Gospel

(ThyBlackMan.com) Access to opportunity has always been shaped by systems that decide who can move, work, study, and build a future in new places. For many communities, especially those historically affected by policy shifts and unequal enforcement, these systems are not abstract ideas. They directly influence family stability, economic security, and long-term prospects. Discussions around access often focus on outcomes, but the processes behind those outcomes deserve equal attention. Within […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) When initiating “Negro History Week” in 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson chose February for reasons of tradition and reform. It is commonly said that Woodson selected February to encompass the birthdays of two great Americans who played a prominent role in shaping Black history: Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. After Lincoln’s assassination in 1856, the Black community celebrated the fallen President’s birthday. In addition, since the late 1890s, Black […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Italy is hosting the 2026 Winter Olympic Games and while the Winter Olympics generally draws less mainstream interest than the Summer Olympics, there has been a lot of media coverage of the athletes, the performances during the unique winter events, and even controversies including curling. However, the sport that arguably receives the most attention from casual sports fans among the Winter Olympics is hockey. There are high expectations for […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Sexual assault often happens in places where people reasonably expect to feel safe. In Houston, those places include schools, religious institutions, hospitals, hotels, and even rideshare vehicles. Each setting operates under its own rules, leadership structures, and safety procedures, which shape how reports are handled and how warning signs are addressed or ignored. The way an organization supervises people, controls access, and responds to complaints can make a lasting […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Despite what progressives have been arguing lately, the United States does not have a tax problem. Federal revenues, even after last year’s extension of the Trump tax cuts, are running above their historical average as a share of GDP. What America has is a spending problem so large that the Congressional Budget Office’s latest 10-year outlook reads less like a fiscal forecast than a warning label. Between now and […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) The news that civil rights icon the reverend Jesse Jackson passed has ignited an avalanche of media and public commentary, reflections, and tributes to him. Jackson for a lengthy period battled a rare neurological disorder that most people had never heard of. And it has often proved fatal. This prompted the first hard intense look at Jackson’s history, accomplishments, and place in the civil rights battles of the past […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) Some deaths feel distant. Jesse Jackson Sr.’s passing feels personal. It lands like losing an elder you never lived with but somehow grew up around. For a lot of Black folks, especially Black men who came of age watching the civil rights generation grow older on television, Jesse wasn’t just a public figure. Jesse was part of the background of American life. Always somewhere speaking, organizing, pushing, demanding. Even […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) First of all, let me reiterate, America is a Constitutional Republic. That point is articulated in Article IV, Section 4 of our Constitution, known as the “Guarantee Clause.” It affirms that the federal government is to guarantee a Republican form of government to all States, not the Republican Party. When confronted by Mrs. Powell outside Constitution Hall on September 17, 1787, the day our Constitution was signed, Benjamin Franklin […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) When I was growing up in the ‘60s Martin Luther King, like Frederick Douglass, used the Hebrews’ exodus from Egypt as a metaphor for legitimate grievances against slavery and segregation in America. Back then, progress meant that the journey from slavery, through the wilderness, to the “Promised Land” was achievable.  The journey ended at some point. Today, the journey is unachievable, never-ending and by design. After decades of realizing […]