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(ThyBlackMan.com) The current regime in Washington will go down as the most insensitive, corrupt, inhumane and vindictive in the history of the nation. Some would also add most chaotic also to that list. Understandable, but wrong. What many have viewed as chaos may in fact be a well-orchestrated strategy to confuse, frustrate, deceive and exhaust the American people and the media into submission. There may be an element of method […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) As a little girl, I remember my mother taking her children’s hands, going into places, and being told, “You can come in, but they can’t.” My Mom held onto our hands and took us out of the place. I was born in Louisiana, but as a young person, I can remember a lot of situations I now know as racism. In many ways, Louisiana hasn’t changed. Louisiana has always been a place […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) So here is the mess that dropped this week, and I aim to give it to you plain. Journalist Rula Jebreal went on The Left Hook podcast with host Wajahat Ali and called Hakeem Jeffries an “AIPAC monkey.” Then she piled on with “errand boy.” Right after that came the line people keep quoting. “With all due respect, and I don’t mean it in a racist way.” The remarks […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) For all the talk about Black men and rivalry, about crabs in a barrel and one seat at the table, the most important film partnership of the past decade has spent its whole run quietly arguing the opposite case. I came up in a time when we were taught, quietly and not so quietly, that there was only room for one of us at the top. One seat, they […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The recent suppression of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s torture-tainted confessions at Guantanamo Bay is far more than a victory for a defendant. It is a victory for the Constitution. The United States government today alleges that Mohammed was the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, a crime of historic horror that demands accountability. For nine years, the government told us that the mastermind of the attacks was Osama bin Laden, […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Frankly, I always thought that sentiment was ridiculous in the first place. Anyone who went through middle school, junior high or high school knows full well the kind of nasty behavior that females are capable of. But there’s garden-variety “mean girl,” “queen bee” snark, and then there is the outrageous lunacy that we’ve witnessed of late. Early last month, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a law that allows abortion […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) I will never understand why President Donald Trump, brought back to office partly in response to a sharp rise in prices during the Joe Biden interlude, would pursue the expensive tariff policy we’ve been subjected to since the beginning of 2025. And yet here we are, with another reason to be unhappy about inflation and the cost of living. Sadly, the administration’s response to the pressure is as erratic […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The news of Cassandra Wilson’s passing gave me pause before I could find the words to write. One of the most distinctive and influential voices in American music is gone. News of her death broke today, September 2, 2026. She died at home in Jackson, the same Mississippi ground that raised her, seventy years old, with family and close friends nearby. Robert Torre, who served as her manager for […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Country legend Dolly Parton was known for her powerful voice, bubbly personality, and timeless music. But there was another side of Dolly Parton, a side that she quietly and consistently showed up for the Black community. As a lad, this writer grew up in the “hood” but was fascinated by a song recorded by this talented country music artist. My daughter, Dr Kathryn, would often ask me facetiously, “Dad, […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) A very wise man once said, “elections have consequences. Shortly less than two years after the 2024 presidential election many Americans and others have come to understand how true that statement is. There were many Americans who voted in the November 2024 election who voted not for someone but against someone. Despite one candidate being heads and shoulders over the other, far more qualified to be the leader of […]