Commentary
Queens at Battle
Dionne Character Female Empowerment Columnist It is tough trying to find a strong Black man when it seems every last one of them have all gotten one-way tickets to destinations unknown to women, somewhere in […]
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Local
New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams Found Not Guilty
Edwin Buggage Editor-in-Chief Data News Weekly Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams went back to work on Monday August 1, 2022, triumphant after a two-week trial where he was acquitted on ten federal tax fraud […]
Local
NORD Celebrates 75th Anniversary with Inaugural Alumni Picnic and Other Community Events
Data News Staff Edited Report Recently, the New Orleans Recreation Department (NORD) Commission hosted its Inaugural Alumni Picnic as part of a year-long celebration commemorating NORD’s 75th Anniversary. Last year the agency announced its plans […]
Entertainment
Beyoncé’s Renaissance Breaks Souls and Records in Historic Debut
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent With a healthy helping of Chicago house music and classic 1970s disco, the New York Times called Renaissance a “tour of some of the genre’s most well-known […]
Featured
Back to School: A Lesson for Success
Edwin Buggage Editor-in-Chief Data News Weekly Bridging the Divide: Where are we in Public Education? In the years following Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Public Schools have seen a system drastically changed and become ground […]
Data Zone
STEM NOLA in Partnership with the Department of Defense and Boeing Blast Off with Rocket Day at UNO Lakefront Arena
STEM NOLA in partnership DoD STEM and The Boeing Company hosted its highly anticipated STEM Saturday Rocket Day at the North Lot of the UNO Lakefront Arena located at 6801 Franklin Ave, New Orleans LA. […]
Commentary
The Legacy Project
Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report It may be the biggest family portrait ever. Businessman and former mayoral candidate Troy Henry commissioned a mural that stretches almost the length of a football field, from Religious […]
Local
Mayor Cantrell joins Community Partners to Celebrate Completion of Affordable Housing Development in New Orleans East City of New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS – Mayor LaToya Cantrell was joined by New Orleans City Councilmember for District E Oliver M. Thomas, Jr., Louisiana Housing Corporation (LHC) Chief Operating and Legal Officer Marjorianna Willman, Executive Director of the […]
Business
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Graduates Demand Federal Contracting Opportunities for Women and Minority-Owned Small Businesses
Brandon Armant President and CEO of BAMM, a Communications Company Black entrepreneurs are starting businesses at higher rates than other groups. In the face of systemic barriers, we’ve built businesses from the ground up, transformed […]
Entertainment
Rihanna Listed by Forbes as World’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaire
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent In 2021, Rihanna achieved billionaire status. In 2022, Forbes acknowledged that the Barbadian beauty now counts as the youngest self-made billionaire in America. The 34-year-old, who recently […]