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Longest Walk emphasizes Native American concerns

ASKIAM-Senior Correspondent- THE WHITE HOUSE (FinalCall.com) - When militant Native American activists captured Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay, reclaiming it as Indian land more than 30 years ago, the group was referred to in the local White-media as “Red Muslims,” hoping that linking them with not-well-spoken-of Nation of Islam “Black Muslims” would tarnish their reputation. They continued to organize,...

Suspect’s killer protected by ‘blue wall of silence?’

ASKIAM-Senior Correspondent- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Prince George’s County, Md., residents have heard it all before: promises by county officials to root out corrupt and brutal police officers. But on June 30, residents were shocked again to learn that a 19-year-old Black man named Ronnie White, had been found slain in his maximum security jail cell, just hours after he was...

Whites challenge ideas of White supremacy, racism

(FinalCall.com) - In Boston, Mass., there are some people who don’t want to gloss over the issue of White racism. There exists a workshop where for just a mere $27, any White person can enroll. The workshop teaches there is such a thing as “White institutional racism” and it’s the responsibility of Whites to change it. “As soon as they...

Judge rules against teens in controversial case

PALMDALE, Calif. (FinalCall.com) - A juvenile court judge on June 23 “found it to be true” that two Black teenagers committed misdemeanor battery on a public officer and one made criminal threats in a case that gained widespread attention after a security guard at William Pete Knight High School broke one girl’s wrist last September. Juvenile court Judge...

America’s mortgage crisis worsens

Bad loans, vacant properties, falling home values, prices signs of a continued crisis LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - The presidential race, rising costs of oil and gas, extreme weather and food shortages offer enough to hold one’s attention, but eyes remained glued on America’s mortgage crisis. Home values have dropped again, homes sales are lagging, home equity credit lines...

Ban overturned, but are more guns a good thing?

ASKIAM-Senior Correspondent- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - By a narrow, 5-4 margin, the U.S. Supreme Court returned a historic ruling June 26, deciding that the Second Amendment protects the constitutional right of an individual to own and keep a loaded handgun at home for purposes of self-defense. The decision overturns the 32-year-old ban on handguns here. It’s the court’s first significant ruling...

Lock ’em up, earn big bucks?

Federal grant promotes racial disparity in law enforcement and needs fixing, say advocacy groups (FinalCall.com) - Twenty civil rights and criminal justice groups recently petitioned a congressional subcommittee on crime to alter a federal grant program they say has resulted in racial profiling, police corruption and civil rights abuses. The groups made their appeal in a June 18...

Breaking the Code of Silence, Part I

What would you do if you had a secret that could help save someone’s life if revealed? Would you have the courage to come forward? Or would you stay silent for fear of what people would think? Actress and Desperate Housewives star, Teri Hatcher, came forward about a secret she kept for approximately 35 years. Her secret?...

Diabetes epidemic hits the United States

(FinalCall.com) - Diabetes, called by many the disease of excess, now affects nearly 24 million people in the United States, an increase of more than 3 million in approximately two years, according to new 2007 prevalence data estimates released June 25, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This means that nearly 8 percent of the U.S....

Anti-torture campaign wins influential backers

JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON - Some 200 religious leaders and former top U.S. national security and military officers have launched a campaign for a presidential order to outlaw torture and cruel and inhumane treatment of all detainees. The bipartisan group launched the campaign, consisting of a “Declaration of Principles” that members of the public are also invited to sign, on the eve...