Americans tell Democrats: ‘End War Now!’
Calls for president's impeachment grow louder (FCN, 03-22-2007)America trapped in Iraq 'quagmire' (FCN, 12-20-2006) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - If it seems like Americans of every description are becoming more and more active in their opposition to the Iraq war, it's probably because they are. The opposition to the Bush administration's war policies and the apparent complicity of top Democrats with the...
Economic hard times for Blacks
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - While world attention was focused on recent highly visible stock market fluctuations, even more serious economic meltdowns might be facing consumers and investors alike. The credit card industry was denounced on Capitol Hill recently for confusing and usurious lending practices, while the credit-blemished mortgage market may also be in trouble because of a practice known as...
Still no justice for Emmett Louis Till
VIDEO: The Murder of Emmett Till (Eyes on the Prize, 15 min) (FinalCall.com) - A Leflore County (Mississippi) grand jury on Feb. 23 returned a “no-bill” in the manslaughter case of Carolyn Bryant Donham, 73; meaning it found insufficient evidence to prosecute her for the 1955 slaying of Emmett Louis Till, a 14-year-old Chicago boy who was visiting relatives in...
Miracles can happen
By the time Derrick Black and Sonya Muhammad learned that there was a freezing rain advisory in Dover, Ohio and people were warned not be out, they had already slid on a patch of black ice, crashed into the mountains that lined I-77 North and flipped over several times. “The time was 1:48 a.m. I clearly remember it. I...
FBI violates Constitution with Patriot Act
Analysis Of The Provisions Of The USA PATRIOT Act (EFF)The FBI's History of Terrorism Against Black Organizations and Leaders (NOI.org)FBI silent on reports that it watches the Web (FCN, 02-17-2005)Bush policies encourage racial profiling, U.S. panel says (FCN, 12-01-2004)Anti terror laws produce new crisis for Black leadership (FCN, 12-25-2001) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - After Congress granted the Bush administration unprecedented new powers...
Deplorable conditions plague military hospital
Death raises questions about treatment of veterans (LA Times, 03-22-2007)Third Army head rolls in Walter Reed fallout (York Dispatch, 03-13-2007) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - As they had done after they were shamed when conditions at Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq were exposed, the U.S. Army’s top commanders apologized publicly March 5 for deplorable conditions at their own flagship military hospital,...
Calls for president’s impeachment grow louder
Is lying about the reason for a war an impeachable offense? (CNN/FindLaw)The Origins and Scope of Presidential Impeachment (Hinkley Journal of Politics)Former attorney general says Bush should be impeached (FCN, 05-28-2003) (FinalCall.com) - The roar to impeach President George Bush on the grounds of “high crimes and misdemeanors” in relation to his handling of the Iraq war is growing...
Racist column spawns dialogue, not division
LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - A column titled, “Why I Hate Blacks,” advocating discrimination and hatred, was published in the San Francisco-based AsianWeek newspaper Feb. 23, near the close of Black History Month. The piece sparked the usual outrage, apologies, terminations, dialogues and press conferences that routinely follow outbursts of bigotry. But beyond the question of accountability, time,...
What is fit for you?
The above title was inspired by a dynamic lecture Minister Christopher Muhammad of San Francisco, Calif., recently gave at Muhammad’s Mosque No. 26B. He incorporated modern information with the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, as we recently saw at Saviours’ Day in Detroit, is a master of explaining things “right...
The terror of America’s weather
Extreme weather leaves path of destruction (FinalCall.com) - A powerful storm carrying with it several killer tornadoes marched from Minnesota to the Florida panhandle on March 1, leaving dozens of people dead throughout the Deep South, on what was the very first day of the official 2007 tornado season. Enterprise, Alabama Mayor Kenneth Boswell, whose area was devastated, said parts...