Local
Early Voting Begins for Oct. 12 Election
Data News Staff Edited Report Election Season in Full Swing…Get Out and Vote There are many races both at the local and state level with candidates running for office in several races. Of course the […]
News
National
Five-Time Grammy Award Winner Terence Blanchard Tapped as First Black Composer at Metropolitan Opera in 136 Years
Karu F. Daniels Writer, the root.com It’s 2019 and black folks are still making history with “first feats”—in entertainment of all places. We’ve come a long way…but we still got a long way to go. […]
News
Another Bad Call and Bad News for Saints as Drew Brees is Out for 6 Weeks
E. Benjamin Data News Weekly Staff Writer In a game that again saw a bad call, where Cam Jordan recovered a fumble to run it in for a touchdown get called back. A play that […]
Local
Scales & Ales
Data News Staff Edited Report It’s time to get your tickets for the 10th Annual Scales & Ales Fundraiser on Friday, October 4th, at Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, where partygoers can support sharks – […]
Editorials
Queen Sugar Episode Spotlights New Orleans HBCU
Tykiera Haley Data News Weekly Contributor The two-part season finale of the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Queen Sugar saw Micah West, played by Actor Nicholas L. Ashe, inform his mother Charley (played by Dawn […]
National
Black Press of America Awards Courageous Leaders
Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent With a lively and capacity crowd inside the Renaissance DC Downtown Hotel in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Sept. 12, National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin […]
Local
Sewerage and Water Board’s Ghassan Korban Proposes ‘Stormwater Fee’ to Pay for Complete Overhaul of Drainage System
Eric Connerly Data News Weekly Contributor The Executive Director of the Sewerage & Water Board (S&WB), Ghassan Korban believes it’s time for the citizens of New Orleans to pay a drainage fee. He’s said his […]
Local
Making A Difference Beyond Anything Expected
Caitlyn Summers B.A.E. (beyond anything expect) was an event recently held at the New Orleans Downtown Holiday Inn by a group of inspirational local leaders who told their back stories on how they grew up […]
Local
RTA Service Enhancements Begin This Month
Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) riders this month began experiencing more frequent service in New Orleans East and Algiers, and enjoying extra hours of operation […]
Entertainment
Snoop Dogg: NFL Owners have Slavemaster Mentality. I Would have Settled for $1 Billion
Ann Brown Writer, Moguldom.com Snoop Dogg recently appeared on “The Breakfast Club” Radio Program and weighed in on the Jay-Z-NFL partnership, among other things. During the interview, Snoop first addressed the Colin Kaepernick and said: […]