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Cops involved in Eric Garner’s death to face internal police department charges

August 7, 2018

By Frederick H. Lowe Trice Edney News Wire Daniel Pantaleo, a New York City cop, who choked to death Eric Garner on camera for selling untaxable-loose cigarettes as Kizzy Adonis, his supervisor, a Black woman New York City police sergeant, who stood and watched and did nothing to intervene,

Nine members of one family drown in boating accident

August 7, 2018

Boat captain told them they didn’t need to wear life jackets By Frederick H. Lowe Trice Edney News Wire Nine members of a Black family drowned when their tour boat sank on Table Rock Lake on July 19 in Branson, Missouri, in 70 miles per hour winds and high waves.

All eyes on U.S. Supreme Court: Fiery nomination battle expected

July 24, 2018

By Barringtonn M. Salmon Trice Edney News Wire President Donald Trump has announced his choice for the next U. S. Supreme Court justice. He is U. S. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh of Washington, D.C., a nominee who has already drawn fire from Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and the NAACP. “Brett

Unemployment rate increased for Black men

July 24, 2018

By Frederick H. Lowe Trice Edney News Wire The nation’s unemployment rate rose slightly in June so did the jobless rate for Black men 20 years old and older, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported. Nonfarm businesses added 213,000 jobs but the unemployment rate last month was 4

Police killings challenge the mental health of Black Americans

July 7, 2018

By Frederick H. Lowe Trice Edney News Wire Police killings of unarmed African-Americans have a deep psychological effect on the entire Black community, causing many who weren’t in the line of fire to feel psychically wounded, according to a study published by The Lancet, a weekly peer-reviewed general medical

Hate thy neighbor colors Sessions’ immigration practices

July 7, 2018

NEWS ANALYSIS By Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds and Rev. Dr. Keith Magee Trice Edney News Wire Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions has reached down into the garbage can of history to twist passages of Holy Scripture, once used by segregationists to perpetuate slavery, segregation, White nationalism and Jim Crow, to justify

Doctor gives patients veggies with cooking instructions

July 7, 2018

Just saying “eat your vegetables” wasn’t enough Special to the Outlook Dr. Joseph Galati was talking to one of his patients about the need to put more vegetables into her diet and mentioned that cooking eggplant would probably be a good idea. The patient had never cooked eggplant before and

Dennis Rodman calls the historic meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-un “a new day”

June 26, 2018

By Frederick H. Lowe Trice Edney News Wire Dennis Rodman, who was in Singapore for last week’s historic meeting between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea, said he first took the idea of meeting with Kim Jong-un to then President Barack Obama, but

Lawsuit filed to block Obama Presidential Center in Chicago

June 19, 2018

Crusader Staff Report The Chicago Crusader Days before the Chicago Plan Commission approved plans for the Obama Presidential Center, a federal lawsuit was filed to block the proposed $500 million facility that will be built in Jackson Park. The 500-acre park is located in Chicago’s predominately Black

Susan Rice joins Netflix’s board

May 22, 2018

Special to the Outlook Netflix, Inc., the world’s leading Internet-service company, has named Susan M. Rice, former Ambassador to the United Nations and former U.S. National Security Advisor, to its board of directors. “We are delighted to welcome Ambassador Rice to the Netflix board,” said Reed Hastings,