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Summer Chic Pink
Tracee Dundas Fashion Editor @fashionablyyoursnola It was the summer fashion soirée of the season, as the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Economy and the City of New Orleans rollout the pink carpet to welcome Essence Fest […]
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Commentary
Backstreet Cultural Museum Reopens
Data News Staff Edited Report It has been nearly a year since Hurricane Ida damaged the cultural jewel that celebrates New Orleans’ African American parading culture, the Backstreet Cultural Museum. Now it is reopening sharing […]
Local
Congressman Carter Introduces Bill to Study and Protect the Integrity of Louis Armstrong Park
New Orleans Agenda This week, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. introduced legislation to study and protect the culture and integrity of Louis Armstrong Park within the former New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park for future […]
National
Record Inflation Shrinks Housing Affordability, Worsens Racial Wealth Gaps
Charlene Crowell NNPA Newswire Contributor This summer, temperatures are not the only thing rising above normal. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the nation’s consumer price index (CPI) at the end of May […]
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Pontchartrain Park Neighborhood Honored as Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places
Edited by Edwin Buggage Editor-in-Chief Data News Weekly The Making of History The rich history of this New Orleans Black community was on full display recently when the Pontchartrain Park Neighborhood in New Orleans was […]
Data Zone
Black Women United Celebrating Essence Music Festival
DIONNE CHARACTER Female Empowerment Columnist There is nothing more powerful than strong Black women from all walks of life coming together to enjoy a weekend full of clarity, empowerment, and mindfulness, embracing sisterhood with the […]
Commentary
Literacy Advocate Levar Burton Holds Reading Event With City Of NOLA and Osmo
Data News Staff Edited Report Recently, literacy advocate and award-winning actor, speaker and author LeVar Burton (Reading Rainbow, Star Trek, Jeopardy!), hosted a LIVE reading event with Osmo from BYJU’S at the Milne Rec Center […]
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New Orleans East Hospital CEO Becomes First African American Female to Serve as Board Chair for United Way of Southeast Louisiana
New Orleans Agenda Takeisha Davis, MD, MPH, President, and CEO of New Orleans East Hospital, has been named Board Chair of United Way Southeast Louisiana’s Board of Trustees for the 2022-23 year. Dr. Davis will […]
National
Akron Authorities Release Disturbing BodyCam of Shooting of Black DoorDash Driver
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Authorities on Sunday released disturbing bodycam footage of Jayland Walker, an unarmed Black Door Dash delivery driver with no criminal record shot dozens of times by Akron […]
National
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Sworn-in as First Black Woman on U.S. Supreme Court
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson officially joined the U.S. Supreme Court, marking a historic first for an African American woman. After receiving the required two oaths – […]