Black Experience
Cash and King and Justice
By Vincent L. Hall, Texas Metro News NNPA Newswire Columnist You can run on for a long time…but sooner or later God will cut you down.– Johnny Cash The arc of the moral universe is […]
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Data Zone
NOLA Celebrates MLK Day 2019 – “Remember, Celebrate Act”
Photos by Kichea S. Burt Data News Contributor On Monday, New Orleans came out to celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Day in a big way. Events included an opening program at the New […]
Local
Is It Really Over? Some Say Not So Fast
Data Staff Report A Sunday night item explaining a rule that, in theory, gives the Commissioner the power to order a do-over as the remedy for extraordinary unfair outcomes apparently has fueled one lawsuit, and […]
National
Supreme Court Agrees To Hear A Second Amendment Case For The First Time In 9 Years
Data Staff Edited Report WASHINGTON, DC— The Supreme Court is taking up its first gun rights case in nine years, a challenge to New York City’s prohibition on carrying a licensed, locked and unloaded handgun […]
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Recalling Dr. King’s Legacy in the Age of Trump
By Dr. Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir Data News Weekly Contributor Donald Trump has been president for approximately two years now. Within those two years the White House has endured controversy after controversy. It is almost as though […]
Commentary
Short-Term Rentals Can Help with Affordable Housing Crisis—If We Can Find the Right Mix
Andreanecia Morris Housing NOLA, Executive Director On Thursday, January 10, 2019, the New Orleans City Council unanimously voted to direct the City Planning Commission (CPC) to draft changes that would revise the current short-term rental […]
Black Experience
Spiritually Speaking: Faith Tested is Real or Maybe Not
By James A. Washington Data News Weekly Guest Columnist With the world in such a tumultuous state, you could say that this is when faith can and is tested. For some, tragic world events just […]
Local
Black and Gold and the Soul of New Orleans – Part 2
Edwin Buggage Editor A Data News Exclusive with JMK the Producer of the Original Version New Orleans and Celebrating through Dance As the Black and Gold continue their march toward the Super Bowl, the Who […]
Commentary
Remembering Dr. King and “The Other America”
By Charlene Crowell “Little children in this other America are forced to grow up with clouds of inferiority forming every day in their little mental skies. As we look at this other America, we see […]
National
Soar Like an Eagle
By Jeffrey L. Boney NNPA Newswire Contributor Here in the United States, the Boy Scouts of America is considered to be one of the most revered institutions for the development of young boys. In the […]