February 2022 – Page 2 – Capital Outlook

Tributes continue to pour in for former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst

February 24, 2022

Cheslie Kryst won the 2019 Miss USA pageant and was as a correspondent for the entertainment news television show “Extra.”NNPA contributed photo By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia As a lawyer, Cheslie Kryst worked pro bono for low-level drug offenders, founded White Collar Glam, a fashion blog dedicated

Black unemployment rate improves amid historic jobs report

February 24, 2022

The economy created 467,000 jobs in January, and the unemployment rate for Black workers fell to 6.9 percent and dropped to 5.8 percent for African American women.Photo submitted By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire SeniorNational Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia America – and most notably Black America – is back to work, declared President Joe

Judge Childs leads list of potential Black women Supreme Court nominees

February 24, 2022

South Carolina U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs.Photo courtesy University of South Carolina By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire SeniorNational Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Black women stood on the frontlines to help push President Joe Biden over the top in the 2020 election. As the nation awaits word on whom the President nominates to

Overflow: The six cups

February 24, 2022

Dr. Asha Fields Brewer “My cup overflows…” Is Psalm 23:5, ESV, your truth? Or do you instead feel like you are constantly pouring from an empty cup? Busy and overwhelmed people are often burdened by burnout, because we haven’t been taught how to use stress as God intended. It’s time

FAMU student’s sweet design lands in Target stores nationwide

February 24, 2022

Senior graphic design student Kah’Milah Ledgester’s artwork is featured on T-shirts included in Target’s Black History Month Collection.Photos submitted by FAMU Kah’Milah Ledgester By Asia Johnson Miller FAMU Office of Communications A Florida A&M University student’s work is being sold in Target stores nationwide. Senior graphic design student Kah’Milah Ledgester

Family of the Year

February 24, 2022

McCullums give basketball players mother, father figures Robert and Cheryl McCullum have been married since 1986.Photo submitted By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer For more than three decades, Cheryl McCullum has come to know the months between fall and late spring as a time her husband might not be coming

Response to HBCU bomb threats swift, FBI names persons of interest

February 24, 2022

Devan Vilfrard Zachary Bell By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer Reaction was swift to bomb threats at more than 10 HBCUs on the first day of Black History Month, with local politicians, clergy and college students calling the threats racist. The threats to HBCUs across the country turned out to

Fundraising, Rapid Rehousing create some reprieve for scrambling residents

February 24, 2022

Emily Desir, a former resident of Florida Sun Estates, moved into a new apartment last week with her three children.Photo by St. Clair Murraine By St. Clair MurraineOutlook Staff Writer Four months ago, when ownership of the Meadows was changed to Florida Sun Estates on Roberts Avenue, Emily Desir began

OT win, victories over ranked teams pivotal to Eagles making state tournament

February 24, 2022

Freshman guard Jack Doumbia drives against a Gulf Coast defender during Saturday’s overtime victory.Photo courtesy TCC sports information TCC Sports Information Saturday’s overtime victory over Gulf Coast State was huge for the Tallahassee Community College men’s basketball team. But to find an even more important win will require going back

Jackson hopes Olympic gold medal win inspires Black girls in winter sports

February 24, 2022

Erin Jackson won the first individual medal by an American in 12 years.NNPA photo submitted By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire SeniorNational Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia While the recent Super Bowl expectedly received all the attention in the sports world, the Winter Olympics provided a most historical moment. Erin Jackson became the first Black