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Marie Bell Data News Weekly Contributor In recognition of Women’s History Month, Data News Weekly will present a series of stories that highlight their contributions to the advancing of the struggle for equal rights and […]

Robert Mann Think504.com I have at least four theories about the rationale behind Gov. Jeff Landry’s recent Crime-Fighting” Special Session. He and his supporters are ignorant and misguided. Even though all available evidence proves otherwise, […]

Xavier University of Louisiana Last Week, the New Orleans City Council acknowledged the significant contributions of BET+, Edmonds Entertainment, and This Way-Out Media to the local community, emphasizing the importance of their work in promoting […]

Marie Bell Data News Weekly Contributor The Origin and Growth of Black History Month Black History Month, celebrated annually in February in the United States and in October in the United Kingdom, Canada, and other […]

Glenn “Chayil” Jones Data News Contributor Yes, it’s carnival time!!! What is carnival? We know what Mardi Gras is and its culture, or do we? Well, this year it all falls in February and that’s […]

Eric Connerly Data News Weekly Contributor In what has been called the most African-influenced city in the U.S., the Black History of New Orleans is rich and multifaceted, truly reflecting the unique cultural and social […]

Story and Photos by Shawniece Mitchell Data News Weekly Contributor Artistic Director Kai Knight and the Dancers of “Breathe” a Kai Knight Dance Collective delivered a moving performance of contemporary Afro-modern dance titled “Ori: Journey […]

Story and Photos by Makenna Mincey Data News Weekly Contributor Terrance Osborne’s “Private Works” exhibit comes as a full circle moment in many ways. The internationally acclaimed New Orleans native who graduated from the New […]

Terry B. Jones Publisher, Data News Weekly This weekend marked the beginning of a new regime in the leadership in Baton Rouge. Jeff Landry is now our state’s Governor and much of the state leadership […]