Church commits $500,000 to reparations, justice fund
Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service (RNS)—A historic Episcopal church in Baltimore has committed to setting aside $100,000 to reparations, an initiative that will contribute to local racial justice causes. Memorial Episcopal Church also pledged to contribute an additional $400,000 for reparations and justice over five years. “Our church has a long history of, unfortunately, supporting racial segregation up until 1969, being...
Black men not working: How our community loses $50 billion to joblessness, incarceration and death
by Naba’a Muhammad and Charlene Muhammad Not being able to work is never a good thing and Black male unemployment has been a constant problem in the United States. But Black male joblessness is even worse than experts usually say, and a combination of unemployment, incarceration, and death is costing Black America a staggering estimate of $50 billion a year. It’s...
Thousands protest: Hands off King/Drew Trauma Unit!
CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - The county's plan to shut down South L.A.'s Martin Luther King, Jr./Charles R. Drew Medical Center's Trauma Unit was rejected Nov. 15 by approximately 4,000 demonstrators outside the King/Drew Magnet High School Auditorium, where the county Board of Supervisors held a mandatory public hearing to discuss the proposed closure. Many protesters listened to the hearing on...
The future is Indigenous: Trials and triumphs of Native youth
Native and Indigenous youth are pushing for change and are reclaiming their heritage and culture, in efforts to heal from decades of White colonization and its ongoing effects. According to the Center for Native American Youth, as of the 2010 U.S. Census, there are over five million Native/Indigenous people, making up approximately two percent of the U.S. population. Over two...
U.S. missiles to Ukraine add more fuel to the fire of war
While the Biden administration insists armaments given to Ukraine are aimed at ending bloody fighting in Eastern Europe, there is fear the opposite is happening: especially with a declaration from Moscow that the latest weapons of war supplied to Ukraine are increasing and extending conflict. “We believe that the U.S. is deliberately pouring oil on the fire. The U.S. is...
Believers host community outreach event in Trenton, N.J.
TRENTON—Nation of Islam Study Group Coordinator Richard Muhammad lead the Believers of Trenton, New Jersey on a recent community outreach event. The Fruit of Islam (F.O.I.) and Muslim Girls Training and General Civilization Class (M.G.T.) participated in the September 28 outing which was centered in the community where one of Trenton’s homeless centers is located and also in the...
Rally unites community in cry for ‘Justice for AJ!’
Hundreds crowded Florida’s Kingdom Revival Church for the “National Day of Righteous Outrage for AJ Owens.” The rally held on July 8 united faith leaders, community organizers and civil rights advocates across the state and beyond in pursuit of justice for Ajike “AJ” Owens. Ms. Owens, a Black woman, was shot by her neighbor, Susan Lorincz, a White woman (See...
Latinos, Blacks at risk due to high cost of prescriptions
Universal health care–a right or privilege? (FCN, 10-12-2006)The connection between wealth and health (FCN, 06-06-2006)Medical group formed to address health disparities (FCN, 04-30-2003) (FinalCall.com) - Being poor, Black or Latino and in need of prescription drugs can be an unhealthy combination. According to a new national study of adults 18 and older, released in May by the American Association...
A declining America sloping further toward a broader Middle East war
Since war and unspeakable horror enveloped the Gaza Strip in October 2023, and now increasingly the Occupied West Bank by the Zionist State of Israel, there are fears of it expanding to regional proportions. With recent drone attacks in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen by the United States, Israel’s chief backer, it appears the Middle East is sloping further to...
NAACP becomes a political organization
PHILADELPHIA (FinalCall.com) - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) celebrated its 95th anniversary less than a mile from where one of its founding fathers, W.E.B. DuBois, conducted his historic social study on Black life, published as “The Philadelphia Negro.” The theme of this year's July 10-15 convention, held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, “The Race...