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Standing Up to Bullies: Why Resistance to Trump Works.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Does it sometimes seem as though too many people have never learned the lessons of the schoolyard? If you capitulate to a bully, you will be bullied forever. If you stand up to him, he will back down. What’s true on the playground is also true in the office, in politics and in international relations. Standing up to bullies is not free of risk. You might get bloodied in the process. But afterward, the bully, having learned that there […]

January 30, 2026

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Minneapolis ICE Killings Expose the Moral Limits of Law and Order.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Like most Americans, I have had seemingly endless discussions in the wake of the murders of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Jeffrey Pretti at the hands of ICE agents in Minneapolis. Yes, I understand that “murder” is a legal distinction that must be determined in a court. However, what I have seen dozens of times, from multiple angles, leaves no doubt as to the moral question of the nature of Mrs. Good’s and Mr. Pretti’s deaths. It will come […]

January 30, 2026 2

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White People Created Jazz Is a Myth Backed by Bad History.

(ThyBlackMan.com) White People Created Jazz is a claim that resurfaces whenever cultural memory becomes inconvenient. It is often framed as a bold correction to political correctness, yet it collapses the moment it encounters history, geography, and lived testimony. Jazz is not an abstract idea whose origin is lost in time. It is a specific response to a specific set of conditions experienced by a specific people. Those people were Black Americans. The place was New Orleans. The conditions were slavery’s […]

January 30, 2026

Gospel

9 Wynton Marsalis Quotes on Leadership, Jazz, and American Life.

(ThyBlackMan.com) As this reflection is written, Wynton Marsalis stands at a rare threshold in American cultural life. After nearly forty years, he is preparing to step down as founder and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, the institution he helped build into a permanent home for jazz inside one of the nation’s most prestigious cultural spaces. A two year transition period has been announced, signaling not a retreat but the closing of a chapter that fundamentally reshaped how jazz […]

January 30, 2026

Gospel

Minnesota Shooting, ICE Operations, and the Limits of Force in a Constitutional Republic.

(ThyBlackMan.com) As I read the commentary across social media, legacy media and the broader public discourse surrounding the latest deadly shooting in Minnesota, I see something deeper than disagreement over facts or law. I see a nation struggling to reconcile rights, authority, fear and accountability in moments when events move faster than judgment. Let’s begin with the Constitution and the Second Amendment. The right to bear arms is not granted by government; it is recognized as preexisting. Its historical purpose […]

January 29, 2026

Gospel

Black Men Financial Stress Is Real and Rarely Discussed.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Black men financial stress is something most of us know well, even if we do not always call it that. We feel it in our chest when the bills are due. We feel it in our silence when somebody asks how things are going. We feel it when we tell ourselves we are fine even though we are barely holding things together. For a lot of Black men, money stress is not just about numbers. It is about identity, […]

January 29, 2026 2

Gospel

Black Men Mental Health Awareness Matters More Than Ever.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Black men mental health awareness is not a trend, a moment, or a talking point meant to circulate briefly and disappear. It is not something that can be addressed with a few public service announcements or occasional social media posts. It is a lived, daily reality shaped by history, survival, silence, and expectation. For many Black men, mental health is something managed quietly, often alone, long before it is ever acknowledged out loud. From early childhood, Black boys are […]

January 29, 2026 2

Gospel

Student Loan Defaults Surge as Trump Administration Resumes Wage Garnishment.

(ThyBlackMan.com) On behalf of the nearly 9 million people who are now in default on their student loans, a coalition of advocates from consumer, civil rights and education organizations are appealing to the federal Education Department to halt its plans to begin garnishing borrower wages this month. Default status connotes borrowers are 270 days or more behind on their payments. Citing new research from Protect Borrowers, formerly the Student Borrower Protection Center, the coalition advised Education Secretary Linda McMahon in […]

January 29, 2026 2

Gospel

9 Muhammad Ali Quotes That Changed How America Saw Black Men.

(ThyBlackMan.com) For many Black Americans, Muhammad Ali was never just a boxer. He was a warning, a lesson, a mirror, and in many ways, a permission slip. He gave voice to thoughts many of our parents and grandparents carried quietly in their chests. He stood in public the way a lot of us were taught to stand in private. Unapologetic. Certain. Unmoved by white approval or comfort. Ali understood something early that many Black men learn late, if at all. […]

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Standing Up to Bullies: Why Resistance to Trump Works.

Minneapolis ICE Killings Expose the Moral Limits of Law and Order.

White People Created Jazz Is a Myth Backed by Bad History.

9 Wynton Marsalis Quotes on Leadership, Jazz, and American Life.

Minnesota Shooting, ICE Operations, and the Limits of Force in a Constitutional Republic.

Black Men Financial Stress Is Real and Rarely Discussed.

Black Men Mental Health Awareness Matters More Than Ever.

Student Loan Defaults Surge as Trump Administration Resumes Wage Garnishment.

9 Muhammad Ali Quotes That Changed How America Saw Black Men.

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