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Colour Me Spring

#foogallery-gallery-12840 .fg-image { width: 699px; } Prev 1of5 Next Tracee Dundas Fashion Editor @fashionablyyoursnola Photos: Courtesy of websites Get ready to refresh your wardrobe wi...

New Orleans 2024 Book Festival at Tulane University

#foogallery-gallery-12834 .fg-image { width: 699px; } New Orleans District Attorney Jason Williams and his mother Janice Rogers.Renowned Professor and Author Eddie Glaude with Data News Editor-in-Chief Edwin Buggag...

Jones Academy

Data News Staff Edited Report New Orleans, LA. – To break down barriers to quality education and equip girls with the tools they need to succeed, New Orleans native, Andrea Jones, is elated to announce the opening of The Jones Academy for Girls. The...

U.S. Citizens Flee Haiti Amidst Escalating Chaos: Global Concerns Mount.

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Amidst escalating turmoil in Haiti, a recent exodus of U.S. citizens fleeing the violence underscores broader concerns about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Caribbean nation. As conf...

Beyoncé’s Cécred haircare line revives the importance of professional care

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter has once again taken the world by storm by not only announcing the release of her next album but also releasing her new haircare line “Cécred”. The brand has left a great impression on the public and left many to believe...

The Justin Fields Trade And Why Black Chicago Bears Fans Are Not Okay

Former Bears quarterback Justin Fields’ biggest supporters — Black people — are balancing reality with what could have been. By Evan F. Moore Black folks being recognized for their achievements — or as it’s called these days, “given thei...

Teachers’ “Black Tax”: Longer Hours, Lower Pay, Better Attitude

Working longer hours, typically in under-resourced schools, Black teachers often climb up the rougher side of the educational mountain compared with their white peers. And, like all teachers, they dealt with the COVID-19 disruptions in their profess...

Church Mother of the Month

by Dr. J. Ester Davis I have known Lydia Sue Dan for over three(3)decades. She is indeed a tireless worker, always on God’s program in and around this state. Her influence is powerful!! We met as workers/volunteers for The National Council of Negro...

Black NHL Player Wayne Simmonds Retires After Stellar 15-Year Career

One of professional hockey’s most accomplished Black players hangs up his skates. It is very hard to grasp that after playing in over 1,000 National Hockey League regular-season games and notching 526 career points in 15 seasons, Wayne “T...

Black NASA Employees Go Viral After Sharing Headshots On Social Media

Photo: Instagram A Black engineer sparked a viral trend after sharing his professional headshot for NASA. On Thursday (March 14), Tyrone Jacobs Jr., a component engineer for NASA, shared his official work photo on X, formerly Twitter. The post has s...

J. Pharoah Doss: Black-on-Black amnesia

Last month, CNN contributor Van Jones appeared on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher and discussed the murder rates of young Black males across the United States. Maher remarked, “We do know that, for young Black men, gun homicides are the leading cause...

Black-on-Black Crime Talking Points

Last month, CNN contributor Van Jones appeared on HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher and discussed the murder rates of young Black males across the United States.Maher remarked, “We do know that, for young Black men, gun homicides are the leading cause...

Chicago Area Superintendents and UNCF to Award 80 Scholarships on March 21

Photo caption (L to R): Dr. Johnnie Thomas, Superintendent of Rich Township High School District 227 and President of the Superintendents’ Commission, Dr. Blondean Y. Davis, CEO of Southland College Prep High School and Superintendent of Matteson Sch...

My biggest trauma led me to the love of my life

Photo provided by Noah Washington/The Atlanta Voice Editor’s Note: March is Brain Health Awareness and one of our regular contributors, Noah Washington, wanted to share his personal story of brain surgery and recorvery. Little did I know...

U.S. Chamber of Commerce hosts panel on Advance with Africa

The second panel, “Making a Dream a Reality – How Diaspora can build business linkages to African Markets”, included (left to right) Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances & Outreach from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Rick Wade, Founder of She...