Opinions – Page 95 – Capital Outlook

Tallahassee: A Tale of Two Cities

May 19, 2015

By Robert Kenon Special to the Outlook There are at least two separate Tallahassees. There is the Tallahassee described by Sue Dick,Chamber and Leon County Economic Development Council President in the Tallahassee Democrat article, “Chamber refutes report on city’s economic segregation,” dated February 26, 2015. According to Dick, “Everyone who

Oh No! I Agree With The Koch Brothers!

May 19, 2015

By John R. Marks, III, Esq. Special to the Outlook A recent article in USA Today really grabbed my attention. In the Money Section there was this headline,”Koch Drops Criminal History Question.” The article addressed the issue of criminal background checks. Koch Industries, it seems, removed the criminal history

Transformation: Should We Appoint or Elect the Superintendent of Schools?

May 19, 2015

By Rev. R.B. Holmes President/ Publisher After talking with many African American leaders and citizens, we are of the opinion that we should continue to elect the Superintendent of Schools. Let me be clear, I am firmly in support of electing our Superintendent of Schools. We have been fortunate

Controversy Over Videotaping Cops

April 28, 2015

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Feidin Santana, the young Dominican immigrant who videotaped North Charleston, S.C. police officer Michael Slager firing his gun eight times, killing Walter Scott, an unarmed Black man who was fleeing, was a hero. His quick decision to videotape the unfolding action on his telephone

Facing ‘Officer Friendly’ While Black

April 28, 2015

By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Without the video, North Charleston, S.C. police officer Michael T. Slager would likely have gotten away with murder. Without the video, we wouldn’t see Officer Michael T. Slager have the, shall we say, presence of mind, to quickly retrieve what appears to be

Capital Outlook’s 40th Anniversary

April 28, 2015

By Rev. R.B.Holmes Jr. President/ Publisher This year the Capital Outlook will prayerfully and proudly celebrate our 40th year in business. We owe a great deal of appreciation and respect to Mr. Steve Beasley for his vision to birth the Capital Outlook in 1975. What a vision? The Black

Blackonomics: Caught Between Barack and a Hard Place

April 7, 2015

By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The experiment that featured a Black man in the White House is on the downside now. Folks in the Obama administration are busy looking for their next job and jumping ship faster than rats. But you can’t blame them; that’s the way it is in

Child Watch: Low-Income Children Get Shafted

April 7, 2015

By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Congress is about to strike a deal that takes care of seniors and doctors but leaves low-income and “at-risk” children short. Congress’ annual struggle to avoid cuts in Medicare reimbursement rates so physicians will continue to give seniors the care they need is

“Empire” Shows that Black Dollars Matter

April 7, 2015

By Ron Busby, Sr. NNPA Columnist According to a Nielsen consumer report, African Americans are voracious consumers of media, watching 37 percent more television than any other slice of American demography. While that’s not new news, it is disturbing that we don’t completely understand the connection between our TV consumption

Racism in the North Hurt me as Much as Racism in the South

March 31, 2015

Barbara Reynolds Trice Edney News Wire On March 7, 1965, before my grandmother could quickly change the channel from the evening news, I caught a glimpse of White men on horseback in Selma, Ala., beating people who looked like me. Astonished, I turned to my grandmother: “Why?” She shrugged and