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(ThyBlackMan.com) The Gulag Archipelago (1973) is one of those rare works of history that has proven its weight in gold. In my personal view, it is in a class of work that includes Alexis de Tocqueville’s classic work Democracy in America (1835), Civilization or Barbarism by Cheikh Anta Diop. (1991), Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (1999), and The Negro Family: The Case for National Action, written by Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1965). Now I am aware that nitpickers will nitpick my selections. Some […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Sometimes life is not that difficult to figure out. Politicians from both political parties, Republicans and Democrats, along with their billionaire, and millionaire dollar donors, corporate sponsors, and professional political advisors make life economically difficult and downright tough for Americans, American workers, professional, blue collar, union, and working-class Americans, when they just don’t have to give the average American, such a hard time. “To live and let live, with the least taxation for the most convenient services,” said Dean Minnich. That’s one great […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) By all appearances, the President of the United States is setting the stage to invoke the Insurrection Act — which he has threatened more than once to do in Minneapolis — under the pretense of combatting domestic terrorism. Adopted in 1807, the Insurrection Act is a federal law that allows the president to deploy the U.S. military, or to federalize the National Guard, to put down an insurrection, armed […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) As we enter 2026, Americans of all walks of life are witnessing the continuing political and cultural shifts in our nation. While these shifts began long before last year’s presidential election, the return of the Trump administration to power has accelerated the pace of changes impacting our nation economically, politically, and culturally. The way Americans interpret these changes will often come down to a person’s political persuasion and alignment. […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) As we just celebrated the federal holiday marking the birth of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I cannot help but believe how disappointed he would be at the state of affairs within the Black community. While America has made major strides relative to fulfilling King’s dream, the media appointed Black leaders and their organizations have been nothing short of disastrous for the Black community. Radical Black liberals […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The United States insists it cannot afford housing, jobs, or care. Yet it can always afford cages. Immigration enforcement is not a response to crisis; it is a budgetary preference. Billions are reliably available to detain, transport, and deport people, even as Black communities are told to be patient, resilient, and fiscally realistic. Immigration and Customs Enforcement—ICE—embodies that choice. Its budget has ballooned over two decades, underwriting detention centers, […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) From pioneering navigation to America in 1492, to enduring and overcoming the inhumanity of slavery, to the Reconstruction Era where we succeeded in helping with the abolition of slavery while securing our rights as citizens, to the Jim Crow Era where we founded historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and established Black institutions, to the Civil Rights Era, during which Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. articulated his mountaintop […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Kali Muscle is one of the most recognizable names in modern bodybuilding culture, a man whose journey from the streets to the weight room has inspired millions across the globe. Over the weekend, that same powerhouse suffered a frightening health scare when he reportedly fainted while training at a California gym and was rushed to the hospital. For a man who built his reputation on strength, resilience, and discipline, […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) It is illegal. It is at times dangerous. But it is a tradition that is as American as Apple Pie. That is celebrating the end of the old year and start of a new year on New Years Eve with a few celebratory pot shots in the air. Countless numbers of Americans yearly adhere to this long-standing rite. However, it has never cost anyone their life. That horrifically changed […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Shortly before Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, a Harris Poll found that 75% of Americans disapproved of him. Yes, three out of four. White Americans’ disgust with King was driven by his unflinching commitment to racial equality and his staunch opposition to the Vietnam War. He spoke of “three evils” that are inextricably linked: racism, militarism, and poverty. King had increasingly made known his pessimism about America, doubting […]