June 2019 – Page 4 – Capital Outlook

Amid an increased push for voting rights – protection from foreign interference

June 20, 2019

By Marc H. Morial Trice Edney News Wire “This is not Russia. This is the United States of America. And I will fight until the death to make sure every citizen—whether they’re Green Party, whether they’re Freedom Party, whether they’re Democrat, whether they’re Republican, whoever – has that right to

Equal rights amendment

June 20, 2019

By E. Faye Williams Esq. Trice Edney News Wire We get so consumed with stuff about the train wreck in the White House that we forget or miss important things going on in the nation and the world. Well, something good and historic happened in the U.S. Congress a few

Learn your numbers during Stroke Awareness Month

June 20, 2019

By Rodger Caldwell Trice Edney News Wire May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and it is very significant to mebecause I am a stroke survivor. As a stroke survivor, I consider myself to be a miracle. One of my goals in life is to educate Americans (particularly Black men), that

Wildcats rally to end FAMU’s quest for MEAC softball title

June 20, 2019

Special to the Outlook ORMOND BEACH – Championship Saturday at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Softball Tournament saw Bethune-Cookman go from one out away from suffering a no-hit loss in the first game to being one hit away from winning the championship via the run-rule. Welcome to the 2019 softball season

Recovering Forrest ‘ready to rock’

June 20, 2019

Special to the Outlook Trent Forrest gave himself one week. One week to reflect, one week to rest and, yes, one week to wonder about what might have been. But a week removed from Florida State’s loss to Gonzaga in the Sweet 16, Forrest was ready to move forward. “I’m

Coburn named permanent athletic director at FSU

June 20, 2019

Special to the Outlook President John Thrasher announced last Friday he has appointed David Coburn the position fulltime athletics director at Florida State University effective immediately. Coburn has held the post of interim athletics director since last August when Thrasher appointed him to replace outgoing director Stan Wilcox. In his

Local clergy speaks out against hate crimes

June 20, 2019

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer It was a scene unlike any in the synagogue at Temple Israel. More than 20 members of the Tallahassee clergy, most representing Black churches, were there in solidarity to condemn the spate of attacks on synagogues around the country. They met for a

Leaders seek answers to city’s crime rate

June 20, 2019

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer Vanessa Williams’ prayer room is one of the places where she feels safe most times — with one exception. There have been a few times when shots rang out in her Bond neighborhood while she was prying. Each time she felt uneasy.

Biden enters presidential race bringing White supremacy to the forefront of issues

June 20, 2019

Calls campaign against Trump as ‘battle for the soul of America’ – but will he get the Black vote? By Hazel Trice Edney Trice Edney News Wire Former Senator and Vice President Joseph Biden, after much suspense, has finally entered the Democratic campaign for president – immediately surging

Smoking hot

June 20, 2019

BBQ stand becomes a fixture on South Monroe Street By St. Clair Murraine Outlook writer Barely an hour after sunlight had broken through the skies, Edwin Barcus was already switching between two huge grills at 5 Bucks BBQ. Lunchtime was still a few hours away, but Barcus wanted to have