Commentary
Broken Girls Are Strong Women
Dionne Character Female Empowerment Columnist Sometimes, we put people on a pedestal so high that they could never live up to the things we think they can accomplish when they fall and crack our souls. […]
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City works to speed up Post-Ida Recovery
Tyana Jackson Data News Weekly Contributor Over a month after Hurricane Ida, one of the largest tropical cyclone storms to make landfall in Louisiana, residents are still struggling to return to normal. Several issues have […]
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Mothers of Slain Unarmed Black Men and Women Continue to Advocate for Change
Leah Clark Data News Weekly Contributor The Mothers of the Movement urged New Orleans youth to remain vigilant on the issues of police brutality, gun violence, and its impact on the community at an event […]
Data Zone
NORD Kicks Off 75th Anniversary and Renaming of Behrman Park
Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report The New Orleans Recreation Department (NORD) Commission kicked-off its 75th Anniversary as a City agency and announced the renaming of Behrman Park as the Morris F.X. Jeff Sr. Park. […]
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DUPLAIN W. “PETE” RHODES III Patriarch of Rhodes Families of Businesses Dies
New Orleans Agenda Press Release We sadly announce the passing of Duplain W. “Pete” Rhodes, III on Wednesday, September 23, 2021. Duplain “Pete” Rhodes was the patriarch of New Orleans’ own Rhodes Family of Businesses. […]
Local
The New Orleans Community Unites to Clean The City After Hurricane IDA
Courtney Young President/CEO ForeSight Communications In the aftermath of Hurricane IDA, residents of New Orleans are struggling to deal with the putrid-smelling trash that is overwhelming the city. It’s been almost 4 weeks since the […]
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City Announces Direct Landlord Assistance and Utility Payments now Available
City of New Orleans NEW ORLEANS — Last week, the City of New Orleans announced that it will begin providing direct payments to utility providers, and rapid relief to landlords to stop tenants from being […]
Editorials
From Desire To Purpose…A Dreamer’s Journey
Renée Dugué Co-Founder Reborn and Rising We talked about last year not being what we expected. Clarity of purpose, focus, and perfect vision are what we all envisioned 2020 would bring. Then as we ended […]
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GARBAGE the whole story
There has been a lot of coverage about New Orleans’ garbage issue over the past few months. There have been detailed daily accounts of missed pick-ups, the health hazard that this situation – a massive […]
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Blessed to Be a Blessing
Lucky Johnson… A Quiet Hero For New Orleans Edwin Buggage Data News Weekly Editor-in-Chief These are Selfless Times In these troubling times, where many are in the mode of trying to put the pieces of […]