July 2017 – Page 4 – Capital Outlook

New Healthcare Bill – the wrong choice for African Americans

July 4, 2017

By Dr. Marjorie Innocent Special to the Outlook In 1954, Thurgood Marshall and a team of NAACP attorneys argued the landmark civil rights case, Brown v. Board, before the Supreme Court. They demonstrated to the Justices that segregated schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause – that separate was

FAMU’s presidency is not an entitlement

July 4, 2017

By Narayan Persaud Special to the Outlook In undertaking the search for FAMU’s next president, it would not be prudent for trustees to conceive the position as one of entitlement. For trustees – even a few – to approach the presidency as someone’s entitlement is to stifle objectivity, generate divisiveness

The disabled fight GOP’s massive Medicaid cuts

July 4, 2017

By Dorothy Inman-Johnson Special to the Outlook On Thursday, June 22, about 60 members of ADAPT, a national disability rights organization, staged a wheel chair sit-in that shut down Senator Mitch McConnell’s Washington office, while most of us able-bodied Americans were doing nothing to protect our right to healthcare.

Amid caution, Black church groups join effort to bring attention to global attacks on Christians

July 4, 2017

By Urban News Special to the Outlook An array of multicultural organizations fighting against what they describe as “Christian persecution” around the world is finding it difficult to win broad public support for the issue. That is especially true in the Black church, where politics, policy, and the perceived agendas

Chicago Crusader publisher Dorothy Leavell elected new Chairman of the NNPA

July 4, 2017

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor Shortly, before the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) annual Legacy Awards Gala, NNPA members elected veteran Chicago Crusader publisher Dorothy Leavell to serve as chairman of the group for the next two years (2017-2019). Leavell succeeds Washington Informer publisher Denise

Study: Info on students’ emotional and physical disabilities left off referrals to cops, courts

July 4, 2017

By Jeremy M. Lazarus Trice Edney News Wire Richmond, Va. area school divisions appear to be flouting federal and state regulations by withholding critical information when they refer special education students to law enforcement departments and the courts for serious misconduct, according to a new study. The study,

Sandra Manning brings can-do attitude to public service

July 4, 2017

By Dorothy Inman-Johnson Special to the Outlook Sandra Manning has been a dedicated employee with the City of Tallahassee for over 22 years, and is pastor and founder of Faith 8 Ministries International, a tele-church with members throughout the United States. Sandra comes from a long line of ministers,

Mom puts Mallex Smith on regiment built for speed

July 4, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer It wasn’t the most unusual play in the major leagues, but there is still some buzz about the way Tampa Bay leftfielder Mallex Smith made a putout in a run-down near third base. More than anything else, the speed that

Statistics don’t tell all about county’s high crime rate

July 4, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Looking beyond the numbers is one way to determine how Tallahassee would be affected by data in a recent FDLE report that ranks crime in the city as the highest in the state. That’s the opinion of a Florida State