December 2020 – Capital Outlook

Hamilton on ballot for Naismith Hall of Fame class of 2021

December 30, 2020

In 1980, Leonard Hamilton became the first associate head coach in Kentucky basketball history.Photo by Ross Obley By Chuck Walsh Seminoles.com Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton, who has won nearly 600 games and who is the fifth all-time winningest coach in ACC history, was named as a candidate for the Naismith

NFL executives on diversity: ‘We’ve got to do better’

December 30, 2020

With just four minority head coaches in the NFL, executives are calling on the league to improve diversity.Photo special to the Outlook ‘Diversity, we do not see what we all hope for. We do not see true inclusion.’Troy Vincent, NFL executive vice president of football operations By Stacy M. Brown

Fired analyst Jones files lawsuit over search

December 30, 2020

Rebekah Jones Dara Kam and Jim Saunders News Service of Florida A fired Florida Department of Health data analyst who contends Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has manipulated COVID-19 statistics filed a lawsuit last Sunday alleging state law-enforcement agents violated her rights when they searched her home and hauled away computer equipment.

Biden should revive the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

December 30, 2020

Jesse Jackson A new president takes office with the sense of possibility that comes with a new dawn. This is particularly true for Joe Biden, taking office after the divisive turmoil of Donald Trump’s years in office. Biden inherits truly fearsome troubles — among them the spiking pandemic, the collapsing

Black people should cease claiming people who want other identities

December 30, 2020

A. Peter Bailey While recently watching a television program, “Tiger Woods: America’s Son,” I remembered a January 1992 column in which I listed my greatest wishes for that year. My first wish was that “We as a proud people would cease claiming people who don’t want to be with us.”

National Urban League helping to shape Biden-Harris cabinet and agenda

December 30, 2020

Marc H. Morial “You shape the lives of millions of Americans, as well as American history, and all for the better. I really mean it when I say the country needs you more than any time in the past. The Urban League has stared down some tough, tough periods in

Against the Grain II

December 30, 2020

The FBS playoff selection is reminiscent of Black exclusion Vaughn Wilson On Dec. 20, the College Football Playoff Committee selected four teams to compete for the collegiate national championship. The obvious No. 1 seed was the undefeated Southeastern Conference (SEC) champion Alabama Crimson Tide. The second seed was the

Feds target Walmart on opioid dispensing

December 30, 2020

Walmart is vehemently denying its role in an opioid dispensing suit. News Service of Florida Amid ongoing litigation against pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors and drug-store chains, federal officials are targeting Walmart Inc. for allegedly filling thousands of prescriptions for controlled substances that its pharmacists knew were invalid. In a lawsuit filed

Report: State failed to protect female inmates from sexual abuse

December 30, 2020

By Jim Turner News Service of Florida For more than a decade, the state has failed to protect inmates at Florida’s largest women’s prison from sexual abuse by the staff, according to a report released by federal officials. The investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and

Dr. Asha Fields Brewer

December 30, 2020

Gov. Ron DeSantisPhoto special to the Outlook By Dara Kam News Service of Florida Florida had a “magical moment” this week, as the first health-care workers and long-term care residents received vaccinations considered the cornerstone of a promised return to normalcy amid the coronavirus pandemic siege. With their sleeves rolled