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The Right To Vote
Edwin Buggage Editor-in-Chief On October 12th voters will once again go to the polls to vote. In this election, like many others, we at Data News Weekly encourage our citizens to get out and vote. […]
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Another Bad Call and Bad News for Saints as Drew Brees is Out for 6 Weeks
E. Benjamin Data News Weekly Staff Writer In a game that again saw a bad call, where Cam Jordan recovered a fumble to run it in for a touchdown get called back. A play that […]
Local
Scales & Ales
Data News Staff Edited Report It’s time to get your tickets for the 10th Annual Scales & Ales Fundraiser on Friday, October 4th, at Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, where partygoers can support sharks – […]
Editorials
Queen Sugar Episode Spotlights New Orleans HBCU
Tykiera Haley Data News Weekly Contributor The two-part season finale of the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Queen Sugar saw Micah West, played by Actor Nicholas L. Ashe, inform his mother Charley (played by Dawn […]
Data Zone
The Tamron Hall Show Debuts
Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D NNPA Newswire Entertainment and Culture Editor America’s news sweetheart Tamron Hall is back with a self-titled daytime talk show The Tamron Hall Show. Following Hall’s controversial yet celebrated 2017 exit from […]
National
Black Press of America Awards Courageous Leaders
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent With a lively and capacity crowd inside the Renaissance DC Downtown Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Sept. 12, National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin […]
Black Experience
Author’s Best Seller Memorializes Life in New Orleans East
Edward Carter III Data News Weekly Contributor Growing up in a large household in New Orleans East was nothing but normal for author, Sarah Broom. The youngest of 12 children, she was entertained in the […]
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Prostate Awareness Month
Dr. Denise Johnson Investigator for RESPOND African American Men More Likely to Get Prostate Cancer September is Prostate Awareness Month. African American men are more likely to get Prostate Cancer than any other group. The […]
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Sewerage and Water Board’s Ghassan Korban Proposes ‘Stormwater Fee’ to Pay for Complete Overhaul of Drainage System
Eric Connerly Data News Weekly Contributor The Executive Director of the Sewerage & Water Board (S&WB), Ghassan Korban believes it’s time for the citizens of New Orleans to pay a drainage fee. He’s said his […]
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Making A Difference Beyond Anything Expected
Caitlyn Summers B.A.E. (beyond anything expect) was an event recently held at the New Orleans Downtown Holiday Inn by a group of inspirational local leaders who told their back stories on how they grew up […]