#BlackLivesMatter

27-year-old Ian Mackenzie Cranston is now charged with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, second-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault and two counts of unlawful use of a weapon in the shooting death of 22-year-old Barry Washington Jr., who he allegedly shot for complimenting his girlfriend.

A South Bend, Indiana Federal Judge ruled against the wrongful death lawsuit Of Eric Logan after he was shot and killed by police on June 16, 2019.

The satire video, which has amassed more than 460,000 likes on Youtube and over 27,000 retweets on Twitter, had Black people on social media buckled over in laughter, not because it was offensive, but the clip foreshadows how the N-word has become so deeply ingrained in our culture today.

Video Category

A white woman was caught on video attacking Black men with her iPad in a subway car. The men fought back and one sprayed soda in her face before exiting the train.

The criminal trial has begun against Ed Buck, a wealthy and white Democratic donor who had two Black men die from drug overdoses within 18 months at his California home. Buck allegedly supplied drugs in exchange for sex.

Politics

50 Cent and Ice Cube represent neither widespread Black political thought, nor a hidden pocket of pro-Trump activism among Black men.

The Black Ballot

#TheBlackBallot breaks down five issues Black men should be thinking about before voting for president in November.

Law enforcement encounters for Black Americans stretch beyond the streets of our cities and into Black Americans’ homes, where they have a negative effect on family life.

Joe Biden's campaign announced its new series of roundtable discussions for and about Black men in the wake of Jacob Blake's police killing in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

There is a budding movement calling for LeBron James to be included among the slate of speakers scheduled to take part in the Democratic National Convention.

Good News

Businessman Robert F. Smith is leading an effort to address racial disparities surrounding prostate cancer.

The disproportionate struggles that successful Black men have with depression indicates how racism has vastly different consequences for them compared to Black women and other groups, research shows.