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Kristopher Beavers Data News Weekly Contributor With one month left, New Orleans voters will return to the polls to elect a new mayor, sheriff, city council members and other court and civil positions. Early voting […]

Story and Photos by Daelyn House Data News Weekly Contributor Twenty years to the date, Hurricane Katrina devastated the City of New Orleans, displacing 103,000 people permanently and impacting more than 700,000 people. On the […]

Edwin Buggage Editor A City at a Crossroads  New Orleans stands at a pivotal moment in its history. Our city continues to wrestle with persistent challenges, including public safety, affordable housing, economic inequality, infrastructure needs, […]

Eric Connerly Data News Weekly Contributor A City Built on Black Entrepreneurship  August is National Black Business Month, a time to recognize and uplift Black-owned businesses nationwide. In New Orleans—a city whose culture, cuisine, and […]

Gabrielle Cromwell Data News Weekly Contributor Black women are the most educated group in America according to statistics for the National Center for Education Statistics. They are also the fastest growing entrepreneurial group in the […]

Edwin Buggage Editor-in-Chief Data News Weekly It was sixty years ago, on March 7, 1965, that a group of determined activists set out from Selma, Alabama, marching for one of the most fundamental rights in […]

Glenda Bell Data News Weekly Contributor The story of America cannot be told without the contributions of Black women. From the fight for abolition and civil rights to breaking barriers in politics, science, and the […]

Story and Photos by Aaliyah Brown Data News Weekly Contributor Over 100 student athletes across New Orleans universities came together for a Special Super Bowl Unity Summit that featured Rapper and Activist Meek Mill in […]