Must Be The Money: The Real Issue With The Protect College Sports Act [Op-Ed]
Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty There is something almost impressive about taking a fight over billions of dollars in college sports and deciding the most important person to put on trial is Deion Sanders. Not the audacity of the NCAA that’s been cashing off of Black athletes for decades. Not the universities making millions from […]
The Loudest Voices Are Wrong About The Protect College Sports Act [Op-Ed]
Source: Tom Williams / Getty Having a platform to speak out is cool, but it’s meaningless if your actions contradict your words. As they so often do, politics and sports have intersected at a moment when college athletics are on the precipice of change, as bipartisan legislation nears becoming law. The “Protect College Sports Act” […]
Gen Z’s Iced Coffee Habit Could Stop Them From Getting Hired
(AI-generated image) by Selena Hill September 22, 2026 A viral debate over iced coffee in interviews is highlighting a bigger workplace question: How much do old-school professionalism rules still matter? Iced lattes and matchas may be a daily essential for Gen Zers, but some career experts warn that their habit could prohibit them from getting […]
At The Congressional Black Caucus Conference, A Lynching Panel Confronted America’s Suspicious Black Hanging Deaths
Source: Madison Maynard / other Attorney Lee Merritt and the Rev. Jamal Bryant noticed a glaring omission from the agenda of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference: not a single session addressed lynching. So they organized their own last-minute panel. Held at the Westin Washington, D.C., Hotel, the event examined both the history […]
10 Black ‘Oddball’ Films, TV Shows That Prove The Last Decade Has Been Great For Black Entertainment
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures / Warner Bros. If you ask a lot of Black people — especially Black people of a certain age — what the golden era of Black TV and film is, I imagine most of them would say the 1990s, or maybe the ‘80s. They’d probably say it was the Spike Lee […]
DoorDash settles with NYC for $131.5 million over delivery worker pay
More than 260,000 New York City delivery workers are set to receive compensation from DoorDash under a $131.5 million settlement announced Tuesday by Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. The agreement, which was also reported by The New York Times, includes more than $115 million in payments and approximately $16.7 […]
Mother mourns 5-year-old daughter killed in Houston-area road rage shooting
A Houston-area mother is mourning the loss of her 5-year-old daughter after gunfire struck the family’s car in what authorities describe as an apparent road rage shooting. Zah’Layah Walter was riding with her mother, Monica Hicks, and four siblings on Grant Road near Jones Road in northwest Harris County on Sept. 19 when another driver […]
5 Things To Know About XCEL Honoree Kirk Franklin
photo credit: BE XCEL by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors September 22, 2026 Franklin is among the Black men being honored at this year’s BLACK ENTERPRISE XCEL Summit Kirk Franklin has spent more than three decades expanding the reach of gospel music, blending its traditional choir sound with elements of hip-hop, R&B, and pop while introducing the […]
Nolan Wells: Grand Jury Finds No Criminal Wrongdoing In Teen’s Death
Source: Courtesy of the family of Nolan Wells / Family of Nolan Wells A grand jury in Mississippi found that there was no evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells. According to the New York Times, the grand jury report found that “the position of, the condition of, time of discovery, […]
Kamala Harris campaigns with Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, focusing on Black maternal health
Former Vice President Kamala Harris is returning to the campaign trail Tuesday. She will appear alongside Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Their Detroit-area event is focused on Black maternal health, an issue Harris emphasized during her time as vice president. El-Sayed is working to bring together Democratic voters following a competitive primary, whilst preparing […]