Commentary
Attention!
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. In the last two months we have had two devastating hurricanes along with two devastating reports regarding climate change. If anyone wants to further deny the reality of climate change they […]
Blog
Local
HBCU Partnerships Aim to Attract Community College Students
By Chris Anders Data News Weekly Contributor It’s a small twenty-first century reverse migration, but African American students and recent graduates are among the largest group of transplants moving back South, according to recent studies […]
Featured
Treading Water
By Calla Victoria Unless you have been up at the North Pole helping Santa for the past year or so, you are well aware of the mounting problems at the New Orleans Sewerage & Water […]
Editorials
Forgiving the Forgetful
By Brandon Brown Almost everyone has been there. Days turn into weeks, and weeks turn into months. Eventually, failure to return one borrowed book from a library means that resource is no longer available to […]
Fashion
From New Orleans to Paris and Back
By Kimani Hamilton A passion for fashion, a dream, and determination was all this young designer, Daeja Richardson had when she was growing up. “At the age of 14, I started my own fashion brand: […]
Local
Exhibit Uses Art to Challenge Idea of Black Masculinity
By Tylan Nash In a year that brought strong Black male characters to the big screen in films like Black Panther and BlacKKKlansman, one collection of artwork seeks to broaden the notion of what is […]
National
Senators Harris and Booker Lead Historic Passage of Federal Anti-Lynching Legislation
NNPA Newswire This week, U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) took to the Senate floor to ask for unanimous consent to pass the bipartisan Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of […]
Health
The New Orleans Health Department’s Fit NOLA Initiative Announces the September to December Healthy Heroes
NEW ORLEANS —The New Orleans Health Department’s Fit NOLA initiative, Whole Foods Market New Orleans, Humana and Athleta are proud to announce the Fit NOLA Healthy Heroes! They are: Khater Salomon — September 2018 […]
Data Zone
Chelsey Richard Napoleon Investiture, Clerk of Civil District Court of Orleans Parish
Story & photos by Lawrence Martin, NOLA.TV On Tuesday, December 18, 2018, at Benjamin Franklin High School Auditorium, Louisiana Court Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson, administered the oath of office and swore in Chelsey Richard […]
Entertainment
Members of Congress Introduce Bill to Award Aretha Franklin with Congressional Gold Medal
By Lauren Victoria Burke In the wake of the August 16th death of the “Queen of Soul,” Aretha Franklin, Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), along with Representatives Brenda Lawrence (D-MI) and Doug […]