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National outrage and resistance as protests grow and continue

By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - Across the country people incensed over non-indictments in the police shooting of Michael Brown, Jr. in Ferguson, Mo. and the chokehold...

Activists: Africans and Blacks from Caribbean biggest losers in immigration fight

Activists are arguing that President Barack Obama's executive action announced in November granting deportation relief to millions who have entered the United States illegally...

Crack, The CIA And Black America’s Drug Crisis

Kill the Messenger movie rekindles interest and outrage over Central Intelligence Agency ties to drug trafficking and the 1980s crack cocaine epidemic that devastated...

Celebrating the life and the gift of Mayor Marion Barry

ASKIAM and Nisa Islam Muhammad Final Call Staffers WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - After a joyous, but dignified memorial service attended by thousands of Washingtonians Marion S. Barry,...

No indictment, no faith in justice system

By Saeed Shabazz -Staff Writer- STATEN ISLAND, New York (FinalCall.com) - Even former President George W. Bush called a Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict...

Racial insensitivity and nooses in the Bay Area

By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM Black employees charge company with negligence in dealing with workplace racial harassment SAN FRANCISCO - Daryle Washington, a Black sanitation worker, has filed a...

World responds to Ferguson grand jury verdict

By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - Violence would erupt in the city of Ferguson should a St. Louis County, Mo., grand jury fail to indict White officer...

Newark’s favorite son works to rescue, renew his hometown

“When we came into office, we knew what we wanted to do and what we needed to accomplish; so, now we are laying down...

Peace Riders mark second anniversary in Southern California

By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - The 2nd anniversary of Southern California Peace Rides held special meaning for the numerous families who attended...

Afro-Latinos want to be recognized as Black

Related news: The Secret Relations Between Blacks and Mexicans (FCN, 05-28-2014) Don't be fooled: Latino = Indigenous  (FCN, 05-01-2014) Keeping Black culture alive in Brazil  (FCN, 12-11-2009) Afro-Latino...