(ThyBlackMan.com) Life looks very different today than it did even a decade ago. The way you shop, communicate, manage money, consume entertainment, and even learn new skills has been transformed by technology. New apps appear every day, online services continue to expand, and digital tools have become part of almost every aspect of daily life. Keeping up with these changes can sometimes feel overwhelming. But the good news is that […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) It is almost certain that at some point in your life you have suffered confusion. Maybe someone said something to or about you that left you confused. Maybe you went to some strange place, like when I first went to London, and the effect was that of confusion. Or maybe you drove your car through an intersection and turned the wrong way and found you did not know what […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) I think it is safe to say that the overwhelming majority of Americans, regardless of party affiliation, have come to the conclusion that the current form of government is clearly not working. The refrain at one time was that the government was of the people, by the people, for the people. A more universally accepted refrain today is a government of special interests, by special interests, for special interests. […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) When Rep. James Clyburn recently warned that America risks sliding backward toward the post-Reconstruction era, many heard the words but failed to grasp the horror behind them. They should. The soft-spoken South Carolina congressman is not given to exaggeration. When Clyburn invokes the specter of post-Reconstruction America, he is not quoting  a distant chapter in a textbook. He is warning of a period so brutal, so morally disfiguring, that […]

(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about James Cleveland’s voice that feels like home. Maybe it’s the way he blends sermon with song, or maybe it’s the unshakable honesty in every word he sings. For me—and for so many others—his music isn’t just gospel; it’s therapy, it’s church, it’s family, it’s healing. This is the third time I’ve had the honor of writing about his work, and truth be told, it still doesn’t […]