Entertainment
Le Code Noir
Photos by Kichea S. Burt Voices in the Dark Company Theatre, Inc. presented a preview of their powerful play titled Le Code Noir on December 3, 2017 in Congo Square. The play is directed by […]
Articles by LA Data News
Data Zone
Dumaine Street Gang 20th Annual Second-line Parade
photos by Kichea S. Burt The Dumaine Street Gang held its 20th Annual Second-line Parade on Sunday, December 3rd. The parade featured The King & Queen, club members, Second-line Queen Ms. Angie Sever, Da Young […]
Featured
Congressman Richmond Meets with FBI Director Over ‘Black Identity Extremists’ Report
By Stacy M. Brown FBI Director Christopher A. Wray failed to explain why the agency he leads changed the name of a domestic terrorism designation from “Black Separatist Extremist” to “Black Identity Extremist,” during a […]
News
Commission Sees Reparations as a Tool to Uplift African-Americans
Story and Photos By Tyra Johnson The National African-American Reparations Commission brought its struggle for reparations for people of African descent to New Orleans on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 at Xavier University. NAARC’s primary demand […]
Local
Musicians Host Special Concert in Final Days of ACA Open Insurance Enrollment Period
Musicians host special concert in final days of ACA open insurance enrollment period. Ace Hotel partners with the New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic, all-star musicians and Martin Guitar’s to offer onsite healthcare enrollment, wellness, and live […]
National
Poll: 70 Percent of Marketplace Enrollees Satisfied with Obamacare
By Freddie Allen As President Donald Trump continues to sow confusion about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a recent poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation, shows that, although some of his tactics are working, many […]
Commentary
Young, Gifted and Black
By Brandon Terrell I was reared and schooled in Detroit, where poverty and oppression eloquently danced while violence and crime serenaded the communities. The crime and oppression in my neighborhood drove me to submit a […]
National
Rep. Conyers Steps Down from House Judiciary Committee
Data Staff Report Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., stepped down as the ranking Democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee on Sunday, following sexual harassment accusations. The 27-term congressman said he denied the allegations, but was […]
National
How Republican Tax-Reform Plan Will Hit Blacks the Hardest
By Charles D. Ellison Right now, at this very moment, the single biggest threat to the group of people already in a compromised position because of their race is the congressional Republicans’ tax-reform plan. Not […]
Commentary
Proposed Tax Reform Plan Will Destroy Black America
By Phillip Jackson Think about the worst racial policies of America. Chattel slavery. Jim Crow segregation. Apartheid. Share-cropping. Mass incarceration. Ethnic cleansing. Education, housing and economic discrimination. Wealth gaps and health gaps. Now think of […]