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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
By Janice Brown Black Women and Breast Cancer As we end the month of October, that has for over the last three decades been deemed Breast Cancer Awareness Month; where all over you see […]
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National
Puerto Ricans Suffer Apocalyptic Nightmare After Hurricanes
By Barrington M. Salmon It’s been nearly a month since two, historic hurricanes savaged Puerto Rico, and despite the utter devastation left after the storms, the island’s 3.4 million residents are still waiting for […]
Commentary
Loving Your Blackness Could Make You a Target of the FBI
By Julianne Malveaux While White men are beating Black men on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, while a “lone” White wolf is shooting people from the Mandalay Bay Hotel, and while the word “terrorist” […]
Local
Entergy New Orleans Donates $50,000 to Delgado Community College
On Monday, October 23rd, Entergy New Orleans, Inc. officials presented a $50,000 check to Delgado Community College to support the start of the Certified Line Worker Training Program, which was developed through a partnership between […]
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Fur Nails? Are You Brave Enough to Try Them?
By Delaney George Winter is coming around quicker than expected and this season is sure to bring in some new trends and highlight some of the old. Faux fur hats, heeled boots, and large […]
Data Zone
2017 National Night Out Against Crime Kick-Off Party
Photos by Julius Gibbs The National Night Out Against Crime in New Orleans is a community-wide event to raise crime prevention awareness, reduce crime and increase the support of local, state and federal law […]
Editorials
It Takes A Village to Raise A Child Alvin “Doc” Williams Ph.D.
By Edwin Buggage There is the well-known African Proverb; It Takes a Village to Raise a Child. Alvin “Doc” Williams, eight decades of life embodies these words as he’s risen from living in a […]
News
Don’t Let 32% Determine 100% of Our Future
By Terry B. Jones Publisher, Data News Weekly Voting and Keeping the Drive Alive New Orleanians went to the polls last Saturday and we are now poised for the run-off that will take place on November […]
Local
Walmart Opens First Training Academy in Chalmette
Walmart opened its first training academy in Chalmette on Thursday, Oct. 12, at 8101 W Judge Perez Drive. Academies are dedicated facilities located in, or adjacent to, a Walmart Supercenter where hourly supervisors and department managers […]
Entertainment
S.W.A.T. Reboot takes Contemporary Look at Policing and the Community
By Langston Bowles-Fulmore What happens when Blue lives matter as much as Black lives. That’s the dilemma faced by Los Angeles-born Lt. Daniel ‘Hondo’ Harrelson, played by Criminal Minds Actor Shemar Moore. ‘Hondo’ is loyal […]