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City Commissioner Williams-Cox defends mural, says suspended officer doesn’t represent a majority Local News

City Commissioner Williams-Cox defends mural, says suspended officer doesn’t represent a majority

July 28, 2020

By St. Clair MurraineOutlook staff writer With a TPD officer who called protesters a “gang of loudmouths” now on suspension, City Commissioner Dianne Williams-Cox said he is part of a minority that has reacted negatively to a Black Lives Matter Tallahassee mural. The officer’s objection to the mural that is

FEA sues DeSantis to stop ‘reckless’ order to open schools Local News

FEA sues DeSantis to stop ‘reckless’ order to open schools

July 28, 2020

Special to the Outlook The Florida Education Association has filed a suit the state to block plans for the August brick-and-mortar reopening of the state’s public schools.  Both the state and national NAACPs joined the lawsuit that was filed Monday in the 11th Circuit Court in Miami.  President Fedrick Ingram

Sweat it out Blog

Sweat it out

July 28, 2020

Dr. Asha Fields Brewer John 4: 6, NIV, shares,  “Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.” High noon on a hot summer day can be almost unbearable, from the elevated temperature to the beating rays

Supreme Court refuses to clear way for felons voting Local News

Supreme Court refuses to clear way for felons voting

July 28, 2020

By Dara KamNews Service of Florida Hundreds of thousands of Florida felons won’t be able to cast ballots in next month’s primary elections, after the U.S. Supreme Court last Thursday refused to vacate an appellate court’s order in a closely watched legal battle over voting rights. Plaintiffs in the voting-rights

Numbers have to ‘flatten’ before drinks can flow Local News

Numbers have to ‘flatten’ before drinks can flow

July 28, 2020

By Jim Turner News Service of Florida Florida’s bar scene will remain on hold until there is a massive reversal in the growth of positive coronavirus cases, according to the state’s top business regulator. Department of Business and Professional Regulation Secretary Halsey Beshears last Friday said no timeline has been set

Local & National News

Endorsements heat up race for City Commission Seat 1 Local News

Endorsements heat up race for City Commission Seat 1

July 28, 2020

By St. Clair MurraineOutlook staff writer With less than a month before the primary election day, the race for Seat

Safe reopening a major concern for Leon County school officials, parents
Advisory council sets goal to find answers to crime in neighborhoods
City Commissioner Williams-Cox defends mural, says suspended officer doesn’t represent a majority
FEA sues DeSantis to stop ‘reckless’ order to open schools
A giant has fallen National News

A giant has fallen

July 28, 2020

By Nsenga K. BurtonNNPA Newswire Culture and Entertainment Editor Congressman John Lewis was known and revered worldwide for his social

National Urban League: 2010 Census omitted 3.7 million Blacks – nearly five times its original ‘undercount’ claims
Black-owned laboratory uses artificial intelligence-based drug discovery platform to develop treatment for COVID-19
Pennsylvania supreme Court agrees to hear Cosby appeal
Black workers more likely to face retaliation for raising coronavirus concerns

Sports

MEAC decision abruptly ends football season for FAMU Sports

MEAC decision abruptly ends football season for FAMU

July 28, 2020

Special to the Outlook As much as FAMU athletic director Kortne Gosha might have been prepared for any disruption that COVID-19 could cause, he found himself facing the difficult task

Hoops star Isaac recovering, hoping to play in NBA restart
NJCAA releases new ‘plan of action’ for 2020-21 season
Gillespie, Woolfolk sign pro contracts

Opinions

No economic victory lap Opinions

No economic victory lap

July 28, 2020

Dr. Julianne Malveaux The June Employment Situation report, released on July 2, showed a continued decline in the unemployment rate.  Thanks to coronavirus, the rate shot up to 14.7 percent

The truth: Tell it and live it
Past due time for American healthcare system to protect Black Americans
Mathematics for lawyers

Mathematics for lawyers

July 22, 2020

Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response To the Coronavirus Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response To the Coronavirus

May 2, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Saturday, May 2, 2020 Let us continue to pray that our Lord will lead the scientists and physicians to find

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus

May 1, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Friday, May 1, 2020 Well, my brothers and sisters, the Lord has blessed us to see the fifth month in

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus

April 30, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Thursday, April 30, 2020 Are you determined to run on to see what the end will be? A person of

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus

April 29, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Wednesday, April 29, 2020 My devotionals this week are about the significance of identity, destiny and legacy. I took a

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus

April 28, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Tuesday, April 28, 2020 You are destiny’s child; you are a person of destiny and you were born to be

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus

April 27, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Monday, April 27, 2020 I strongly believe that God has given each of us a God-sized dream and destiny. God

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus Daily Bible Devotion

The Christian Response to the Coronavirus

April 26, 2020

By Reverend Dr. RB Holmes, Pastor Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Sunday, April 26, 2020 I have been greatly blessed by almighty God to have been born into a family that