Birth control death plot
'Birth Control' and its deadly risks (FCN, 06-2007)Margaret Sanger's Eugenic Plan for Black America (FinalCall.com) - While many see the new birth control pill, Lybrel, as an advance for women that allows them contraception while eliminating their menstrual cycle, others are alarmed that it is another dangerous advance in the plot that leads women to poor health and for...
Violent crimes in U.S. on the rise
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Focus should be placed on preventative steps, experts say WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Violent crimes rose for the second year in a row in the United States in 2006, according to a report released June 4 by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report showed an increase of about 1.3 percent in homicides, robberies and other...
Community split on LA Police Chief reappointment
Investigations into LAPD’s May Day melee continue (FCN, 06-16-2007) LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Several Black community leaders and prominent pastors threw their support behind Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Chief William Bratton for a five-year reappointment, despite widespread demands for his termination. The announcement was made at a press conference May 26 at the Lucy Florence Coffee House...
Investigations into LAPD’s May Day melee continue
LAPD’s MacArthur Park melee (FCN, 05-24-2007) LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Since Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers assaulted primarily peaceful demonstrators with rubber bullets and batons at a May 1 immigrants’ rights rally in MacArthur Park, police and city officials have launched investigations, promoted and demoted officers, and victims’ attorneys have filed a lawsuit for damages and policy...
Congress surrenders to Bush
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Democrats wave the white flag of surrender (FCN Editorial, 06-11-2007)Democrats break their promise to voters to end Iraq war (FCN, 04-17-2007)Democrats in Congress: ‘Wishy-washy’ or ‘weak’? (FCN Editorial, 04-13-2007) House Majority leader outlines Democrats half-hearted opposition to Iraq War (WSWS, 02-01-2007) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The Iraq War funding battle is over for now, and “the war” won. More precisely, Democrats who became...
California’s shallow promises on prison expansion
Corporate greed and private prisons (FCN, 05-01-2007)Critical Resistance Online (CriticalResistance.org)The Prison Industrial Complex: Crisis and Control (CorpWatch, 1999)Private Prisons for Dummies (Paul's Justice Page) LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger passed a bill several weeks ago to help alleviate overcrowding in California’s prison system and increase public safety, but critics, who protested outside of the California...
Feds file lawsuit in support of Black, Latino fire fighters
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the City of New York May 21, charging the testing system discriminates against Black and Latino applicants. At present, there are over 11,000 fire fighters and civilians on the city payroll, and only 3 percent are Black, while 4.5 percent are Latino, according to...
New York MMM sends out an S.O.S.
NY Millions More Movement to focus on ‘Saving Our Sons’ (FCN, 01-06-2007)The Millions More Movement Online NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - “We are calling on Black men to take the initiative to re-claim the hearts and souls of our young men,” Bob Law, New York State Local Organizing Committee co-chairman, told a gathering of men, women and youth on May...
Amnesty for who?
Proposed immigration bill leaves many skeptical of its intentions LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Democrats and Republicans recently agreed on a comprehensive proposal bill which would grant conditional legal status to undocumented immigrants and tighten border security. Some immigrants’ rights groups state that while the bipartisan agreement represents progress, it bears greater cause for concern. Overall, the proposed bill,...
Students not soldiers
Increasing military recruitment tactics target Black, Latino youth Military recruitment down: Blacks silently protest war (FCN, 04-06-2005)Army recruiters: No Latino left behind (FCN, 11-24-2004) LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - President George Bush’s recent veto of a bill that would provide for emergency spending and a withdrawal deadline from the Iraq war has heightened peace activists’ concerns that a prolonged stay...