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Purple and Gold on a Roll
E. Benjamin Data News Weekly Contributor This week LSU Football Team is an overwhelming choice for the nation’s No. 1 ranking according to the Associated Press college football poll after beating Alabama 46-41 in a […]
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New Louis Armstrong International Airport Opens
Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report NEW ORLEANS — Recently, the City cut the ribbon beginning a new chapter at the new Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport that’s officially open. State and City officials […]
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National Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones Discusses Impact of The 1619 Project
Sydney Odom Data News Weekly Contributor She received backlash from conservative voices online, but award-winning Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones said she knew that the 1619 Project was an important journalistic exercise to correct the History of […]
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New Orleans Native Desirée Glapion Rogers and Business Partner Purchase Fashion Fair Beauty Line From Johnson Publishing Co., for $1.85 Million
Taylor A. Sylvain New Orleans Agenda NEW ORLEANS – According to published reports, New Orleans native Desirée Glapion Rogers and her business partner, Cheryl Mayberry McKissack will purchase the Iconic Fashion Fair Beauty Line from […]
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City and State Leaders Sign A Five Year Extension in Contract with Essence Fest
E. Benjamin Data News Weekly Contributor At City Hall leaders from across the City and State were on hand to announce a five-year extension in the contract between Essence Fest, the City of New Orleans […]
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Community Book Center Sponsors Event featuring Best Selling Author Ta-Nehisi Coates
Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report Photos by Eric Waters Community Book Center (CBC), sponsored an intimate book club event featuring bestselling Author Ta-Nehisi Coates on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. This gathering was […]
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Mitch Landrieu launches E Pluribus Unum with release of Report on Race and Class in the American South
The Honorable Bill Clinton, Congressman John Lewis Among Members of National Advisory Council Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report NEW ORLEANS – Today, former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu (left) officially launched the E Pluribus […]
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New Orleans Demolishes Cranes at Hard Rock Hotel Construction Site
Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report On Sunday, October 20th at approximately 2:30 P.M. the two cranes Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, Portions of the Hard Rock Hotel, which has been under construction at […]
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Bike Ride Highlights the 170 Miles that Separates Families between New Orleans and Angola
Story and Photos Edward Carter III Data News Weekly Contributor It’s a system that takes a toll on families the most. In a country that has the largest prison population and the highest per-capita incarceration […]
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NBA Legend Shaquille O’Neal Partners with HBCU’s Miles College for Campus Venture
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent A new partnership between NBA great Shaquille O’Neal and Miles College will help bring a Papa John’s Pizzeria to every Historically Black College and University Campus in the nation. […]