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Scott Lipscomb Data News Weekly Contributor When applying for college, the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), and the American College Test (ACT) examinations are required for high school students to prepare for and submit for acceptance. […]

Manuel Scherif Data News Weekly Contributor The COVID-19 Pandemic revealed the health inequities across the state. Louisiana, and, New Orleans, in particular, carried some of the worse numbers for COVID-19 deaths at the start of […]

Manuel Scherif Data News Weekly Contributor The newly formed New Orleans City Council Street Renaming Commission will consider 37 streets, parks, and public places named after Confederate figures and White supremacists, for future renaming. The […]

Data News Staff Edited Report In what is historical times for African Americans and women running for elected office; there is another historic first that took place in Jefferson Parish on Election Night. Sharlayne Jackson-Prevost […]

LaVerne Toombs New Orleans, Louisiana – November 27, 2020 – Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) family is saddened to learn of the passing of Millie M. Charles, Founding Dean of the School of Social […]

Eric Connerly Data News Weekly Contributor A native of the State of Louisiana was officially named U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under the incoming Biden-Harris Administration. Linda Thomas-Greenfield comes with 35-years of experience as […]

Data News Staff Edited Report U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond will leave his seat in Congress to join President-elect Joe Biden’s Administration as a Senior Adviser to the President and Director of Public Engagement. The New […]

Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report – New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell during a recent press conference stated the City will be moving into Phase 3.3 re-opening beginning November 11, 2020. What does this mean […]