Justice reform urged as Chicago faces $1B deficit from wrongful convictions
CHICAGO—Alderman Gilbert Villegas of the 36th Ward is advocating for a resolution to address Chicago’s ballooning expenses related to wrongful convictions that have cost...
Leonard Peltier still suffering medical neglect in prison
Native American and Indigenous rights activist, Leonard Peltier, 80, continues to languish behind the bars of a federal prison in Florida after being denied...
Bronzeville: The Musical coming to Apollo Theater on Nov. 16-17!
Margaret Mahdi, founder and director of Mahdi Theatre Company, is set to present her production of “Bronzeville: The Musical” at the famed Apollo Theater...
Forgive yourself and improve your health, part II
In my last article (See The Final Call, Vol. 44 No. 2), I discussed the first four of the Eight Steps of Atonement given...
Environmental injustice and struggles facing Latino migrant farmworkers
Latino interest groups, including advocates for environmental justice, migrant, and farmworker rights, have been rallying across California’s Central Valley to demand accountability from government...
An apology, but now what? President Biden acknowledges U.S.-funded Native American boarding school atrocities
U.S. President Joseph Biden issued a national apology to Native Americans for the unspeakable harm caused to Native peoples at Federal Indian Boarding Schools....
Cora Masters Barry: Reflections on the Million Man March, 29 years later
Cora Masters Barry, Washington, D.C.’s former first lady, wife of the late Mayor Marion Barry, Jr., a man that, in the words of the...
America has exceeded the limits and must repent
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful As-Salaam Alaikum! I want to start by, once again, thanking the Honorable Minister, Louis Farrakhan for the...
Poverty rates remain high year after yearBlacks disproportionately impacted, according to a new report
While the poverty rate for White non-Hispanic people is decreasing, the rate for Black people is increasing, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2023...
UN expert: Israel’s settler colonialism aims to erase Palestinians
While Israel rolls forward in its multi-front war on Palestinians that has extended into Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and its growing conflicts with Iran, answers...