June 2016 – Page 3 – Capital Outlook

Tropical Storm Colin was an eye-opener for hurricane season

June 21, 2016

By Sean Sanders Outlook Writer Tropical Storm Colin was an eye-opener if not a wake-up call for residents of the Big Bend. The storm brought as much as 6.35 inches of rain during a torrential downpour in some areas of Tallahassee; a reminder that hurricane season is here.

Small-town political campaigning comes with big price tag

June 21, 2016

By Damon Arnold Outlook writer By the time this year’s elections are held five months from now, most of the names that are in the midst of pre-primary campaigning will disappear. Most of those who manage to get past the primaries generally are the candidates who have

Don’t send Flint down drain. Fix it.

June 16, 2016

By Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. The Flint water crisis is now two years old — and the water still isn’t safe to drink. There have been civil and criminal investigations, two congressional hearings and extensive reporting, particularly during the presidential primary in Michigan. Gov. Rick Snyder appointed a special task

Clinton and Trump point America in two very different directions

June 16, 2016

By Jesse Jackson The media has already dubbed Hillary Clinton the presumptive presidential nominee. Even before she won California, she had won more votes, more pledged delegates and more primaries than Bernie Sanders. Superdelegates will not overturn the choice of the voters unless the former secretary of state’s email scandal

Education advocate Wright Edelman among appointees to HBCU advisory board

June 16, 2016

By Zenitha Prince President Obama has appointed noted education advocate Marian Wright Edelman and other luminaries to his Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. On May 25, the White House announced the appointments of Edelman, president of the Children’s Defense Fund; Phyliss Craig-Taylor, dean of North

Two reasons Dementia risk is higher for African-Americans

June 16, 2016

By Andy Henion (TriceEdneyWire.com) – African-Americans face a much higher risk—2.52 times greater—than Caucasian Americans of developing cognitive impairment, including dementia, later in life. A new study uncovers several reasons why. Much of that racial disparity can be explained by childhood disadvantages, such as growing up poor and in the

Hillary Clinton claims historic win in in Democratic primary Sanders continues to fight as Obama attempts to make peace

June 16, 2016

By Hazel Trice Edney Former First Lady, former U. S. Senator and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has finally won enough delegates to make history as the first woman to become the presidential nominee of a major political party. “Thanks to you we’ve reached a milestone,” Clinton told

What about Harambe?

June 16, 2016

By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq Trice Edney News Wire Since his shooting at the Cincinnati Zoo on May 28, the death of Harambe, a 17-year-old male, western lowland silverback gorilla, has created a firestorm of controversy in contemporary “culture wars.” There has been considerable second-guessing and “Monday morning quarterbacking”

One year after the Charleston massacre, America grieves yet another mass shooting

June 16, 2016

By Hazel Trice Edney Trice Edney News Wire People around the country held remembrances, prayers, and candlelight vigils in mourning for the 49 lives lost in Sunday’s domestic terrorist attack in Orlanda. These candles were it by students at Virginia Commonwealth University. PHOTO: Paulette Singleton/Trice Edney News Wire Less than

Rwandan genocide survivors and their gift to all women, seen in new film

June 16, 2016

Special to the Outlook from Trice Edney News Wire The outlines of the Rwandan genocide are known by many. The time it took place (April to July 1994), the troubling silence of the international community, the number of those brutally murdered (as many as 800,000 mostly of the Tutsi minority