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Breast Cancer Awareness Month
By Janice Brown Black Women and Breast Cancer As we end the month of October, that has for over the last three decades been deemed Breast Cancer Awareness Month; where all over you see […]
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Tyler Perry: An Inspirational Journey to Greatness
By Edwin Buggage It has been quite a journey for Tyler Perry, a kid growing up in Uptown New Orleans to a working-class family. The place where many of the characters we have come to […]
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Why Desiree Charbonnet is the Best Choice for Our Next Mayor
As we near New Orleans’ 300th Anniversary, there is only one candidate who seems to have what it takes to lead us as Mayor. Desiree Charbonnet is not only tied to the great and deeply […]
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The 10th Annual Gentilly Festival Shows the Resilience of New Orleanians
By Eric Craig Nearly 12 years ago, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans devastating Gentilly, one of the City’s central Black neighborhoods. Despite the life-changing impact residents banded together to revive their community. How? A local […]
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Meet The 2016 – 2017 Trailblazers
Data News Staff Report Each month, Data News Weekly pays tribute to an individual doing extraordinary things in the community. For years, Data has highlighted these outstanding people as Trailblazers of the Month. These are […]
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Mayoral candidates discuss solutions for the city’s black men at forum
By Christopher D. Brown Photo by Christopher D. Brown The plight of the African American male was the theme of the mayoral candidate forum held on Sept. 28 at Dillard University’s Georges Auditorium. Mayoral candidates […]
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59 Dead, 527 Injured In Las Vegas Mass Shooting
By Freddie Allen (Editor-In-Chief, NNPA Newswire) Las Vegas authorities have identified Stephen Paddock, a 64 year-old White man from Mesquite, Nevada, as the gunmen in one of the deadliest mass shootings in United States history. […]
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NOTFORSALENOLA.com PAC Unfairly Attacks Black Leadership in New Orleans
Data News Staff When Politics Goes Too Far In a recent mailer from a PAC (Political Action Committee) calling itself NOTFORSALENOLA.com, has been attacking not only mayoral candidate Desiree Charbonnet, but Black leadership in general, […]
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Data News Weekly Celebrates Its 51st Anniversary
Last year the New Orleans Data News Weekly celebrated its Golden Anniversary as the People’s Paper providing news that empowers, inform and inspires a community. This year the paper turns 51 and has come a […]
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NNPA, Pfizer Release Groundbreaking Poll about Sickle Disease in the Black
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 […]