August 2017 – Page 3 – Capital Outlook

Body cams show cops more polite to White drivers

August 15, 2017

By Alex Shashkevich-Stanford Trice Edney News Wire Police officers consistently use less respectful language with black community members than with white community members, the first systematic analysis of body camera footage shows. Although subtle, widespread racial disparities in officers’ language use may erode police-community relations, researchers warn. “…the

Justice Department’s assault on Affirmative Action signals aggressive roll back on civil rights

August 15, 2017

By Brenda Shum Trice Edney News Wire The Justice Department’s recent decision to assemble a team of attorneys to investigate and challenge race-based admissions signals another step forward in this Administration’s aggressive campaign to roll back civil rights protections for some of our most historically disadvantaged students, including transgender youth,

Federal meddling in state and local elections

August 15, 2017

By Dorothy Inman-Johnson Special to the Outlook Elections in the United States are highly decentralized with responsibility for the actual administering and conducting elections left to state and local election officials. So it is immediately suspect when the U.S. President suddenly decides every state must send all of its voter

Faith in justice remains only if Mueller probes genuine

August 15, 2017

By Jesse Jackson Trice Edney News Wire Donald Trump often seems more shock jock than president. He likes to shock, say or tweet outrageous things, prove that he’s not just another politician. But now he is president; his words have impact, and his posturing can be dangerous. Last week,

FAMU’s presidency: Is there a hidden agenda?

August 9, 2017

By Narayan Persuad Special to the Outlook “Why is the chairman of FAMU’s BOT dragging his feet in opening up the search for the university’s next president”? This is the question I am regularly asked since the publication of my last column in the Tallahassee Democrat regarding FAMU’s leadership.

Spiritually speaking: Do you love you?

August 9, 2017

By James Washington The Dallas Weekly/NNPA Member The road to spiritual salvation is sometimes so obvious, so apparent that we just miss it. Like most of Jesus’ message, it doesn’t seem possible that by simply changing ones’ outlook, the Kingdom of Heaven is yours. “Teacher, which is greatest commandment of

Slosberg seeks tougher law on texting while driving

August 9, 2017

By Nathalie Sczublewski The News Service of Florida State Rep. Emily Slosberg appeared at a Boca Raton City Council meeting as she tries to build local-government support for the Legislature to make texting while driving a primary offense. Florida is one of four states where texting while driving

Why the United States is the richest country in the world

August 9, 2017

By A. Peter Bailey Trice Edney News Wire The United States of America (USA) is much-heralded by itself, and by its friends and enemies as the materially richest country in the world. Which it really should be since it’s the only country in the world that had over 300 years

Black women will rise despite unequal treatment

August 9, 2017

By Julianne Malveaux Trice Edney News Wire Lots of women’s organizations commemorate Equal Pay Day, which this year was April 5. It meant that women, in general, would have had to work all of 2016, and until April 5, 2017, to earn the same amount of money that a man

Mean-spirited GOP repeal bill failed!

August 9, 2017

By Dorothy Inman-Johnson Special to the Outlook Thanks to three courageous Republicans_ Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), and Sen. John McCain (Arizona)_ for joining Senate Democrats in voting “No” on the GOP “Skinny” Repeal Bill that was called a fraud by many of the Republicans who