California’s new secret death chamber
Death penalty: U.S. states widen scope for executions (FCN, 10-05-2006)Death Penalty Focus of California (Death Penalty Focus)Campaign to End the Death Penalty LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Politicians and death penalty opponents are outraged over revelation that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) began construction on a new death chamber at San Quentin State Prison, without notifying...
Spelman student starts letter writing campaign to BET and TV One
“Dear Ms. Lee, when I heard about a letter writing campaign to BET, I knew I had to participate because I am disgusted with images of Black women in the media, particularly those provided by television and music videos. I can no longer tolerate the way women are portrayed and the disgusting way that BETperpetuates this behavior. “I will...
Corporate greed and private prisons
Using cheap prison labor to build profits Follow the Prison Money Trail ..to elected officials (In These Times, 09-04-2006)The Prison Industrial Complex: Crisis and Control (CorpWatch, 1999)Private Prisons for Dummies (Paul's Justice Page) LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - The Prison Industrial Complex is a growing industry comprised of a number of American corporations which develop household and business products, but human...
Immigration activists organize for May Day
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent On May 1, immigrants reclaimed their voice (FCN, 05-16-2006) Millions More in Los Angeles (FCN, 03-28-2006) Millóns Más en Los Ãngeles (FCN Español, 03-28-2006) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - In the Spring of 2006, millions of immigrant workers, along with their families, waged a campaign for immigration reform that literally halted repressive legislation in its tracks. This year, momentum is building...
Return of sentencing power to federal judges a boost
SB 40 Worsens the Prison Crisis (U.N.I.O.N., 03-2007)Justice Dept. reports alarming incarceration rates: Blacks tripled, Latinos grew tenfold (FCN, 09-03-2003)Black incarceration rates tripled during Clinton era (FCN, 03-06-2001) LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Prison activists have marked Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s return of sentencing discretion to federal judges a measure of hope in the battle against lengthy, mandatory prison sentences. SB-40,...
Democratic presidential hopefuls say no to FOX News presidential debate
Video Compilation Of Fox Attacks On Black America (Colorofchange.org)Contact The Congressional Black Caucus Institute (CBCI) (CBCInstitute.org)Misreading The Congressional Black Caucus' Fox Deal? (Chicago Defender, 04-18-2007) (FinalCall.com) - Democratic presidential hopefuls, Senators Barack Obama (D-IL), Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and former Senator John Edwards (D-NC), announced Apr. 9 that they would all pull out of the presidential debate scheduled for Sept. 23...
Millions More Movement to the Rescue
When Bryan Muhammad, co-chair of the Ft. Worth Millions More Movement, heard the story of how Shaquanda Cotton, a 14-year-old Black girl in Paris, Texas., was being tried for pushing a teacher's aide while a young White girl had burned down her home and only received probation, he knew the group had to step in. “My friend, Darwin Campbell,...
Homeless women speak out
CHARLENEM Economic hard times for Blacks (FCN, 04-01-2007) LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Los Angeles is home to some of the world's wealthiest human beings, corporations and organizations, yet underneath its towering skyscrapers and city lights dwell a massive homeless population which includes approximately 3,000 women who sleep on the streets each night. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, there are...
D.C. Residents pool resources and do for self
Housing Market: Boom To Bust To Economic Blueprint (FCN, 04-05-2007)A program for self-development (Honorable Elijah Muhammad, 1965) WASHINGTON, D.C. (FinalCall.com) - When the residents of the 12 unit building at 16th and Monroe Street NW got the letter that the owner was selling the building, they were frightened with the prospects of being homeless. “My family was like, where are...
Neturei Karta synagogue destroyed in ‘suspicious’ fire
, Staff Writer NEW YORK–A synagogue belonging to the Monsey, NY-based Neuturei Karta International, Jews United Against Zionism, a community of Orthodox Jews, was destroyed by fire on the eve of Passover. Fire officials report that no one occupying the three-story building was injured. The senior rabbi and his family that occupied the top floor were not home at the...