Land developers face dispute over Indigenous cemetery
CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - In light of the discovery of the remains of 270 Native Americans at a real estate development site, tribal members are calling on the developer to side-step a 13-year-old pact that permits the excavation of bodies during construction. If they had dug up George Washington or another person closely related to this country, they would be...
President Biden not seeking re-election, backs Vice President Harris as replacement
After mounting pressure from his political party, President Joseph R. Biden announced on July 21 that he would not seek re-election and stated he is placing his “full support” behind Vice President Kamala Harris. In a released statement, Mr. Biden, a Democrat, said in part, “It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And...
Atonement Memorial Garden aims to lift spirits, remember murder victims A Step Toward Acceptance
“Tuskegee is the seminal fluid of the Kingdom of God.” The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan TUSKEGEE, Ala.—In this historic Black community in the deep South where murders of innocent Black people by Whites was common during slavery and the Jim Crow era, a movement has taken root to stem the tragic murders of Black people by Black people resulting from the...
Study: Winter tornadoes to get more powerful as world warms
Nasty winter tornadoes—like the deadly ones that hit five U.S. states—are likely to be stronger and stay on the ground longer with a wider swath of destruction in a warming world, a new study shows. The combination of a longer and wider track with slightly stronger winds means some rare winter tornadoes that are killers now will have nine times...
Homelessness, hunger rise in America
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–They could not go home for the holidays. They are hungry. They depend on the charity of others to eat. They are the homeless in the land of plenty. Facing the threat of increased hypothermia and a severely cold winter caused by the so-called "El Niño" weather pattern, their needs as well as their numbers are increasing at...
Von.TV to Rebroadcast 1995 Million Man March on Friday, Oct. 16, check Von.Tv for program times and details!
VON.TV in conjunction with Midway Broadcasting Corp. will host the rebroadcast of the Million Man March in its entirety on Friday, October 16 as it officially launches its new digital streaming network, Von.TV, which is a partnership between WVON-AM 1690 in Chicago and TV One. For more information visit, von.tv We are encouraging everyone on Friday, October 16 to observe...
Feds file lawsuit in support of Black, Latino fire fighters
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the City of New York May 21, charging the testing system discriminates against Black and Latino applicants. At present, there are over 11,000 fire fighters and civilians on the city payroll, and only 3 percent are Black, while 4.5 percent are Latino, according to...
Racism in the 21 st century: The problem of the color-line
(FinalCall.com) - Eminent scholar, intellectual and founder of the NAACP’s The Crisis news publication, Dr. W.E.B. Dubois wrote the following statement in The Forethought of his book, “The Souls of Black Folk” in 1903: “Here in lie buried many things which if read with patience may show the strange meaning of being Black here in the dawning of the...
Disaster of biblical proportions strikes America
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM Hurricane Irma brings pain, trauma, destruction unseen in modern history Nuclear hurricane. Storm of the Century. Monster storm. These unimaginable terms were used to describe the force and power of Hurricane Irma which has engulfed the entire State of Florida and then moved into South Carolina and Georgia. Irma terrorized the entire state of Florida as a well-organized hurricane...
Listen and act, environmental justice activists say to major federal agencies
(FinalCall.com) - The federal government represented by agencies including the Dept. of Homeland Security, Labor Dept. and Environmental Protection Agency will continue Public Listening Sessions in February, according to federal officials. Attendees will have opportunities to offer input on presidential Executive Order 13650 “Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security” issued last summer. Topics will include improving operational coordination with state,...