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Harriet Tubman Belongs on the $20, Not Trump on a $250 Bill.

(ThyBlackMan.com) As an economist, I have spent much of my life thinking about what money does. It measures value. It facilitates exchange. It stores wealth. But money also tells a story. Every portrait placed on a bill announces whom this nation has chosen to honor—and whose history it expects us to carry in our pockets. Ten years ago, the Treasury Department announced that Harriet Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill. After years of delays, […]

July 16, 2026 2

Gospel

Social Security Is One Senate Term Away From Automatic Benefit Cuts.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Americans will soon choose a set of senators who will take office in January 2027 and serve through early 2033. In the final months of that term, Social Security’s retirement trust fund is expected to run dry and trigger benefits cuts of 22% — not just for the wealthy, not just for new retirees, but for everyone up to and including widows living on survivors’ checks. Somehow, this has yet to sink into the national consciousness. The precise timing […]

July 16, 2026 3

Gospel

Federal Judge Voids Trump’s $1.8 Billion IRS Settlement.

(ThyBlackMan.com) The question recently asked by a federal judge in Miami — can the president sue an entity in the executive branch of the federal government and benefit from the resolution of that lawsuit? — seems to beg the question. How could anyone sue an entity he controls and derive a benefit from the amicable resolution of such a lawsuit at the expense of others who are not parties to the lawsuit? Here is the backstory. During President Donald Trump’s […]

July 16, 2026 3

Gospel

Boosie Badazz Paid $600,000 for a Donald Trump Pardon That Never Came.

(ThyBlackMan.com) In more than a few years of watching how power actually moves in this country, I have seen ambitious men mistake a full bank account for real influence, and the rapper Boosie Badazz has now paid dearly to learn the difference. The Baton Rouge rapper, whose legal name is Torrence Hatch, handed over six hundred thousand dollars to a couple of Washington operators who swore up and down they could carry a presidential pardon right to Donald Trump’s desk. […]

July 15, 2026 5

Gospel

Women Should Not Be Believed.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Women who make charges of rape should not be believed. They should be given an opportunity to present their facts to law enforcement and if warranted, be able to have the evidence judged by a jury of their peers. Women lie. Let me repeat, women lie like every other human. You do not believe me? Ask the Duke LaCrosse players from 2006. Crystal Mangum, a former stripper and convicted murderer, accused three former Duke University lacrosse players — Reade […]

July 15, 2026 1

Gospel

Jay-Z Sold Out Yankee Stadium Three Nights Without a New Album.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Roc Nation is billing the weekend as history, and for once the label talk holds up. Across three nights in the Bronx this month, Shawn Carter became the first artist to sell out Yankee Stadium three shows running, each with its own setlist and its own staging. More than 1.6 million people entered the ticket queues for the original two shows back in March, all clawing for a seat. Sit with that arithmetic a second. A man who has […]

July 14, 2026 5

Gospel

Nolan Wells’ Death Reopens Painful Questions About Race and Trust.

(ThyBlackMan.com) The debate rages over whether Mississippi high school football player Nolan Wells was the tragic victim of drowning. Or was he the victim of foul play? This brings back a painful memory for me. One that has been a cause of uncertainty and agony in my family for decades. My cousin, like Wells, allegedly died from drowning. His body was found near the Horn Island in Gulf Coast waters. Officials quickly ruled his death accidental. However, many of my […]

July 13, 2026 4

Gospel

Black Men Need to Read More Books, Not Just Scroll.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Black men have access to more information in a single day than our fathers could have imagined, and most of it slides right through us without leaving a mark. Let me tell you what got me thinking about it again. I was in the break room at work a few weeks back, standing there waiting on the microwave, and a younger brother at the table hadn’t looked up from his phone since he sat down. Thumb moving. Thumb moving. […]

July 13, 2026 3

Gospel

Black Men, the Prostate Cancer Screening Conversation Should Begin at 40.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Let us start with good news, because there is some. Caught before it has spread far, prostate cancer is one of the most survivable cancer diagnoses a man can receive. The five year relative survival rate approaches 99 percent when prostate cancer is diagnosed at a local or regional stage, and among Black men, about 86 percent of cases are still being diagnosed within those earlier stages. The trouble is not treatment alone. Access matters. Insurance matters. The distance […]

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Harriet Tubman Belongs on the $20, Not Trump on a $250 Bill.

Social Security Is One Senate Term Away From Automatic Benefit Cuts.

Federal Judge Voids Trump’s $1.8 Billion IRS Settlement.

Boosie Badazz Paid $600,000 for a Donald Trump Pardon That Never Came.

Women Should Not Be Believed.

Jay-Z Sold Out Yankee Stadium Three Nights Without a New Album.

Nolan Wells’ Death Reopens Painful Questions About Race and Trust.

Black Men Need to Read More Books, Not Just Scroll.

Black Men, the Prostate Cancer Screening Conversation Should Begin at 40.

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