Farrakhan calls UK, U.S. to end war
By Richard MuhammadManaging Editor World Wide Webcast - Warning to the UKUK applauds Muslim leader's inspiring message Historic message beamed into United Kingdom via satellitePrime Minister Tony Blair must not allow U.S. President George W. Bush to lead Britain into an unjust war with Iraq, a war that could have devastating consequences, warned the leader of the Nation of Islam, in...
Does Leave No Child Behind include war?
Education bill serves as Trojan horse for military recruitment WASHINGTON–To say that Sandra Austin was upset when she learned of the recruitment tactics of the U.S. military in her son’s high school would be an understatement. In September, Ms. Austin was among several parents who reached out to The Final Call expressing concern that the nation’s 22,000 high schools were...
Fear, guns and death
By Inter-Press Service ‘Bowling for Columbine’ takes aim at America’s obsessionsOn the same day in April 1999 that the United States conducted its most intense bombing of Serb positions in Kosovo, two teenagers shot to death 13 others and then killed themselves at Columbine High School in Colorado. But first they went bowling. Such ironic juxtapositions are the crosshairs through which...
Black men respond to L.A. violence
CHARLENEM Official Website for 100,000 Man March Call for 100,000 Man March and gang intervention to bring peace to communities LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com)–Members of seven gang intervention and prevention organizations joined Nation of Islam Minister Tony Muhammad and other community activists Dec. 12 to outline plans for a 100,000 Man March to return peace to the streets throughout Southern California counties. The announcement...
Boycott called in Louisville over police shooting of Black man
(FinalCall.com) - Activists in Louisville, Ky., have called for a boycott of businesses in the downtown area in protest of the December 5 fatal shooting by police detectives of James Taylor, 50, who was handcuffed at the time. A similar boycott for similar reasons has impacted the economy of Cincinnati, Ohio, a city about 100 miles north of Louisville. Activist have...
Alabama researcher demands justice for lynched Blacks
(FinalCall.com) - There are many people alive today, who participated in the lynching murders of Black men and women, according to Dr. Danny Blanchard of Alabama. Researchers say from 1882 to 1968, 581 Blacks were lynched in the state of Mississippi, making it the number one state in America for such murders. Georgia was second with 531 and Texas...
Michigan repeals mandatory minimum drug sentence
FCNNEWSSOURCE LANSING, Mich.–A bipartisan majority of the Michigan Senate Dec. 12 passed a historic package of three sentencing reform bills–HB 5394 (H-3), HB 5395 (H-2) and HB 6510 (H-1)–that eliminates most of the state’s draconian mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses. The reform allows judges to impose sentences based on a range of factors in each case, rather than...
Bush courts African leaders
Africa: In the line of U.S. fire? THE WHITE HOUSE (FinalCall.com)–President George W. Bush padded his administration’s diplomatic portfolio in his war on terrorism Dec. 5, meeting here with two African leaders and by visiting Washington’s Islamic Center to celebrate the end of Ramadan. "We must remember that the war on terror is global in nature and if the terrorists...
Unemployment rate soars as benefits end; jobless facing worst market in eight years
FCNNEWSSOURCE WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–More than 300,000 workers newly unemployed in November will spend the holidays knowing that they won’t have access to federal jobless benefits. They join the millions of unemployed workers slighted by the House and the Bush administration when they failed to renew the extension of federal unemployment insurance benefits, said an employment advocacy group Dec. 6. "Even...
Peace activists protest Washington Post coverage
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–The major corporate-owned news media in this country are indifferent to voices of dissent against President George W. Bush’s calls for another war against Iraq, and may actually be hostile to Black opponents, according to a group of activists here who protested outside the offices of The Washington Post to illustrate their point. "There is clearly a political...