December 2019 – Page 5 – Capital Outlook

NRA renews fight over gun age registration

December 3, 2019

By Dara Kam The News Service of Florida After dropping an attempt to keep secret the identities of two plaintiffs, the National Rifle Association has relaunched a federal court challenge to a Florida law that raised the age to purchase rifles and other long guns. The NRA filed the lawsuit

Federal court blocks Trump asylum ban from being applied to thousands of asylum seekers

December 3, 2019

By NNPA Newswire SAN DIEGO – A federal judge last wednesday blocked the Trump administration’s asylum ban from being applied to thousands of asylum seekers who were unlawfully prevented from accessing the U.S. asylum process before the ban was implemented. The case is Al Otro Lado v. Wolf, a class

Survey shows nearly all U.S. consumers plan majority of holiday shopping online

December 3, 2019

By NNPA Newswire SAN FRANCISCO – Leanplum, the leading multi-channel engagement platform, today announced the results of a new study that shows consumers are shunning brick-and-mortar stores this holiday season with over 95 percent choosing to buy half or more of their gifts online. Younger Americans (Millennials and Gen Zs)

Thrasher points to progress in fighting hazing

December 3, 2019

By Ana Ceballos The News Service of Florida Two years after the hazing death of a fraternity pledge, Florida State University President John Thrasher said last Thursday a “major culture shift is underway” as a result of university policies and a new state anti-hazing law. “Our efforts are working. Students

Rattler Nation: the news source of record on FAMU

December 3, 2019

By Dante Morrison Special to the Outlook If something is going on at Florida A&M University, the big reveal appears courtesy of the blog Rattler Nation. Established on Jan. 6, 2006, Rattler Nation was launched as a watchdog over the term of controversial interim president Castel Bryant whose wrecking-ball style

Becoming numb to mass shootings

December 3, 2019

Bill Fletcher Each time we experience a mass shooting, we repeat the pattern—a point I have made in previous columns. Shock, grief, prayer, throwing up our hands, and proponents of unlimited gun ownership arguing that this is not the time to discuss sensible gun control; instead we should restrict ourselves

What do the 2019 elections mean for 2020

December 3, 2019

Julianne Malveaux If the 2019 elections are any indication, Republicans need to worry about their viability come 2020. In Virginia, Democrats have majorities in both its upper and lower houses. With a Democratic governor, Virginia has an unprecedented opportunity to shape public policy, especially around gun control, a key concern

The right to vote should not fall victim to partisan battles

December 3, 2019

Jesse Jackson The right to vote is fundamental to any democracy. Protecting that right — and making it easier to exercise it — ought to be a priority across partisan lines. Instead, in states across the country — particularly in the five years since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting

Wildcats pull off upset of Rattlers in Classic win

December 3, 2019

By St. Clair Murraine Outlook staff writer ORLANDO – What transpired on the field at Camping World Stadium was enough to make grown men cry last Saturday night. With a little more than five minutes left in the 40th Florida Blue Classic, FAMU led the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats by a field

Izzo earns FSU degree, finds footing with Patriots

December 3, 2019

By Tim Linafelt Senior writer/Seminoles.com Ryan Izzo took off from the line of scrimmage, breezed past a defender and made his way straight to the end zone. It was then that Izzo had an option – cut into a flag route toward the sideline, or just turn around and look