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Unexplained disappearance of 24-year old has family puzzled

CHARLENEM MALIBU/LOST HILLS, Calif. (FinalCall.com) - The family of a 24-year-old missing Black woman has made an appeal to federal law enforcement officials for help to bring her home safely and soon. Mitrice Richardson went missing after deputies at the Lost Hills Sheriff's Station released her into a remote canyon area in the middle of the night, without her car,...

Farrakhan issues pointed warning, guidance in perilous times

- Minister Farrakhan calls Black America to action, warns of God's Chastisement MEMPHIS (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan issued blunt warnings Oct. 18–commemorating the 14th anniversary of the Million Man March–to the United States government, to the Black community at large, and to Black clergy and other leaders, that conditions today in this country are as bad as...

A warm welcome for Nation of Islam leader

-Staff Writer- MEMPHIS (FinalCall.com) - The City Council and Shelby County Board of Commissioners welcomed the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan during a leadership meeting, before a standing room only audience at the city's Convention Center. “Thank you for bringing the 14th anniversary of the Million Man March to Memphis,” said Councilman Joe Brown. “We know this is one...

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....