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Cultivating the Land, Cultivating our Future

FCNNEWSSOURCE (FinalCall.com) - Dr. Ridgely Muhammad, manager of Muhammad Farms, visited with the students of Muhammad University of Islam (M.U.I.) in Chicago on May 2. He informed the students of the rigorous day-to-day activities of farm life. He discussed the Nation’s desire to establish a Ministry of Agriculture, as well as the necessary tasks and resources required to accomplish...

NYPD protests shut down parts of New York

New Yorkers vow to fight for justice for father killed in hail of 50 bullets (FCN, 05-06-2008) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - “This is our day! This is our time, stand up!” exclaimed Rev. Al Sharpton, during his sermon before a packed house at National Action Network headquarters in Harlem on May 10. The Rev. Sharpton was talking about a day of...

Clinton urged to quit to avoid hurting Dem Party

ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Clinton urged to quit to avoid hurting Democratic prospects in November Is Clinton setting Obama up to lose general election? (FCN, 04-25-2008) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Despite Sen. Barack Obama’s surprising double-digit victory over Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) in the North Carolina presidential primary and her narrow victory in Indiana, Sen. Clinton continues to cling to the diminishing possibility that she...

Expanded DNA testing could nab innocent people

(FinalCall.com) - Civil liberties groups say plans to expand DNA collection through changes to federal and California state laws violate constitutional protections and criminalize innocent people. Under the proposals, close relatives of arrestees in California could be asked to provide DNA evidence and under federal law any federal arrestees, either for felonies or misdemeanors, will be required to...

Hard times hit Blacks, Latinos first and worst

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The economic slowdown, rising debt, gas and food prices, loss of jobs, and mounting foreclosures have hurt families across the board, but according to a new report Black and Latino families are “hit first and hit worst.” “Since 2000 the economy has slowed its growth,” Tim Westrich, a research associate at the Center for American Progress...

The next consumer crisis?

How to avoid debt slavery (EconomicWarfare.org) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Larry Morgan has a home and so far has been able to avoid the mortgage mess and foreclosure. He’s a juggler with bills and used to have a line of equity to use when things got tight. Not anymore, now he just has his credit cards and debt is steadily...

VA lawsuit: High suicide rates for soldiers

(FinalCall.com) - Black war veterans are more likely than White veterans to experience post traumatic stress disorder but are less likely to receive disability benefits for the disease, according to a federal lawsuit filed in San Francisco against the Department of Veterans Affairs. PTSD is a psychiatric disorder suddenly brought on by life threatening experiences that result in...

Over-medicated and underserved

Advocates say just prescribing drugs for Black youth doesn’t solve problems (FinalCall.com) - The Rev. Fred Shaw, Jr., of the Basic Life Institute in Compton, Calif., has been working with troubled youth and gang-bangers for over a decade. But as he tries to help them turn their lives around, the specter of drugs has surfaced. Not illegal drugs,...

Obama still standing after attacks by opponents

ASKIAMSenior Correspondent No end to demonization of Obama? (FCN, 05-06-2008) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Despite combined attempts by the presidential campaigns of both Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.), and Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), and political pundits in the corporate-owned media concerning the National Press Club appearance of his former pastor, Sen. Barack Obama headed into the May 6 Indiana and North Carolina primary balloting...

Wrongfully convicted call for justice for the innocent

Contributing Writer ‘I have a reason to be angry’ CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - One victim appealed for DNA testing. Another vowed to help others. Both called for justice. Johnnie Lee Savory and Joyce Ann Brown were among a dozen wrongfully convicted former prisoners calling for justice in their cases and diligence in releasing others railroaded into prison sentences they did not deserve. “My...