Commentary
We Run The World
Dionne Character Data News Weekly Contributor Today, we have become so empowered with ideas and solutions in a society who once violated our freedom in the wake of womanhood. We have given birth to vagina […]
Editorials
Editorials
Legal Representation at First Point of Contact with Law Enforcement
The land of the free is in the grip of a pandemic. This pandemic is reaching into every nook and cranny of America. I am not speaking of the Coronavirus I am talking about over […]
Editorials
‘The Christians’ features a 1960s Louisiana love story
Cora Lester The Drum Newspaper The Christians, book one, follows the life and love of Mary Jean Woods, a young, Christian woman in 1960 South Louisiana as she maneuvers through self-discovery, unrighteousness, and betrayal […]
Black Experience
U.S. Census Bureau is Hiring
NNPA Newswire It’s time for that once-every-10-years job opportunity! If you are looking to earn extra income for your household, you may want to consider becoming a U.S. Census worker. To prepare for the 2020 […]
Editorials
Experts Call for More Conversations around Black Toxic Masculinity
Lacee Ancar Data News Weekly Contributor The perception of what is masculine is present in all communities, however, in the Black community, Black masculinity is defined in the media, in the community and even in […]
Editorials
IN MEMORIAM: Groundbreaking Actress Diahann Carroll Dies at 84
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent Diahann Carroll, the trailblazing actress and first Black woman to star in a non-servant role in a television series has died. She was 84. Carroll starred as nurse Julia […]
Editorials
Queen Sugar Episode Spotlights New Orleans HBCU
Tykiera Haley Data News Weekly Contributor The two-part season finale of the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Queen Sugar saw Micah West, played by Actor Nicholas L. Ashe, inform his mother Charley (played by Dawn […]
Black Experience
Author’s Best Seller Memorializes Life in New Orleans East
Edward Carter III Data News Weekly Contributor Growing up in a large household in New Orleans East was nothing but normal for author, Sarah Broom. The youngest of 12 children, she was entertained in the […]
Editorials
How to Help Victims of Hurricane Dorian
E. Benjamin Data News Staff Writer As a City that knows what the devastation of a Hurricane can leave behind; New Orleans is still recovering from the ravages of Katrina. Recently, Hurricane Dorian slammed into […]
Editorials
Smithsonian Chief Calls Out Trump for Wanting to Close African American Museum on MLK Day; Saying He Didn’t Want to See Anything ‘Difficult’
Karu F. Daniels Writer, theROOT.com AmeriKKKa’s favorite president had special requests for the National Museum of African American History and Culture on his first visit back in 2017. The newly appointed Smithsonian Secretary […]