Commentary
What You Know About Dat Black And Gold?
Fleur De Lis Data News Weekly Columnist What’s up Who Dat Nation, this is Fleur De Lis, I am here to discuss all things NOLA. Today of course everyone is talking about our field leader […]
Commentary
Commentary
Attitudes About Gun Safety are Changing, But Senate Leadership is Mired in the Past
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League The biggest movement and shift that we’ve seen in this culture is simply because of the victims. When victims and survivors are coming to the legislative […]
Commentary
How Racism Affects Youth Health and Well-Being
Jeff Thomas Think 504 We’ve written previously about how racism affects the health and well-being of millions of Americans. The evidence demonstrates that people who experience racial discrimination are more likely to have a range […]
Commentary
Pamela Pierre Brown; Owner of Gourmet Sacred Soul Kitchen Therapy & Catering
Data News Staff Edited Report Pamela Pierre Brown, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a Certified Holistic Health Advocate accredited through the State of New York and Institute of Integrative Nutrition. She is also […]
Black Experience
Marcus Garvey Celebration 2019
On Saturday, August 17, 2019, New Orleans celebrated the life and legacy of The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, who was born in Jamaica on August 17, 1887. That was 132 years ago! Fate chose to […]
Commentary
Jamestown to Jamestown: Commemorating 400 Years of the African Diaspora Experience
Derrick Johnson NAACP President and CEO History commonly and most often points to late August in the year 1619 when some “20 and odd Negroes” originating from Angola arrived in the British colony of Jamestown, […]
Commentary
Who Cares About Fair Elections?
Julianne Malveaux NNPA Newswire Contributor The US House of Representatives passed the Securing America’s Fair Elections (SAFE) Act in June by a nearly totally partisan vote of 225-184 in late June. Only one Republican voted […]
Commentary
White Women versus Black Women
Jeff Thomas Publisher Think504.COM Not only is John Bel Edwards the only Democrat who holds a statewide office, but the Louisiana governor is the only Democratic governor of any Southern state. And currently, this rarest […]
Commentary
Toni Morrison’s Passing is a Loss for the Racial Justice Community as Well as the Literary World
Marc Morial President and CEO National Urban League NEW YORK – A few years after being awarded the Nobel Prize for literature, for a body of work known for centering the Black American experience, Toni […]
Black Experience