Trial in videotaped shooting of Oscar Grant begins in Los Angeles
CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Shortly after opening statements began on June 10 in the trial of the former police officer who killed her son, Oscar...
Trillion dollar dreams: What military spending could buy
-Staff Writer- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The United States reached the $1 trillion mark in the costs of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq...
Jailed for $11: Sisters locked up 16 years in Dirty South injustice
-Contributing Writer- (FinalCall.com) - The dirtiest thing about the South is not the “Dirty South” music genre, but institutional racism that shatters dreams...
Commission told one size fits all sentencing doesn’t work
-Staff Writer- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Mandatory minimum sentencing, just mention it and mothers weep for their children, spouses cringe and children yearn for...
Unemployed want government to create ways for people to make a living
-Staff Writer- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - "I need a job," was the rallying cry May 25 on Capital Hill as people from around the...
Runaway corporate greed haunts America
- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - In an effort to rein in greedy financial industry corporate practices, the U.S. Senate approved sweeping reforms of Wall Street...
Farrakhan: ‘God is looking for soldiers ready for War with Satan’
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (FinalCall.com) - The efforts of the Nation of Islam members of Muhammad Mosque No. 28 in St. Louis were rewarded...
Opinions of Obama’s nomination of Kagan differ among Blacks
- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - President Barack Obama's nominee to succeed Justice John Paul Stephens on the Supreme Court–Solicitor General Elena Kagan–is not a popular choice...
Young children bear consequences when parents are imprisoned
CHARLENEM (FinalCall.com) - Until two years ago, Shawnta Jones experienced bitter pain, resentment, and insecurity after her father, Earvin, was imprisoned for life. She was nine...
Protesters charge British Petroleum with greed and negligence
-Staff Writer- SAN FRANCISCO - “Hey, hey, ho, ho, BP's greed has got to go!” “BP did the crime, Now they've gotta do...