Senator Lee says Lottery targets the poor

By Clarence V. McKee, Esq.* Special to the Outlook Congratulations to Senator Tom Lee (R-Brandon) for exposing the Florida Lottery’s dirty little secret –“targeting” low income Floridians. Lee’s bill, SB 790 passed the Senate Regulated Industries Committee last week. It would limit the number of lottery scratch-off games to 20

Fix Flint water now!

By Rev. R.B. Holmes Jr President and Publisher What is happening in Flint, Mich., is a shame, a sin, a disgrace and an abomination. The big question is “What are we going to do about it?” As you should know about now, the good people of Flint have been drinking

Former cop Daniel Holtzclaw sentenced to 263 years

[subtitle] Victory in the biggest rape case you never heard of [/subtitle] By Attorney Benjamin L. Crump Special to the Outlook “Wrong is wrong: justice needs to be served,” is a statement that my client Jannie Ligons made when she was interviewed shortly after Daniel Holtzclaw was found guilty of

A call for truth and transparency

    By Rev. R.B. Holmes Jr. Publisher/President The untimely and unfortunate death of Barbara Dawson has raised many questions and concerns: How could something like this happen on the morning of Dec. 21, 2015? Who is to blame and how do we prevent this from occurring again? Blountstown is

    By Julianne Malveaux NNPA News Wire Columnist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once wrote, “It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important.” Those students who are protesting campus racism

What will 2016 bring for economic and political opportunity and social justice?

    By Marc H. Morial Trice Edney News Wire Facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march on till victory is won. – James Weldon Johnson, “Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing.”   The 2016 Presidential election still is more than 10 months off, but already

Our Community’s Biggest Challenges Are Neglected When Ideology Prevails

By Robert Dale, Illinois Black Chamber Chairman Under the leadership of President Obama, the United States has taken unprecedented action to begin addressing climate change – one of the biggest issues facing our time. Through advancements in new technologies, environmental initiatives and cleaner energy resources, our country has already greatly

Transformation: Pay the coaches

    By Rev. R.B. Holmes Jr. President and Publisher     Commissioner Bill Proctor is right. The Florida A & M University Board of Trustees and the administration should do the right thing by honoring the contracts of two good men. Coach Earl Holmes and Coach Clemon Johnson deserve

FAMU needs a better BOT and president

      By Willie Roberts Special to the Outlook In a recent article in the Democrat, Board of Governor trustee Alan Levine said the BOG’s patience is running thin and that the BOG will act if the FAMU BOT and President Elmira Mangum do not act. However, the BOG