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Data News Staff Edited Report An Evening with Nicholas Payton at The Fillmore New Orleans The French Quarter Festival’s 36th Annual Fall Fundraiser took place at a new location this year: The Fillmore New Orleans. […]

By Lacee Ancar Contributor Photos by Lacee Ancar About 110 years. That is how long it has been since Zulu made their first appearance in a Mardi Gras parade. Today, the Krewe of Zulu hosts […]

By Desmond Loyal Goodwin Data News Weekly Contributor In a city full of music, culture, and talent, visitors and residents alike can always find something new in a cultural hub that never sleeps. Every Wednesday […]

By Gamoni Fallings Contributor Photos by Gamoni Fallings “Up up with the workers. Yeah, yeah! Down with the bosses. Boo-hoo!” was one of the slogans chanted by residents who participated in the International Working Women’s […]

By Kelsyn Parker Contributor Photos by Austin Aubert Best-selling author and Dillard University alumna Lisa Frazier Page detailed how her personal hardships transformed her into the renowned writer that she is today. Frazier Page revisited […]

Data Staff Report On Monday Today, Mayor LaToya Cantrell, NewCorp, Inc., and the New Orleans Business Alliance joined business and philanthropic partners to announce a new $5 million Mobilization Fund that will provide critical access […]

Entergy New Orleans is piloting a new program that puts solar panels on the rooftops of low-income customers’ homes and gives them a $30 credit on their energy bills every month, rain or shine. The […]

By Edward Carter, III Data News Weekly Contributor The Baby Dolls emerged in segregated areas around Uptown, then became a mainstay during Mardi Gras around 1912, and are now known to be one of the […]

By Hannah Joy Shareef Data News Weekly Contributor Residents turned out to see Grammy Award-Winner Irma Thomas who served as the Grand Marshall this year for the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale’s Parade along the […]

By Avane Ervin Data News Weekly Contributor This year marks the 400th year that enslaved Africans arrived in the United States. The slave narratives they left behind provides a history to African-American culture. Retired Dillard […]