Commentary
The USPS is a National Cornerstone
Royce Duplessis Louisiana State Representative – District 93 When I was in the 4th grade, I did a social studies project on the United States Postal Service. It was called, “The Life of a Letter.” […]
Month: September 2020
National
Biden Campaign & DNC Announce New Vote-By-Mail Features on IWillVote.com
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Recently, the Joe Biden for President Campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) have announced new features on IWillVote.com – the DNC’s voter participation website – that […]
Featured
NOLA Counts
Edwin Buggage Editor-in-Chief In the year 2020 the City, nation and world is at a crossroads, for this is an election year, as well as being in the middle of a global Pandemic. Also, in […]
Local
Prolonged Pandemic Impacts Mental Health, Experts Say
Kelsyn Parker Data News Weekly Contributor Mental Health Disorders rank as the 11th leading cause of death in the United States for all age groups. COVID-19 has claimed the lives of over 190,000 Americans. This […]
Data Zone
Morrah Burton-Edwards, A Young Black Artist makes her Mark
Zoe Trask Data News Weekly Contributor At a young age, her paintings could not go unseen. Little Morrah knew that her artistry deserved to be showcased on a greater scale, and not just only on […]
Data Zone
B-Mike Exhibit Explores Racial Justice and Belonging
Aviwe DuBois Data News Weekly Contributor His art can be found all over the city he was born and raised in, but for visual artist Brandan “B-Mike” Odums, his exhibit “NOT Supposed 2-Be Here” at […]
Editorials
Marc Morial “The Gumbo Coalition”
Eric Connerly Data News Weekly Contributor On Thursday, Sept. 24th from 12 noon to 1 PM, National Urban League President and Former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial will be making an appearance and book signing […]
Commentary
Eviction Moratoriums Aren’t Enough
Andreanecia Morris Executive Director Housing NOLA On September 4, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) took the extraordinary step of enacting a broad moratorium on evictions for nonpayment of rent through end of 2020. The […]
Featured
ABCT Teens Asks: What’s Going On?
Edwin Buggage Editor-in-Chief Anthony Bean Community Theater (ABCT), has for over two decades made an impact in the community using the arts as a way to engage them in pursing excellence in the arts as […]
News
Jeremiah 30 (YA’AQOV’S Trouble)
Sharonda “Esther” Green Local Artist Blackmasking.org Jeremiah 30 (YA’AQOV’S Trouble) The Name of This Painting & Times That We Are in Local artist Sharonda “Esther” (Art by Sharonda) was commissioned by City Hall to produce […]