Ramsey’s death shocks former teammate, friend

Ramsey’s death shocks former teammate, friend

July 12, 2016

    By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Former Olympian Rey Robinson had a strange feeling when his friend Joe Ramsey took more than a day to respond to his call. Usually, Ramsey would respond within hours. When Robinson’s phone did ring, it wasn’t with good news he received

Track and field is more than a competition for Simses

Track and field is more than a competition for Simses

July 5, 2016

  There was hardly a minute that Alice Sims didn’t have someone in front of her this past weekend during AAU Region 9 national qualifying track and field meet.   Sometimes she was under a tent, but most of the time she stood in the blazing heat. She always had

Zoom track team leads local qualifiers for AAU Junior Olympics

Zoom track team leads local qualifiers for AAU Junior Olympics

July 5, 2016

    By Robyn Murrell Outlook Writer   The Tallahassee Zoom track and field team made quite a haul at the AAU Region 9 qualifying meet. Now that the club has put 38 athletes into the Junior Olympics, the challenge is to prove they could compete with the best junior

Jacksonville Jaguars’ Tallahassee Takeover

Jacksonville Jaguars’ Tallahassee Takeover

July 5, 2016

Staff Report  On Saturday, June 25, the Jacksonville Jaguars traveled to Tallahassee, Fla., for the first “Tallahassee Takeover.” Fans and community members were able to meet and greet with some Jaguars and former FSU players such as, Telvin Smith, Rashad Greene and Jalen Ramsey, who was the fifth overall pick

Class of 2016: Beating the odds

July 5, 2016

By Marc H. Morial Trice Edney News Wire “Education is a precondition to survival in America today. Investing in children is not a national luxury or a national choice. It’s a national necessity.” – Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President, Children’s Defense Fund   Congratulations, graduates. Whether you’ve walked across

Why Warren should be Hillary’s VP

July 5, 2016

    By Jesse Jackson Trice Edney News Wire Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for president, is now sorting out her pick for her running mate and potential vice president. She’s launched the “search,” the traditional and often irritating public surfacing of various possibilities, paying respect to different

Diversity or race? Or is it privilege?

July 5, 2016

  By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq Trice Edney News Wire Our country is convulsing over issues of diversity and race. Police departments from Baltimore to Minneapolis are talking about diversity hiring as the antidote to anti-Black police brutality. Last year, Hollywood scrambled to find diverse Academy Award presenters after

Senator John McCain foolishly blames President Obama for the massacre in Orlando

Senator John McCain foolishly blames President Obama for the massacre in Orlando

July 5, 2016

By Julianne Malveaux NNPA News Wire Columnist The cretin who took an assault weapon into Pulse, an Orlando nightclub, on “salsa night” is beneath contempt. Was his target the LBGTQ community, Latinos, or simply human beings? After all, it is somewhat reductive to simply describe Pulse as a “gay club.”

Where are the African American and Latina Mark Zuckerbergs and Sheryl Sandbergs?

Where are the African American and Latina Mark Zuckerbergs and Sheryl Sandbergs?

July 5, 2016

  By Hill Harper NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist The question, which came from a participant in a minority business empowerment seminar, quieted the room. The answer is simple: “They’re out there. But they don’t have a data plan.”   That seems glib. But truth comes best in a simple

Good fruit needs to ripen

Good fruit needs to ripen

July 5, 2016

  By James Washington Special to the Outlook from NNPA As someone who came to Christ as an adult, I’m challenged from time to time as ministers and bible study leaders and others of faith talk about the process of becoming a mature Christian. The challenge is in knowing what