40 years after Dr. King’s assassination
By Richard Muhammad, Contributing Editor andAshahed M. Muhammad, Assistant Editor Black America still struggles for freedom, justice and equality (FinalCall.com) - On April 4, 1968, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was brutally gunned down, assassinated while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. After his death, a spontaneous and collective expression of Black rage erupted...
Seattle Initiative seeks to improve life for Blacks, poor
(FinalCall.com) - As the world marked the 40th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights hero Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a group of administrators in a Seattle county named after him, was engaged in trying to secure many of the rights and benefits that he lived and died for, right in their own community. They hope...
Hillary Clinton stands by attack on pastor
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Obama rebounds after racial controversy (FCN, 04-03-2008) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Despite some broad ecumenical support developing nationally for the ministry of Sen. Barack Obama’s former pastor–the Rev. Jeremiah Wright–Democratic presidential contender Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) reiterated her criticism of Rev. Wright to a group of Black reporters March 27. “He would not have been my pastor. You don’t choose your...
New sentencing hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent New evidence in Mumia Abu-Jamal’s case (FCN, 12-23-2007) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - A federal appeals court refused to overturn the conviction of death row journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal on March 27 and rejected his call for a new trial. Mr. Abu-Jamal has been on death row for 26 years. In 1982 Mr. Abu-Jamal was convicted of murder...
Hall of Shame offers dubious honor for corporations
Bids by Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination aren’t the only campaigns driving voters to polls in record numbers. Administrators of the Corporate Hall of Shame expect a record turnout for their online poll, which allows consumers to vote for the most abusive corporations of the year. Last year, more than 20,000 votes...
Youth demand end to violence, political inaction
Fear of a Black-Brown race war in Los Angeles (FCN, 04-03-2008)Gang shootings stun Los Angeles (FCN, 03-20-2008)Building unity between Black and Brown (FCN, 07-05-2005)A Special Message to Black and Latino Street Organizations (FCN/Min. Farrakhan, 12-11-2004) LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - “No more research! No more hearings! No more gang-banging between government officials!” chanted some 100 Indigenous and Latino youth jam...
Iraq War 5 years later: No end in sight
ASKIAM and Saeed ShabazzStaff Writers Fifth anniversary brings protests, few signs things will soon change Iraq's Sadr calls million-strong march against U.S. occupation (Reuters, 04-03-2008) Media, Propaganda and Iraq (GlobalIssues.org, 03-30-2003) (FinalCall.com) - More than 640 events in hundreds of cities nationwide marked the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, now the second longest war in U.S. history....
Father in Long Island ‘lynch mob’ trial sentenced
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (FinalCall.com) - Convicted of second degree manslaughter John White, 54, has been sentenced to 2 to 4 years in prison for the fatal shooting of a drunken White teenager. Suffolk County Judge Barbara Kahn broke down the sentence on March 20: Two years for an illegal gun charge, and 1 1/3 to 4 years for manslaughter. The sentences...
Obama rebounds after racial controversy
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Senator Barack Obama's Big Win: Is America changing her attitude? (FCN, 01-14-2008) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama rebounded from his worst single week in the campaign with a resounding March 21 endorsement from former fellow candidate Bill Richardson, the governor of New Mexico. “Above all, you will be a president who brings this nation together,” Gov....
Fear of a Black-Brown race war in Los Angeles
Gang shootings stun Los Angeles (FCN, 03-20-2008) Building unity between Black and Brown (FCN, 07-05-2005) A Special Message to Black and Latino Street Organizations (FCN/Min. Farrakhan, 12-11-2004) LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - While law enforcement, politicians and community activists spar over whether recent gang-related shootings should be officially classified as race-related and investigated as hate crimes, community and peace activists...