The cradle-to-prison pipeline and the sharp decline in employment opportunities during the Great Recession remain very real for black men. University of Chicago economic researchers Derek Neal and Armin Rick looked at census data to measure the status of black men and presented preliminary findings from their working paper at the National Bureau of Economic…

A foul stench coming from a Fort Worth, Texas, funeral home drew the attention of the building’s landlord during a property check Tuesday morning. Little did the landlord know that the smell was wafting from several unidentified bodies—some already embalmed and in caskets—inside, the Dallas News reports.   Police who responded to the landlord’s call…

We’ve heard this argument before: Black men’s anti-police mentality can be attributed to an absence of black fathers in the home. Sean Bergin, a white TV reporter with News 12 New Jersey, found himself in hot water for espousing that view during a report that was broadcast on Sunday, the Associated Press reports. Bergin’s report…

It’s summer. It’s hot, and one quick, easy way to cool off is to take a dip in a pool. But members of a black community in Hallandale Beach, Fla., have been waiting 40 years to do just that. A new pool is slated to open July 12 in B.F. James Park, named after a…

Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture received a major show of support from the Ford Motor Co. on July 4. Smithsonian and Ford mutually announced the $1 million endowment at the 20th anniversary of the Essence Festival in New Orleans, with the Twitter hashtag #fordgivesback. Once the museum—spanning a 5-acre plot on…

According to North Carolina’s Charlotte Post, the LGBT Community Center of Charlotte has elected Ranzeno Frazier as its youngest and first African-American chair of its board of trustees. But not everyone is happy about his groundbreaking role. Frazier’s selection was met with both positive and negative responses, with naysayers taking issue with his age and experience, the…

Sherri Shepherd, the soon-to-be-departed co-host of The View, has decided to waive parental rights to, and accompanying responsibilities for, her unborn child, TMZ reports. According to the gossip site, Shepherd claims her estranged husband, Lamar Sally, convinced her to have another child so that he could extort financial support from her after he filed for…

Bar Louie, located in uptown Minneapolis, has been accused of implementing a dress code that has drawn the ire of some local residents who say it indirectly targets black people, reports Fox 9. The bar’s new policy prohibits attire such as fitted caps, athletic apparel like sports jerseys, ostentatious chains, oversized white T-shirts and other…

Last week Richard Micheaux, a decorated World War II veteran, put on his U.S. Open logo cap, blue carpenter jeans, an off-white shirt with black and red stripes and brown shoes, with his dog tags proudly draped around his neck. Micheaux, 93, headed out his door last Tuesday morning for what was supposed to be…

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage and Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe are looking to ride the Brazilian wave energized by the World Cup and the upcoming 2016 Summer Olympics by bringing the film Black Orpheus to Broadway, the Associated Press reports. The musical’s producers will be Stephen Byrd, Alia Jones-Harvey and Paula Marie Black.…