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By Edwin Buggage From the Slave Ship to the “Owner” Ship WBOK 1230AM has become an important radio station in the City giving voice to African-American issues in New Orleans. While there are a host […]

By Marion Hercyl On March 24, the –year-old fifth-grader was onstage speaking at the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C.  During her three-minute speech, she spoke decisively about the lack of sustained media attention […]

By: Edwin Buggage ABCT Summer Camp Inspires Greatness in Young People Summer is swiftly approaching, and registration has begun for the Anthony Bean Community Theater – ABCT Performing Arts Summer Camp. The ABCT Summer Program […]

By Edwin Buggage The French Quarter Fest Bigger than Ever It is again that time of year. In a City where there are countless festivals and celebrations; the French Quarter Festival kicks off the spring […]

Data News Weekly Staff Edited Reports Hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, parents, and victims rallied in Washington, D.C., and across the country on Saturday to demand tougher gun control measures, part of a wave of political […]

By Data News Weekly Editorial Board For over 50 years, in our mission as “The People’s Paper” we at Data News Weekly have championed the critical importance of having and exercising our right to vote, […]

By Glenn Jones, Oba Lorrius, Tamara Singleton Webster’s 1828 Dictionary defines an American as A native of America; originally applied to the aboriginals, or copper-colored races, found here by the Europeans; but now applied to […]

By Edwin Buggage The True Essence of Beauty The late great Maya Angelou wrote a poem called Phenomenal Woman about embracing and defining beauty beyond the eye, but the depth of the soul is what […]

By Edwin Buggage Black Panther Strike Box Office Gold Black Panther,” Disney/Marvel’s African-oriented comic book adaptation, has taken the movie industry by storm breaking box office records for a film with a primarily Black cast. […]