August 2026

Volume 6 · Issue 8

​August explores the economic and cultural pressures facing Black men, including homelessness, suicide, sports journalism and the Colorado athletic budget. Features also cover GTA 6, the Black Reel TV Awards, Wisconsin politics, public safety and new Black leadership.

• Dear Black Men: There’s Nothing Wrong with Being Strong

• GTA 6: Sims with Guns and Hair Weave

• Vince Young’s Netflix Documentary Leaves Fans Incomplete

• The Black Man’s Economic Crisis

• NAACP Milks Black Man’s Suicide for Clicks

• GTA 6 Leaks Cost Game Studio Billions in Stock Value

• Homeless Black Males on the Rise in USA

• Deion Sanders’ Colorado Athletic Dept. $27 Million in the Hole

• 10th Annual Black Reel TV Awards Winners

• Man Kills Woman, Drives Her to Another State in Passenger Seat

• Michael Holley Faints During Live Stream of PFT Live

• Thug Culture Destabilized Black America

• First Black Man Nominated by Major Political Party in Wisconsin

• Marcellus Wiley Domestic Abuse Charges “Not Filed”

• OKC’s First Black Fire Chief

• Mike Wilbon Says Stephen A. Smith “Not A Journalist”

• Alleged NFL Scam Artist Found Dead

• Black Man Hired as WLKY News Director