Gospel

(ThyBlackMan.com) The Democratic Party’s low approval ratings have sent a stern message to its members. But what is it? Is it a failure to loudly fight an unpopular president on every matter? Is it anger over the party’s previous obsession with boutique causes — transgender rights, for instance — while downplaying broad economic concerns? Or is it the lack of an alternative vision in the form of nuts-and-bolts legislating that […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) When discussing the great architects of modern R&B, funk, and soul, The Commodores deserve a place near the top of the conversation. Emerging in the early 1970s from Tuskegee, Alabama, and quickly signing to Motown, the group carved out a reputation for their unmatched versatility. They could deliver horn-driven funk anthems that packed dance floors, then pivot to tender, chart-topping ballads that became wedding staples. This duality – the […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) As the economy becomes more connected, the gap between those with reliable internet and those without is widening, creating both challenges and opportunities for Black entrepreneurs in cities like Minneapolis. A 2023 Pew Research Center study found that African-American business ownership has grown by over 30% in the past decade, driven in part by greater access to online markets and digital tools. The Digital Divide and Economic Empowerment For […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) In June, the court found, discriminatory “roving patrols” of ICE agents terrorized Los Angeles and its residents, targeting not those who had committed crimes (remember those promises), but anyone who looked Hispanic or spoke Spanish or was hanging out in Hispanic neighborhoods where men find jobs, at car washes and at Home Depot parking lots. In early July, a federal judge put a stop to it, issuing a temporary […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently wrote about the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools program’s annual National Day of Social Action, which this year engaged thousands of students enrolled in CDF Freedom Schools summer programs across the country around the message “Public Education is a Public Good.” Scholars from the CDF Freedom Schools site at The Mark in Montclair, a program of Saint Mark’s United Methodist Church in Montclair, New Jersey, put it […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Whatever you may think of God, and many of us have notions of God that are quite bizarre, we are apt to think, at times, that God has gone too far, he is asking too much, he wants the impossible. Tell me to love my difficult, bad-tempered, sin-loving wife and okay, I can do that; tell me to love my quarrelsome, thiefing, wife-beating neighbour and alright, I will try, […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The hip-hop world woke up to heartbreak and disbelief after news broke that Georgia rapper T-Hood had been shot and killed inside his own home. The 33-year-old artist, known for his gritty street anthems and high-energy delivery, was found with fatal gunshot wounds after what police described as a domestic dispute turned deadly. The tragedy has left his fans stunned, his peers mourning, and the gossip mill working overtime […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The Bureau of Labor Statistics economists (BLS) announced the most comprehensive unemployment rate, for July is 7.9%, the U-6 category rate from the Table of Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization, and a weak Job number of 73,000. Additionally, the BLS revised down the number of Jobs created over the last two months, May and June, by 258,000. May was revised by 125,000 stating 19,000 jobs were created in May. […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Silk emerged in the early ’90s as one of the premier R&B vocal groups, known for their sultry harmonies, seductive ballads, and a vocal chemistry that made slow jams unforgettable. Co-signed and produced in part by Keith Sweat, Silk carved a lane in the New Jack Swing and bedroom R&B eras with songs that were sensual, emotional, and vocally rich. Their catalog remains essential for anyone exploring ’90s R&B. […]