October 2017 – Page 5 – Capital Outlook

Waters, Morial, Sanders push Black wealth 2020 as ‘urgent’ movement spreads

October 3, 2017

By Hazel Trice Edney Trice Edney News Wire Black Wealth 2020, a new movement aiming to change the course of Black wealth in America, is gaining swift support from national advocates of economic justice. “The struggle for Black wealth is a legendary struggle. And so whether

Hurricanes in islands touch lives in Tallahassee, too

October 3, 2017

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer The news that Caribbean natives who live in Tallahassee are hearing about ravaging done by Hurricanes Irma and Maria on their islands is gut-wrenching. From Antigua to Puerto Rico, the two hurricanes that slammed into the islands just weeks apart have damaged

Thousands of celebrities, luminaries and ordinary people bid Dick Gregory farewell

October 3, 2017

By Barrington M. Salmon Trice Edney News Wire Several thousand mourners packed into a Landover, Md,. church listened as friends, family and admirers lionized comedian, social justice warrior, civil rights activist and provocateur Dick Gregory. The spirited, electric memorial service on Sept. 18, turned out to be more celebration

Bias against hiring African-Americans hasn’t budged

October 3, 2017

Special to the Outlook from Trice Edney News Wire Rates of discrimination against African Americans in field experiments of hiring did not decline from 1990 to 2015, according to the largest and most comprehensive meta-analysis of its kind. “It is often suggested that prejudice and discrimination are

Pamela Burch Fort: Working for the public’s interests

October 3, 2017

By Dorothy Inman-Johnson Special to the Outlook Pamela Burch Fort has spent over 35 years protecting the public’s interests as an attorney, top Legislative staff, and the President of her own business, though she could easily be mistaken for a 30 year old. Born in Panama City, Florida,