Open the Can of Beans

DeRay, Myles, Kaya and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week — the world's first known drag queen, Black entrepreneurship in under-resourced D.C. neighborhood, an alarming trend of missing children in Cleveland, and the heightening  suicide rate within the Black male community.

News

DeRay

Cleveland police address "misinformation" on missing children

How Bad Is Cleveland’s ‘Alarming’ Missing Children Trend? Data Suggests An Existing Problem

Myles

The Suicide Method Never Discussed in the Black Community Regarding Men

De’Ara

All Black-Owned Local Shopping Center Debuts In Ward 8

Kaya

Update: Dupont’s Swann Street Dedicated To William Dorsey Swann, The First Self-Described ‘Queen Of Drag’