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LeBron James
“We’re in a position right now in America where this whole race thing is taking over. One, because I believe our president is trying to divide us. He’s dividing us, and what I’ve noticed over […]
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Local
Local School Supply Lists Now Available For One-Click Shopping on TeacherLists
Data News Staff Report Parents from local schools have a new tool in their back-to-school bag of tricks this year as all of their school’s supply lists are now posted on TeacherLists.com. With just one […]
Data Zone
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Tells Authentic Stories from the Movement
By Freddie Allen In the early morning hours of January 10, 1966, civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer Sr. was jolted from his sleep, as members of the Ku Klux Klan surrounded his house just north […]
Local
New Orleans Legendary Broadcaster and Friend Paul Beaulieu Passes
New Orleans’ beloved activist, educator, journalist and broadcaster, Paul Beaulieu Jr., passed away at age 75 on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. He graduated from St. Augustine High School in 1961 and Xavier University of Louisiana […]
Dollars and Sense
Can Your Bank Ask You to Prove Citizenship?
Data News Weekly Staff Report A Kansas family said their bank accounts were frozen by Bank of America after officials ask they prove they were American citizens. Josh Collins, of Roeland Park, received in June […]
Health
Scarred and Battle Tested from Heart Disease, but Still Fighting
By Rhonda E. Monroe WomenHeart (the first and leading voice for the 48 million American women living with or at risk of heart disease) story begins in February of 1999, when three women, united by […]
Commentary
A New Generation of Freedom Fighters
By Jeffrey L. Boney Without being given much direction, Black youth have seemingly taken matters into their own hands, relative to their future here in America, by strategizing, organizing and mobilizing. Whether on social media […]
National
Emmett Till Murder to Be Reopened and Investigated by the Justice Department
By Lauren Victoria Burke The U.S. Department of Justice has once again reopened the infamous Emmett Till case. The 1955 murder case was a major turning point in the Civil Rights Movement and one of […]
National
California Prosecutor Michael Selyem Says He’s Surprised “Ghetto” Maxine Waters Hasn’t Been Shot
By Lauren Victoria Burke Michael Selyem, a deputy district attorney in San Bernardino County, California, is in hot water for attacking Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) in a series of unhinged social media posts. The San […]
Local
The Opioid Crisis
By William Hill Opioid Addiction has become one of the greatest problems facing our nation, claiming as many as 120 lives each day. As part of a new “Justice & Mercy Initiatives” Program at Central […]