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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 […]
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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 […]
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Celebrating Black Excellence
Eric Connerly Data News Weekly Contributor With the untimely passing of Chadwick Boseman, who was for this generation our Sidney Poitier, bringing pride to African Americans playing positive and uplifting characters to the screen. Today […]
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Saints Begin the 2020 Season
Fleur De Lis Data News Weekly Columnist It’s that time of year again where dem boys in Black and Gold get out on the field and show their stuff. For the last two seasons, the […]
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New Orleans HBCU Presidents Encourage Participation in COVID-19 Vaccination Trials
Aviwe DuBois Data News Weekly Contributor After seven months of battling the Coronavirus Pandemic, clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccination are underway. In an effort to encourage more Black people to participate in clinical studies, […]
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Dollars and Sense: A Short Conversation About the American Dream
Ryan Taylor Data News Weekly Contributor The “American Dream” is riddled with hypocrisy and half-truths – especially if you are a person of color. The old adage of success being a modicum of working hard […]
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Lake Charles Residents Work to Recover from the Impact of Hurricane Laura
Zoe Trask Data News Weekly Contributor Almost 15 years after Hurricane Rita which brought extensive wind damage to Lake Charles, the Category 4 storm, Hurricane Laura, made landfall in Lake Charles, on Thursday, Aug. 20, […]
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AT&T and STEM NOLA Support Parents, Teachers and Students Throughout COVID-19 School Closures
Data News Weekly Staff Writers NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 18, 2020 – With an estimated 55 million students now learning from home in the U.S. alone, AT&T* created the Distance Learning and Family Connections Fund to […]
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Local film community mourns Chadwick Boseman
Alexa Green Data News Weekly Contributor The news of Black Panther Actor Chadwick Boseman’s death to colon cancer on Aug. 28, 2020 sent the Hollywood community and his fans into mourning for the loss of […]
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Panel examines the state of social justice in light of continued police shootings.
Nigell Moses Data News Weekly Contributor A culmination of fear, anger and hope describes the emotional toll of racism and the injustices African Americans in the United States endure each day. Although African Americans account […]