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Former San Francisco 49ers defenseman Richard Sherman has reportedly been charged with burglary domestic violence after being taken into custody by police Wednesday morning (July 14) in Seattle. King County, Wash., public records reveal the free agent cornerback was booked at the Seattle Correctional Facility and was denied bail. The …

To be transparent in the investigation of Marvin Scott III’s death, a Black man who died from being restrained while under police custody, the Collin County Sheriff’s Office in Texas released a more than 41-minute video of the encounter. As BLACK ENTERPRISE previously reported, Scott was placed on a restraining …

Screenshot: Fox 2 Detroit The Root has published numerous stories demonstrating how voice and facial recognition software often leads to racial bias. We’ve reported stories that show Black people are found to be more vulnerable to being misidentified by this technology than our white counterparts. Despite this, many companies and law …

Amid the many controversies that have occurred in American book publishing, I still measure the industry by the people who showed me what it could be at its best. For the better part of my 30-plus years as an editor at Alfred A. Knopf, I sat in an office next …

Written by Malcolm Venable At the heart of Space Jam: A New Legacy is a touching, heartwarming story about the type of relationship we don’t always see through a positive prism on the big screen You have a Black father––LeBron James, playing himself––learning how to connect with his son Dom …

Zaila Avant-garde, the 14-year old who was dubbed “America’s Spelling Sweetheart” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,”  made an appearance to showcase her boss spelling and basketball skills on Wednesday. The prodigy from Harvey, Louisiana  “has appeared in a commercial with Stephen Curry and owns three Guinness World Records for dribbling multiple …

Photo: Mount Laurel Police Department Booooy, the hits just keep on coming for a certain peeled Mr. Potato Head-looking racist from New Jersey whose unbridled caucasity led him to harass his Black neighbors with racial slurs and then turn on his own location, resulting in more than 100 people deciding …

Sid Miller, the Texas agriculture commissioner, sat atop his stallion Smokey and faced the camera. It was Saturday, August 1, 2020. Miller had a message to share. “Good morning, patriots,” Miller began, raising the coiled lasso in his right hand by way of greeting. “I don’t know about you, but …

New York will be heavily represented in the next Verzuz battle, as two legendary Big Apple groups will face off next month at Madison Square Garden. On August 3, The LOX and The Diplomats will go hit for hit as fans will be able to relive the Yonkers and Harlem …

Equipping yourself with programming skills offers all sorts of benefits, and not just career-wise. While it certainly increases your marketability, pads your salary, and boosts your productivity, it also gives you the power to build the digital product of your dreams. While you can always teach yourself how to code, …