Number of anti-Muslim incidents jumps 30 percent
JIM.LOBE Neoconservatives push internment for American Muslims (FCN, 02-18-2005)‘Islamophobia’ spreading in U.S. and Europe (FCN, 01-04-2005)Muslim publisher speaks on issues facing Islamic communities since 9/11 (FCN, 09-11-2003) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Complaints of discrimination, harassment and violence against Muslims jumped over 30 percent in 2005 from the previous year, according to a report released Sept. 18 by the Council on American-Islamic...
Exercising during Ramadan
AM: There is nothing wrong with exercising during Ramadan, as long as you exercise during the earlier morning hours so you have time to drink water before the sun comes up. Or you may choose to exercise after the sun goes down. I definitely wouldn’t recommend exercising at 8 o’clock in the morning, and then not drinking water...
Home Schooling: Fastest growing way to educate children
(FinalCall.com) - In 1991, when Paula Penn-Nabrit and her husband C. Madison Nabrit decided to home-school their three boys, they had no idea they would be pioneers in what is now the fastest growing method of educating Black children. “We were struggling to do what we thought was best for our sons. We had them in a prestigious private...
Black youth thrive under charter school curriculum
The Culture and Language Academy of SuccessView Park Preparatory LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - It has been just over 10 years since the charter school movement forged into existence with much anticipation and hope, matched by just as much skepticism and opposition. But the intended goal of a superior, not necessarily equal, education that boosts the learning development of...
Fathers make a presence on the first day of school
The Million Father March (A Blackstart Project Initiative) (FinalCall.com) - When 13-year-old Alonzo Juhans started Greenbelt Middle School in August, he didn’t start alone. His dad, Larry, went to school with him every day for the first week. “He’s starting middle school and I wanted to give him a jump start. I wanted him to have a certain rhythm....
Recollections of Katrina relief effort
Unmasking New Orleans - FCI Documentary: (View Trailer) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - In the wake of the sorrow, tragedy and massive frustration over official national bureaucratic blunders, insensitivity and neglect of the mostly Black victims of Hurricane Katrina, there was a heartwarming local response from grassroots citizens to the local government and even cooperating corporations. Hundreds of evacuees, stung by being...
Senate report exposes Bush’s deception on Iraq war
New York Times attempts to rewrites Iraq War history (FAIR, 09-08-2006)Journalists: U.S. media censorship is ‘rampant' (FCN, 07-17-2003)President George Walker Bush: The Greatest Threat to World Peace (FCN, 10-07-2002) (FinalCall.com) - “Please reconsider your plans.” That's what the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan wrote to President George W. Bush on October 30, 2002 in his second letter of warning against...
Workers facing many issues in Katrina clean-up and reconstruction
(FinalCall.com) - Over the past year, there been hard-core street organizing in New Orleans on behalf of workers, as well as numerous reports and analysis. One such report was recently released by the Workers Justice Coalition, the National Immigration Law Center and the Advancement Project, entitled “And Injustice for All: Workers' Lives in the Reconstruction of New Orleans.” It is...
Scholars, artists celebrate ‘birth’ of modern civil rights movement
HARPERS FERRY, W.VA. (FinalCall.com) - Scholars, musicians, politicians, modern civil rights icons and descendants of the original participants commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Niagara Movement’s first U.S. meeting Aug. 16-20 on the historic grounds of Storer College, which is now a U.S. National Park. In 1906, led by Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, dozens of Black men and women met...
Effective charitable giving
“Although African Americans tend to associate the concept of philanthropy with the very rich, our community has historically been a generous and giving one, whether it be time or money,” stated Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League in his “Opinion” column in the New York Beacon, July 27. The concept of giving runs deep in...