The profound shift from the responsible, education-first messaging of the 1980s and 1990s to the modern glorification of crime, drug trades, and fractured family structures illustrates how corporate entertainment has replaced a blueprint of community uplift with a highly profitable marketing of self-destruction.

David Crowley made history by becoming the first Black man to win a major-party nomination for Wisconsin governor and could become the state’s first Black governor in November.

Former NFL star Marcellus Wiley will not face criminal charges following domestic battery allegations made by his estranged wife, Annemarie Wiley, as he continues to deny both her abuse claims and separate sexual-assault allegations made by several women.

Derrick Kiel will become Oklahoma City’s first Black fire chief, taking command of the 1,117-member department after a 27-year career serving at every rank.

Michael Wilbon says Stephen A. Smith is no longer a journalist, arguing that the ESPN star has evolved from a newspaper reporter into a television entertainer.

Mohamed Coulibaly, the 24-year-old entrepreneur accused of defrauding former NFL players in a multimillion-dollar e-commerce investment scheme, was found dead in a New Jersey swimming pool as authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding his death.

Kentucky native Kellen Young has been named news director of WLKY, returning home to lead Louisville's CBS affiliate after an award-winning television journalism career spanning nearly two decades.

The Eubie Blake Cultural Center will showcase the work of nine contemporary Black male artists during 5×5 Baltimore: The Art of Black Men, celebrating Black identity, creativity, and cultural expression through a special exhibition and public dialogue.

Hours after proposing to his girlfriend, Rogers police officer Fred Marsh drowned while rescuing her from a powerful river current, sacrificing his life to save the woman he loved.

A magazine for Black men should not apologize for looking like a magazine for Black men.

On the anniversary of Warner’s death, his widow filed a against his mother, Pamela Warner, who is the trustee of his estate.

Joseph Varney Baker (1908-1993) was a journalist and the first African American known to have founded a public relations firm.

ESPN laid off Clark in a surprise move, informing him of the termination in the middle of a live taping of "NFL Live" to prevent the news from leaking to the media.

Algospeak is the digital age's Newspeak. The algorithm is Big Brother.

Former NFL star Marcellus Wiley is now accused of raping his wife on multiple occasions.

"She wanted to go do something else, that’s fine with me."

"She wanted to go do something else, that’s fine with me."

Reginald F. Lewis (1942–1993) was a trailblazing American businessman and philanthropist. He is best known as the first African American to build a billion-dollar company.

Detroit City Council President James E. Tate Jr. was named the 2026 Man of the Year.

Black men are more than four times more likely to die by suicide than Black women