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Photos by Mark Veals; courtesy Xavier University of Louisiana Jordan Booker Data News Weekly Contributor As the countdown to the U.S. midterm elections began in October, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder reminded young people […]

Data News Staff Edited Report On October 4, 2022, the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new YWCA facility in Mid-City marked a vital step in the return of crucial programs for women, children, […]

Photos By Samantha Jackson Samantha Jackson Data News Weekly Contributor Veteran New Orleans Broadcasters Sally-Ann Roberts and Monica Pierre have teamed up to return to the airwaves with a new morning show: “Your Power Is […]

Allison Swann Data News Weekly Contributor In a report released by the Metropolitan Crime Commission on Sept. 18th, it was established that the City of New Orleans has overtaken St. Louis, Mo., in becoming the […]

Jasmine Christopher Data News Weekly Contributor Black mothers and their young daughters stood patiently in line as the soundtrack to “The Princess and the Frog” played throughout Baldwin & Co. They were waiting for a […]

Leah Clark Data News Weekly Contributor When Kennadie Boykin first moved from St. Louis, Mo. to Jackson, Miss., she noticed how often the city was placed under a boiled water notice. Five years later, in […]

photos by Tyana Jackson Tyana Jackson Data News Weekly Contributor Among many of the challenges New Orleans faced after Hurricane Katrina, the need to preserve the land and environment is one often forgotten. Most predominately […]

Karin Hopkins Data News Weekly Contributor Knocked Down And Dazed When Kyshun Webster reflects on Hurricane Katrina from a personal perspective, he sees how the worst time in his life molded him into a man […]