Data News Staff Edited Report Harry Connick Sr., the longtime New Orleans District Attorney, and father to two, including musician Harry Connick Jr., has passed away at the age of 97. The younger Connick’s Publicist […]
Story and Photos Ja’lyn Jones Data News Weekly Contributor Only 2 percent of rowers are Black. Brannon Johnson, the owner of the first and only Black-owned and operated rowing club in the country, is working […]
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Recent research conducted by Scientific American Online supported fears that facial recognition technology (FRT) can worsen racial inequities in policing. The research found that law enforcement agencies […]
Story and Photos by Shawniece Mitchell Data News Weekly Contributor Artistic Director Kai Knight and the Dancers of “Breathe” a Kai Knight Dance Collective delivered a moving performance of contemporary Afro-modern dance titled “Ori: Journey […]
Tracee Dundas Fashion Editor | @fashionablyyoursnola Sequins, feathers and over the top styles is what can be expected when attending any of the many Mardi Gras balls and festivities. After all that’s exactly what Mardi […]
New Orleans Agenda During its regular monthly board meeting, the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) unanimously voted to elect Katie Baudouin as its President and Leila Jacobs Eames as its Vice President. “I express my […]
Jeff Thomas Think504.com With a gun to their heads, the Louisiana Legislature finally redrew the state’s Congressional map. African Americans comprise over 33% of the population. Now Louisiana finally has a second Black Congressional District. […]
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The collateral consequences of a criminal conviction often amount to a lifelong disadvantage, particularly for African Americans. According to the Sentencing Project, in 2010, one in three […]
Data News Staff Edited Report Dexter Scott King, the younger son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King died Monday after battling prostate cancer. The King Center in Atlanta, which Dexter […]
Story and Photos by Makenna Mincey Data News Weekly Contributor Terrance Osborne’s “Private Works” exhibit comes as a full circle moment in many ways. The internationally acclaimed New Orleans native who graduated from the New […]
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