Fight on homeless feeding ban continues
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - The fight to feed America's homeless is escalating, leaving charitable individuals and groups wondering what will happen to the poor and...
Environmental cuts hurt Black, Brown communities say activists
By Saeed Shabazz -Staff Writer- (FinalCall.com) - Chicago, Illinois has large numbers of old steel mills, abandoned factories, sewage treatment plants and more landfills per square mile...
U.S. cringes as Venezuela takes seat on Security Council
By Saeed Shabazz -Staff Writer- UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - One of Latin America's powerful nations, oil-rich Venezuela, is now one of the 10 non-permanent members of the...
Muslim publisher assembles panel on domestic violence, sexual abuse and stalking
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM HOUSTON, Texas (FinalCall.com) - Ebony Muhammad studies death, dying, bereavement, and psychological methods for coping with loss. She publishes Hurt2Healing Magazine online, which...
Criminal justice system overhaul needed, not just more failed police reforms, say analysts and activists
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - In 2014 Black America's suffering increased at the hands of angry White men in black and blue, who are sworn to...
On the Brink of Explosion
By Saeed Shabazz -Staff Writer- ‘We won't be intimidated' Some say tragic police shooting and police anger must not derail movement for change NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - New...
An L.A. school district turns to intervention pilot program to help save students
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - An elementary school is turning to a grassroots self-improvement mentoring program to help troubled youth after eight...
Decades of diplomatic wrangling coming to an end in Cuba/U.S. relations?
Cuba: A history of resistance and U.S. meddling (FCN, 12-26-2014) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - “I'd like to thank President Barack Obama of the United States...
Finally the International Decade for African Descendants begins
By Saeed Shabazz -Staff Writer- UNITED NATIONS - People of African descent still face racism in every nation, region and continent of the world, according to the...
Release of Senate torture report insufficient, say rights group
JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON - The Senate Intelligence Committees release of its long-awaited report on the torture by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of detainees in...