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Beaten, abused, forced into sex slavery

By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM How and why Black girls are increasingly trapped in prostitution COMPTON, Calif. - When neighborhood, religious and city leaders hit streets to...

Black college students plan, organize for new world

By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM TUSKEGEE, Ala. (FinalCall.com)  - Black students journeyed from approximately 15 historically black colleges and universities to convene at the Building a New...

Blacks join worldwide protest against ‘Frakenfoods’

By Toure Muhammad Contributing Writer CHICAGO (FinalCall.com)  - A few hundred demonstrators converged on Federal Plaza to put pressure on the federal government to protect consumers from...

Environmental justice activists want strong agency protections and strong federal law to protect neighborhoods

(FinalCall.com) - Many in the environmental injustice community praised the stance of President Barack Obama when he signed an executive order which requires the...

A mother’s pain and a tragic death

By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM Cheryl Spear lost her son over a year ago, but the pain and the questions about his death won't go away. She...

Fifteen years after first Million Youth March unemployment, hard times haunt young people

By Saeed Shabazz-Staff Writer- NEW YORK (FinalCall.com)  - In commemoration of the 1998 Million Youth March, activists, rappers and community leaders gathered outside the Adam...

Group protests, petitions keep demand truth about death of Malcolm X grandson

By Saeed Shabazz -Staff Writer- (FinalCall.com) - Activists in the U.S. and Mexico are still pushing for the truth about the death of the grandson...

Stealing Land & Destroying Black Farmers?

ERICTOUREM Contributing Writer ATLANTA (FinalCall.com)  - George B. Hildebrandt is 72-years-old and comes from several generations of farmers. He has diabetes. He has problems looking into direct...

Combating Black poverty and the old enemy of economic racism

By Saeed Shabazz-Staff Writer- Almost half of America's Black children live in segregated neighborhoods with concentrated poverty, while only 12 percent of poor White children...

Tax dollars for war means even less to spend at home, warn peace activists

By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM Your money, war money equal fewer services (FinalCall.com) - Over the years, cable TV and internet newscasts have shown images of war-torn campaigns...