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To Be Equal: No Success Without a Successor

November 29, 2017 LA Data News 0

President &CEO National Urban League by Marc H. Morial “You are where you are today because you stand on somebody’s shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand […]

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You Better Watch Your Mouth: Dental Care in the Black Community

November 22, 2017 LA Data News 0

By Julianne Malveaux  From the time I was a little girl, to just a day or so ago, someone has always told me to watch my mouth. Why? My mouth runs and sometimes it runs […]

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Is the FBI’s New Focus on “Black Identity Extremists” the New COINTELPRO?

November 15, 2017 LA Data News 0

By Rep. Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02) Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus If you’ve been to a Black Lives Matter rally or tweeted the related hashtag recently, then the FBI might consider you a “Black Identity Extremist,” […]

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Loving Your Blackness Could Make You a Target of the FBI

October 25, 2017 LA Data News 0

By Julianne Malveaux   While White men are beating Black men on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, while a “lone” White wolf is shooting people from the Mandalay Bay Hotel, and while the word “terrorist” […]

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There is Help for Opiate and Heroin Addiction

October 10, 2017 LA Data News 0

Drug overdose is now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States. In 2014, it surpassed both car accidents and gun violence in number of deaths.   Those with loved ones who are […]

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NNPA, Pfizer Release Groundbreaking Poll about Sickle Disease in the Black

September 27, 2017 LA Data News 0

By Stacy M. Brown A new poll about sickle cell disease (SCD), presented by the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and Pfizer revealed that while the majority of respondents were familiar with the illness, less […]

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Reinstate Daca And Protect Dreamers

September 20, 2017 LA Data News 0

By Marc H. Morial “As the leaders of communities across the country—individuals and institutions that have seen these young people grow up in our communities—we recognize how they have enriched and strengthened our cities, states, […]

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America, Before The Fact

September 13, 2017 LA Data News 0

John Slade   Just a few weeks ago I had the pleasure of going to the New Orleans Mint to celebrate the Plessy Vs. Ferguson case that went to the Supreme Court in 1896 which […]

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Finding Comedy in Tragedy: “Ms. Pat” Tells It Like It Is

September 6, 2017 LA Data News 0

Julianne Malveaux I don’t often write about comedians, but the recent passing of my friend Dick Gregory reminded me of the very important role that comedians play in our lives. Not that Gregory was simply […]

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It Will Take More than ESSA to Save Black

September 6, 2017 LA Data News 0

Lynette Monroe Last week, late nights, family road trips, and endless leisure came to an abrupt halt as children across the country headed back to school. This year, however, there is something else that requires […]

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