Opinions – Page 94 – Capital Outlook

Transformation: Is There Not a Cause?

August 12, 2015

By Rev. Dr. R. B. Holmes Jr. President and CEO/ Live Communications, Inc. When President Barack Obama addressed the NAACP on July 14th, he laid out reasons why we, as a nation, need to reform our criminal justice system. As the first sitting president to visit a federal prison

Are Black People Crazy . . . . . or What?

August 11, 2015

By Na’im Akbar, Ph. D. Clinical Psychologist (Retired) Special to the Outlook There are several psychological factors that seem to correspond with the decline of many “crazy” and self-destructive factors in African-American communities. Two of these factors are “self-awareness” and “self-respect.” There is evidence that we can predict the

Sexual Violence: Current Dangers and Future Changes

August 11, 2015

By Ada Puryear Burnette, Ph.D., Member of the Tallahassee/Leon County Commission on the Status of Women and Girls Past and Current data on the status of sexual violence against females in the United States of America are staggering. Almost 1 in 5 American women are victims of rape during

Transformation: The FAMU Legacy Banquet Will be a Proud Moment

August 11, 2015

By Rev. Dr. R. B. Holmes Jr. President and CEO/ Live Communications, Inc. The Bethel Missionary Baptist Church and Live Communications, Inc., have organized a very committed group of community leaders to support the legacy banquet. This legacy banquet will honor all former living presidents and interim presidents of

Are Black People Crazy . . . . . or What?

July 21, 2015

By Na’im Akbar, Ph. D. Clinical Psychologist (Retired) Special to the Outlook After spending over 40 years, researching, teaching, writing and studying the behaviors of African people, the mental health of Black People remains a mystery to me. The same questions that I began my career with are just as

Transformation Life After Prison: There is HOPE!

June 18, 2015

By R.B. Holmes Jr. President/Publisher The faith-based community must step up to the challenge of providing HOPE to the many young men and women who have served their sentences in prison and are ready to transition back into the community. The Department of Corrections incarcerates over 100,800 inmates per year.

FAMU, Other HBCUs: A Legacy Worth Celebrating

June 18, 2015

By Lenita Joe Special to the Outlook “College of love and charity, We gather ‘round thy noble shrine; We lift our voice in praise to thee, And ask a blessing all divine. FAM-U! FAM-U! I love thee. I’ll fight and win what’er the battle be!” The words to Florida Agricultural

Apple v. Samsung Verdict is Far-Reaching

June 18, 2015

By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist On the surface, the Apple/Samsung trial that recently concluded appears to be a minor win for Samsung in a long-running patent war. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit cut Samsung’s damages payment from $930 million to $548 million, a substantial reduction

Human Trafficking is Finally Coming Out of the Dark

June 2, 2015

By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. Trice Edney News Wire Until recently, we didn’t hear a lot about Human Trafficking. Now, we’re finding that we should’ve been noticing it as more and more children are involved. For many of us the tragedy in Nigeria where hundreds of young women

Mentally Ill Prisoners Have Human Rights, Too

June 2, 2015

By Julianne Malveaux Trice Edney News Wire Baltimorean Freddie Gray is neither the first, nor will he be the last person to die in police custody. According to a 2011 report from the Department of Justice, 4813 people died in police custody between 2003 and 2009 (the most recent