April 2017 – Capital Outlook

Spring game heats up competition for starting QB job at FAMU

April 26, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Coach Alex Wood tried his best to downplay the possibility of a real intense quarterback competition in the fall, following Saturday’s Orange and Green spring football game. But anyone who witnessed the performance of backup Vincent Jefferies saw that he clearly outplayed

New Study: Black millennials more optimistic about their future than Whites, Hispanics

April 26, 2017

Special to the Outlook from Trice Edney News Wire A newly released study of Millennials reveals that Black consumers between the age of 18-35 are more optimistic about their futures than Hispanics, Asians and Whites of the same age. Young African-Americans were also far more likely (59 percent) to

Radioactivity

April 26, 2017

By James Clingman Trice Edney News Wire “Well done beats well said every time…When it’s all said and done, much is said and little is done.” There are many Black folks who can tell us what “we need to do” in the context of economic empowerment and other issues that

I won’t be silenced by the solar industry’s intimidation tactics

April 26, 2017

By Julianne Malveaux Trice Edney News Wire Being a journalist who covers issues important to the African-American and other marginalized communities, I have taken on powerful forces over the years. I have provided a voice for underrepresented communities and engaged both the private and public sector, but always strove

Successful re-entry is a shared responsibility

April 26, 2017

By Dorothy Inman-Johnson Special to the Outlook Once upon a time the U.S. corrections system had evolved to the point that rehabilitation of its inmates was a major goal of prisons. The rehabilitation included assessing education and job skills of inmates and providing opportunities for obtaining a GED, or

Trump’s avoidance of Black press reveals tense relations

April 26, 2017

By Paul Delaney Trice Edney News Wire Paul Delaney, a veteran print journalist, spent 23 years with The New York Times as an editor, reporter, and foreign correspondent. He began his career at two Black-owned newspapers, the Baltimore Afro-American and the Atlanta Daily World, before moving on to a

Business expo sheds light on job search for students

April 26, 2017

Staff report Since graduating from FAMU more than 10 years ago, Xavier Jernigan has made a few career stops on his way to landing his current job as head of Spotify’s North America Division for shows and editorial. Just the type of job he’d been searching for. On

US 1st Biopolus sustainability agreement signed by FAMU researchers

April 26, 2017

Special to the Outlook The very critical modernization of the American infrastructure will take more than money, it requires a scientific pivot that takes a fossil-based economy and turns it into a bio-based one. The recent signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Biopolus Institute joins their breakthrough

New election gives Bruno, Harrison full term to lead FAMU’s SGA

April 26, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Justin Bruno and Devin Harrison got the justice that they couldn’t get in a Leon County courthouse in the election box, giving them a full term to serve as leaders of FAMU’s Student Government Association. Bruno and Harrison won a

Friends help attorney Crump celebrate appearance on Fox reality show

April 26, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer The offer to be one of the featured attorneys on Fox’s new courtroom television reality show should have been enticing enough for Benjamin Crump to jump on board. But it wasn’t until the Tallahassee civil rights lawyer saw the opportunity