 presidential election only three women had ever tossed their hat into the presidential ring. That changed in 2020. Six women at various points in the campaign declared their candidacy for the presidency. California Senator Kamala Harris was one of them. Her presidential campaign quickly faltered, However, she […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Donald Trump’s tax and spending plans would add enormous amounts to the national debt, with some estimates as high as $15 trillion over a decade. But some of his tax cuts stand apart in threatening one of America’s most revered programs, Social Security. They would essentially bankrupt it by 2031. This is not some far-off worry. We’re talking like six years from now. And the source of this scary […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) As much as Vice-President Kamala Harris has shown us who she is in her lifetime through her work, some people are still saying, “I don’t know anything about her.” Well, many of you know me!  I have always been honest with you—even when I knew there were certain people out there calling themselves my friends while planning to try to destroy me. That knowledge never stopped me from doing my […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) It will come as no surprise that we are experiencing unprecedented climatic upheavals in America and across the globe. This is no longer an issue that lurks in esoteric hypotheticals and game theory; it stands glaringly in the daylight of increasingly frequent disasters. In short, the evidence of climate change has been laid bare for all to see. Wildfires devour forests with an insatiable fury. Hurricanes batter coastlines with […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Barbara Clark is the perfect example of a voter, whether Black, white, Hispanic or from any other ethnic group, who defies stereotypes. This defiance often leads to voters such as her being overlooked as people who could change not just the presidential election but also the majority in the Senate. Clark is a Black female who has been a registered Democrat for almost all of her adult life and […]