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...
On a mission to save Black boys
By Richard MuhammadContributing Editor CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Phillip Jackson was blunt: The first-class prisons are there, the juvenile offender lock-ups are there, but first-class education and opportunity are not available for young Black males. The executive director of the Black Star Project said the Black community needs to come together and demand much more for its male children than what is...
A Tragic Injustice: Judge acquits officers in shooting death of Sean Bell
New Yorkers vow to fight for justice for father killed in hail of 50 bullets In wake of acquitals, anger simmers New York (FCN, 05-06-2008)New York town mourns young Black police officer (FCN, 02-18-2008)Sean Bell: Tip of iceberg in NYC police murder culture (FCN, 04-16-2007) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - The streets of New York City remain quiet after the acquital of...
In wake of acquitals, anger simmers New York
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - When the word of Justice Arthur Cooperman’s “not guilty” verdict reached the crowd outside the Queens Supreme Court, shouts of “No! No! No!” erupted immediately. The family of Sean Bell, along with the two wounded friends of the slain father of two little girls, and the Rev. Al Sharpton quietly walked own Queens Boulevard–the media...
Rev. Wright: Media coverage was attack on the Black church
The Attack on Black Theology (FCN, 04-20-2008) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - An “unashamedly Black” and “unapologetically Christian,” Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright kicked off the opening of the two-day Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference April 28 at the National Press Club. Before a standing room only audience filled with conference attendees and representatives of media outlets, and a live televised audience via...
No end to demonization of Obama?
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Is Clinton setting Obama up to lose general election? (FCN, 04-25-2008)Blackening Barack Obama (FCN, 04-01-2008) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The demonization of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)–who has gone from once being labeled “not Black enough” to earn the support of Black voters–to being depicted for White voters as being “too Black,” seems destined to continue all the way to the...
Rev. Jackson shines a light on Haiti crisis
Contributing Writer Rising food prices increase Haiti’s agony (FCN, 04-23-2008) CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson left for Haiti April 26 to tour the debt-ridden nation gripped in a food crisis. With ministers and Haitian nationals as part of his delegation, he also hoped the media would follow. “Haiti is out of sight and out of mind,” Rev. Jackson told...
U.S. military accepts more ex-felons
Black military recruits on the decline (FCN, 07-19-2007)FCN Editorial: Will you answer the call of the military? (FCN, 07-18-2004) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The few, the strong, the brave and some convicted felons could well describe today’s Marine Corps. In the Army, more convicted felons can be all they can be too, as all branches of the military relaxed their...