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.