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Data News Weekly Endorsements
By Terry Jones New Orleans get ready to get out and vote on Election Day November 6, 2018. Data News Weekly, in its role as “The People’s Paper encourages all citizens to get out and […]
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Trump Supporter and Attempted Bombing Suspect Targeted Five Prominent Black Democrats
By Lauren Victoria Burke “The week of fear became a moment of clarity for some in and out of the media as calls for Trump to dial down his rhetoric at political rallies grew louder. […]
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Louisiana Students Get Their Wings on the FLY Tour
Data News Staff Edited Report On Wednesday, hundreds of teens from across Louisiana received a glimpse of college life as part of the state’s Financial Literacy for You (FLY) Tour. Students stopped at Southern University, […]
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Why We Say Put Housing First
Andreanecia Morris Executive Director, HousingNOLA Affordable Housing is a term fraught with bias as it often brings to mind the worst kinds of stereotypes rooted in racism, sexism and classism. People often reject the notion […]
Black Experience
All Colored Girls will Remember You
Data Staff Report The pioneering poet and playwright Ntozake Shange died on the morning of October 27 at an assisted living facility in Bowie, Maryland. She was best known for her much celebrated Obie Award-winning […]
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New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Awards 2018-2019 Partnership Grants
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation — the non-profit that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell — has announced the recipients of its 2018-2019 Community Partnership Grants. Of 309 […]
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Early Voting Numbers Signal Big Turnout for Midterms as Voter Suppression Looms
By Lauren Victoria Burke According to the New York Times, “vote totals have increased almost 200 percent at the same point since the last gubernatorial election.” Typically high turnout favors the Democratic Party. In Georgia, […]
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Black Men of Labor 25th Anniversary Gala
Photos by Glenn Summers On Friday, October 26th, Black Men of Labor celebrated it’s 25th Anniversary of serving the community at the Sheraton Hotel. The event honored members of the New Orleans Black Press including […]
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Black Men of Labor Awards Dinner
Photos by Glenn Summers
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Breast Cancer Doesn’t Have to Mean Death
By Samjah Iman Breast Cancer – two words that give even the strongest person an eerie feeling, and rightfully so. For these words describe a disease that affects one in eight women and is the […]