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(ThyBlackMan.com) A lot of Black men do not actually hate exercise. What we hate is the gym. The mirrors, the noise, the unspoken competition, the feeling that you are being watched or judged the moment you walk in. After working long hours, dealing with family responsibilities, financial pressure, and the constant weight that comes with being a Black man in this country, the gym can feel like just another place […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) There are many aspects to church service. All of them are necessary as they serve different purposes that support one another. Praise and worship are an important part of church; corporate prayer is also important. There is power in coming together at the altar to pray and uplift one another. We never knew who walked into church on edge. Someone needed that prayer, praise, hug, some danced the heaviness […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Accountability in every relationship and individually is very important. There can be no growth without it, and in its absence relationships fall apart. There is strife in this country, within ethnicities, in our communities, in our churches, and in our families due to a lack of accountability. Everyone wants to call out the next person without taking any heed to themselves. We say we have forgiven but hold grudges, […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Walking stays undefeated after 40 because your body starts keeping score. Not in dramatic ways, just subtle reminders. The knee that needs a second to warm up. The back that wants respect before movement. The energy that doesn’t stretch as far as it used to. That’s when you realize you’re not falling apart. You’re just in a different season. At this point, you’re not chasing fitness trends or trying […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) In your mind, you may be thinking, what book have I read that spawned me to think about to write on what I am about to print? What can I say? With that stated, the decades-old allegations of welfare fraud by immigrant Somali communities across the nation, in concert with the audible political chorus of tax the rich, remind me of a play by Arthur Miller called The Crucible, and a […]

(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 […]