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Election Results March 24th Election
By Edwin Buggage As we continue our over 50-year mission as “The People’s Paper” we at Data News Weekly want to thank all of those who came out and voted in the election and let […]
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Sacramento Residents Demand Answers in Stephon Clark Killing
By Genoa Barrow Sacramento Observer NNPA Member SACRAMENTO—Angry and frustrated residents are demanding answers after a police-involved shooting left an unarmed, Black man dead last week. Stephon Clark, 22, was fatally shot in his Meadowview […]
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ASHE’s Kuumba Institute Summer Program 2018 Kicks-Off June 4
Data Staff Edited Report Ashé Cultural Arts Center announces the Kuumba Institute Summer Program for children ages 6 to 16. The seven-week program runs from June 4 to July 20, 2018, operating Mondays through Fridays, 8:30 a.m. […]
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Legacy of Female Musicians still a Little Known Story in Women’s History
By Brianna Montgomery Female musicians have been in the shadows of male musicians for many decades, but their stories are hardly ever told. But in revisiting the Judy Chaikin Documentary “The Girls in the Band,” […]
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College Students Join National Walkout Day Protests
By Amyre Brandom-Skinner Across the country, students walked out of their classrooms in response to the national debate on gun violence. And in New Orleans, crowds of students left their classrooms at 10 a.m. on […]
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First Student-Led Jefferson Parish Sheriff Candidates Forum
The Jeremiah Group continues to practice what the Founding Fathers preached: the ongoing attempts to make democracy an everyday reality for more and more Americans On Monday, March 12, 2018, The Jeremiah Group presented the […]
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Civil Rights Exhibit Tells Story of Children/Teens In The Movement
By Victoria Clark Doretha Smith walked around the lobby of the sixth floor as she acknowledged old pictures of herself and her friends. As she walked forward and spoke to people nearby her, others started […]
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NAACP Critical of Ben Carson’s Move to Change HUD’s Mission Statement
NNPA Newswire The NAACP is deeply concerned by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson’s move to dilute the agency’s long-standing mission. The Department of Housing and Urban Development Act, which established HUD as […]
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New Orleans Vets Salute Black History during World War II
By Piper Thurman As part of commemorating Black History Month across the City, the World War II Museum on Magazine Street convened a panel of historians on Feb. 21, 2018, to revisit what African-Americans faced […]
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Louisiana Democratic Senate Caucus Leader Troy Carter
By Edwin Buggage Special Session Focus on Balance Budget The Louisiana Legislature is presently in a special session in an attempt to balance the budget for 2018-19. Presently, there is a 1-billion-dollar deficit that legislators […]