John Kerry responds to Minister Farrakhan
Congressional crumbs won't satisfy hunger for liberation (FCN Editorial, 07-26-2004) (FinalCall.com) - On May 3, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan held a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. April Ryan, White House Correspondent for America's Urban Radio, asked him, “If the election were held today, whom would you choose?” Minister Farrakhan responded, “I would choose neither...
The dirty world of military recruiting
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - The Pentagon is reportedly using some $3 billion of American taxpayers' money to draw their children into the military and some activists are charging that the tactics used to lure these young people are not fair. The Pentagon has reported that, for the year 2004, they have recruited over 212,000 people, which has surpassed their goal,...
Conscientious objector status 101
The dirty world of military recruiting (FCN, 07-21-2004) (FinalCall.com) - Resistance to war became a major issue in America during World War I and II. The United States permitted members of “recognized pacifistic religious groups” to be excluded from combat in exchange for noncombatant military service, nonmilitary activity related to the war effort, or activity considered socially valuable. Those without...
Resistance growing to military draft and service in unjust Iraq war
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - With tens of thousands of unprepared, poorly equipped and poorly trained reservists and National Guard members making up nearly half of the U.S. occupation force in Iraq, and in the face of the worsening military situation confronting the 140,000 U.S. troops there, the Pentagon has a major “force structure” problem on its hands. The solution to...
New rules against Cuba target medical students
The Compassion of Cuba's Health Care (FCN, 06-15-2004) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Responding to vigorous protests by members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and parents of the 80 American medical students in Cuba, the U.S. State Department has dropped plans to block them from continuing their medical studies. Many of the callers to my office were heartbroken at...
White House temperature’s
Michael Moore's new documentary ‘Fahrenheit 9/11' delivers scathing indictment on Bush (FinalCall.com) - The political heat has definitely turned up on the president with the record-breaking June 25 release of “Fahrenheit 9/11,” a new documentary written, directed and produced by Michael Moore. The filmmaker, who won a 2002 Oscar for “Bowling for Columbine,” delivers a scalding rebuke of President...
U.S. foreign policy Hijacked
Former U.S. diplomats want Bush voted out “The synagogue of Satan” by Minister Louis Farrakhan WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The Bush administration's foreign policy has been such a “complete and terrible disaster” that President George W. Bush should not be re-elected, according to a group of 26 former diplomats, and military commanders. The “structure of respect and influence” built up by...
Social club or brothel for businessmen?
(FinalCall.com) - In the very small world of Black professionals in New York City, where can one go to do business with other Black professionals, find a potential mate for marriage that is the “complete package” or just find new friends? The answer is the soon-to-open Harlem Club. We're bringing the ideal female candidates for marriage to the club. We...
Abu Ghraib prison scandal: Bush’s Watergate?
After the shame: Prison abuse scandal deepens (FCN 05-25-2004) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - No matter how badly things seem to turn in Iraq, no matter how ugly the war and scandals associated with it become–Weapons of Mass Destruction-gate, Prison abuse-gate, CIA agent-gate–the war will not likely inflict the political damage on President George W. Bush that the Watergate scandal inflicted...
Community remembers youth slain in foster care
CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - June 9, 2004 was the first day in seven years that Debra Reid placed a tombstone on the grave of her asthmatic son, Jonathan. He was taken away from her in 1997 at 9 years of age and placed in a foster home because a social worker falsified a court case document. During that time,...