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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 […]

NEW ORLEANS – The NORD Foundation on Friday received a $57,404.36 donation from Boycott Bowl organizers from the street festival held in downtown New Orleans during Super Bowl Sunday. “When we in our city feel […]

By Morgan Jackson Data News Weekly Contributor Community members, organization leaders, and former Angola inmates gathered to discuss issues regarding the death penalty in New Orleans at Café Istanbul in the Healing Center on Jan. […]