Foreign policy hawks launch new campaign against Obama
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Just days after the Nobel Committee in Oslo awarded Barack Obama its coveted peace prize, two of Washington's most prominent foreign policy hawks launched a new group and ad campaign designed to depict the president as weak and defend the more aggressive policies of his predecessor, George W. Bush. The new group, Keep America Safe, was...
Farrakhan speaks live via webcast commemorating Million Man March
FCNNEWSSOURCE MEMPHIS, TN (FinalCall.com) - Culminating a weekend of events, The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan will deliver the keynote address commemorating the 14th anniversary of the Million Man March on Sunday, October 18th at 2pm Central Time. The address is to be webcast live @ http://www.noi.org/webcast/. “Minister Farrakhan's visit to Memphis and his message of responsibility comes at a critical time in...
Commemorating the Million Man March 14th Anniversary
Accepting Responsibility to Build Our CommunityThemes of Atonement, Reconciliation and Responsibility are needed now more than everr Official Website of the 2009 Holy Day of Atonement “...If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their...
ACORN fights back
CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), has been fighting for poor people for 40 years but it is currently locked in a struggle to save itself from what it calls a right wing agenda of false, negative attacks, crafted to dis-empower the low-income and working class communities it serves. On September 23, ACORN and two...
Your tax dollars at work? Let’s find that federal stimulus money
-Staff Writer- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - While many government officials tout the availability of stimulus funds, for the average person, finding these dollars can be a journey through a maze of websites that can be frustrating. Black lawmakers, and advocates say don't let a little research keep you from trying to access federal money–or perhaps more accurately, your own tax...
As one president condemns racial bias, another downplays a volatile subject
- As one president condemns racial bias, another downplays a volatile subject WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - An “overwhelming portion” of the public animosity directed toward President Barack Obama and his efforts for health care reform this summer is based simply “on the fact that he is a Black man,” according to former Pres. Jimmy Carter, a southerner, who grew up...
Activists oppose venue, oversight changes in Oscar Grant case
CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - Attorneys for a former Bay Area Transit District officer who fatally shot a handcuffed and unarmed Black passenger in Oakland have requested a change of venue, claiming a racial divide makes it impossible for their client to receive a fair trial. Hearings on the change of venue request are set to begin Oct. 2. Attorney Michael Raines argued Sept....
Anti-Muslim discrimination rages
-Staff Writer- (FinalCall.com) - Over the summer, Cook County Correctional Officer Abraham Yasin won $200,000 in damages for harassment found to be pervasive or severe enough to create a hostile and abusive work environment. The harassment started in 2004 when Cook County, Ill., officers continuously and anonymously targeted Mr. Yasin with racist slurs such as “terrorist,””Hussein,” “sand ni**er,” “bin...
New York crowd welcomes Gadhafi to America
FCNNEWSSOURCE (FinalCall.com) - Col. Muammar Gadhafi, Libyan leader and head of the African Union touched down in New York today in his first visit to America. The revolutionary leader, who recently marked 40 years of rulership, addressed world leaders during the September 23, 2009 United Nations 64th General Assembly. Related news: FinalCall.com Special Coverage: The 2009 64th United Nations General Assembly Welcome to America: Gadhafi at United Nations...
CIA medics complicit in torture, rights group says
NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - Did physicians and psychologists help the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency develop a new research protocol to assess and refine the use of water boarding or other harsh interrogation techniques? This is the question being raised in a new report by a leading human rights organization. The group says that, if confirmed, it would likely constitute...