Anti-gov’t sentiment growing
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Public hostility toward the government has reached record highs, according to a major new survey released on the 15th anniversary of the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, the worst deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. territory before 9/11. The survey, which comes amid growing media attention to the openly anti-government “Tea Party” movement rallies, could...
Poverty causes cancer? Yes!
- LOUISVILLE, Ky. (FinalCall.com) - As shocking as it sounds, poverty and racism are actually direct causes of cancer, this according to Dr. Edward Halperin, a clinical oncologist, historian, and dean of the Medical School at the University of Louisville. “The big issues are not changing the window of insurance (in the new health reform legislation approved by Congress),” Dr....
Urban violence brings renewed calls for National Guard deployment
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The idea of coordinated military action to counteract gang related violent crime is not a new idea, however, it appears to be gaining traction among some lawmakers as the number of those killed in many cities across America continues to rise. “Gang activity and its resulting violence has taken a toll on my community for far too...
A Legacy of Brotherhood and Unity
and and Askia Muhammad Reverend Willie Wilson celebrates 37 years of faith in action WASHINGTON, D.C. (FinalCall.com) - “I had 800 members the first time Minister Farrakhan spoke at Union Temple in 1977. After he spoke we had less than half,” said Rev. Willie Wilson at his 37th anniversary, April 25. “Because they thought God was going to strike me...
Dr. Dorothy Height: Pride in Excellence
-Staff Writer- A legend and icon remembered and laid to rest (FinalCall.com) - The year is 1929 and the Harlem Renaissance is at its height. It is the home of Black intellectuals and literary giants like Alain Locke, Zora Neale Hurston, and Claude McKay. Nearly 200,000 Blacks have migrated from the South to escape racism in search of a...
Farrakhan tells spiritual leaders their light should dispel society’s darkness
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan spoke to a group of spiritual leaders about their God-given responsibility to act as shepherds and watchmen over the people and to resist the “wiles of Satan” during these perilous times as they work to establish the kingdom of God. “We are not going to establish the kingdom of God without trial...
Unable to pay their bills, states, cities, towns and villages scramble to stay afloat
CHARLENEM Budget cuts bring pain and relief isn't in sight (FinalCall.com) - When Zakiyah Ansari hears about budgets and cuts, she knows one thing is certain: Black and Latino children in the Big Apple are going to lose big. The parent leader with the New York City Coalition for Educational Justice says plans to cut $1.4 billion from public education are just...
ACLU challenges secret spying law
FCNNEWSSOURCE (FinalCall.com) - The American Civil Liberties Union argued in a New York federal appeals court April 16 that its lawsuit challenging an unconstitutional government spying law should be reinstated. The ACLU and the New York Civil Liberties Union filed the landmark lawsuit in July 2008 to stop the government from conducting surveillance under the FISA Amendments Act (FAA),...
Losing a husband, a home and a dream
CHARLENEM RIALTO, Calif. (FinalCall.com)- Billie Boyd did not expect to lose her partner and their home in less than a year, but when her husband Robert died, his passing set off a financial crisis that forced her out of her home within 10 months. She was 66 and he was 86 at the time he passed away. Their beautifully decorated, two-story...
Muslims start free health care network
-Staff Writer- PHILADELPHIA - The passage of President Obama's Health Care Bill may arguably be a step in the right direction, according to Muslim Alliance of North America (MANA) officials, however unfortunately the average person who may have gone without health care coverage for decades could be under the mistaken impression that they can suddenly run off to the...