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Premium Rose Bushes: Why April & Ashley Is the Best Choice.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Introduction Choosing high-quality premium rose bushes can be a rewarding process for both new and experienced gardeners. Factors such as plant health, variety selection, growing practices, and reliable customer support all play important roles in selecting the right source. April & Ashley focus on carefully selected rose varieties designed to help gardeners create beautiful, lasting outdoor spaces. With attention to quality, presentation, and customer experience, the brand offers options suited for a range of gardening preferences and landscaping projects. […]

July 12, 2026 4

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Danny Glover’s Alzheimer’s Battle Shines a Light on a Crisis Facing Black Families.

(ThyBlackMan.com) I have a very close family member who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. So, when famed actor, humanitarian, and political activist Danny Glover courageously announced that he was battling the disease I loudly applauded. I applauded for two good reasons. One, I know firsthand the monumental pain, suffering, and agony that my family member daily suffers. That pain deeply touches me as well as other family members. But it’s really the second reason Glover’s public disclosure hit like a […]

July 9, 2026 4

Gospel

Too Many Black Men Are Chasing the Look of Wealth Before Stability.

(ThyBlackMan.com) There is an old wisdom I inherited from men who worked with their hands and thought with their whole lives, and it went something like this. A house is only as sound as the ground it sits on. I have carried that idea into my later years, and I offer it now because a generation of our Black men has been sold the opposite lesson. Raise the walls, hang the curtains, and let the world admire the place before […]

July 9, 2026 2

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HBCUs Are Still Carrying Black Students Through an Unequal America.

(ThyBlackMan.com) This week I am thinking about what it means to go back to school in a country that still rations opportunity. The stores are selling backpacks and dorm décor, but the deeper question is who gets access to education, who must borrow for it, and which institutions continue to carry the burden of Black possibility. The fireworks have dimmed, and the Fourth-of-You-Lie sales are waning. In this country, we commemorate through commerce and celebrate through retail activity, so even […]

July 9, 2026 2

Gospel

The Political Threat to America Is Bigger Than Democrats vs. Republicans.

(ThyBlackMan.com) The United States nation faces threats that extend beyond the familiar divide between Democrats and Republicans. Increasingly, two ideological movements — one on the far left, one emerging on the populist right — share a willingness to undermine the principles that have long defined the American experiment. On one side stands the Democratic Socialists of America, whose influence within the Democratic Party has grown dramatically. This is no longer simply a debate over tax rates or entitlement programs. The […]

July 9, 2026 9

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A 700-Year-Old Painting Has a Warning for America.

(ThyBlackMan.com) There are moments when history reaches across the centuries with startling clarity. Standing in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, Italy, and looking at Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s “Allegory of Good and Bad Government,” I had one of those moments. Nearly 700 years old, the series of fresco paintings includes a depiction of a bustling city that illustrates the effects of good government, as well as representations of the decay that results from arbitrary and unjust rulers. The visual treatise on political […]

July 9, 2026 5

Gospel

Russell Wilson Never Owed Anyone a Performance of Toughness.

(ThyBlackMan.com) Sit in any barbershop long enough and you will hear a young man’s whole character decided over the hum of the clippers. Russell Wilson got decided in mine years back, and the ruling came down the same every time somebody said his name. Soft. Too polished, too churchy, grinning like the country had never once pressed its knee to his neck. My uncle would wave a hand at the set and say it flat, that boy is soft, and […]

July 8, 2026 8

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Trump May Sell F-35 Fighter Jets to Turkey After Years of Tension.

(ThyBlackMan.com) During a press conference following his July 7 meeting with Turkey’s President Recep Erdogan, U.S. President Donald Trump calmly raised a military technology issue that eight years ago triggered a major NATO alliance political quarrel. Trump told the press gaggle his administration just might sell NATO member and reliable U.S. ally Turkey the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter. This is not an arcane dispute. It wasn’t arcane in 2019 when Trump Administration 1, after a lot of thought, politically […]

July 8, 2026 4

Gospel

The New Republican Boogeyman for the Upcoming Midterm Elections.

(ThyBlackMan.com) I was wondering what boogeyman or boogeymen, what mysterious, fake non-existing evil the current occupant of the White House and Republicans were going to unleash on American voters running up to the consequential 2026 midterm elections. In 2024 Republicans and their ringmaster were utterly effective in having a significant number of Americans believe the fairy tale of open borders and the hordes of brown people invading, raping, robbing and stealing. They were also quite effective in having voters believe […]

July 8, 2026 4

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Premium Rose Bushes: Why April & Ashley Is the Best Choice.

Danny Glover’s Alzheimer’s Battle Shines a Light on a Crisis Facing Black Families.

Too Many Black Men Are Chasing the Look of Wealth Before Stability.

HBCUs Are Still Carrying Black Students Through an Unequal America.

The Political Threat to America Is Bigger Than Democrats vs. Republicans.

A 700-Year-Old Painting Has a Warning for America.

Russell Wilson Never Owed Anyone a Performance of Toughness.

Trump May Sell F-35 Fighter Jets to Turkey After Years of Tension.

The New Republican Boogeyman for the Upcoming Midterm Elections.

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