Gospel

(ThyBlackMan.com) Following the tragic mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, that resulted in the deaths of four individuals, including a New York City Police Department officer, we must confront a vital question: Where were the heroes? Reports indicate that the shooter walked from the curb to the entrance of 345 Park Avenue, a distance estimated at between 50 feet to 100 feet, with his assault rifle held out […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) It’s a familiar, gut-sinking feeling for any business leader. A key system crashes right before a deadline, the network slows to a crawl during peak hours, or a valued employee wastes another morning struggling with outdated software.  “Persistent IT issues are red flags that your current systems or support model isn’t working.” — Forbes Technology Council The real solution isn’t found in a frantic series of reactive fixes. It […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) For small and mid-sized businesses, the digital landscape is filled with immense opportunity—and significant risk. The numbers paint a stark picture: according to recent industry analysis, an astonishing 60% of small businesses that suffer a cyberattack go out of business within six months. This single statistic highlights a reality that keeps many Seattle leaders up at night. But for the city’s most ambitious companies, this reality demands a fundamental […]

(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, […]