ACLU sues Mississippi police, school officials
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent ACLU sues Mississippi police and school officials for excessive force WASHINGTON - Call it a replay of the Jena Six case. The American...
Leonard Peltier nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
(FinalCall.com) - The North Dakota-based Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee circulated a release on April 28 stating that the imprisoned Native American activist had...
Friendly criticism and a call for dialogue on U.S.-Africa policy
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Panelists at a recent two-day forum at Brooklyn's Medgar Evers College sponsored by the Boston University African Presidential Archives and...
Group asked to evaluate Bay Aread transit police
CHARLENEMWestern Region Corresponden Oscar Grant shooting update (FinalCall.com) - The Bay Area Rapid Transit Department has hired the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives to...
Dozens of CIA ‘ghost prisoners missing’
NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - At least three dozen detainees who were held in the CIA's secret prisons overseas appear to be missing–and efforts...
Sojourner Truth statue in Capitol at last
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - After a nearly 13-year struggle, “Truth” has been firmly established at the United States Capitol. A bronze bust of abolitionist and...
Farrakhan: Give justice to victims of police torture
Farrakhan: Give justice to Cortez Brown, all victims of police torture in America CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan urged the community to support...
African first ladies highlight health at summit
CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Fifteen first ladies from Africa gathered at the Skirball Cultural Center April 20-21 for the unprecedented “African First Ladies' Health Summit...
Blacks, Latinos, Asians lose as newsrooms shrink
(FinalCall.com) - The fight to increase diversity in newsrooms received a stunning blow April 16 when the American Society of News Editors annual...
Hip hop generation urged to ‘step up’
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com - A Black president does shift the mental paradigm, but Blacks should not recklessly wave the American flag with a blind eye...