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Black artists being passed over in major projects

ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Black artists being passed over in major art projects on Black icons WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - When the statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....

War on drugs: a complete failure

ASKIAMSenior Correspondent Secret ties between CIA, drugs revealed (FCN, 1996/2006)25-year ‘war on drugs’ gets a failing grade (FCN, 12-22-2004)Drug War Clock (DrugSense.org) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - In...

Muhammad’s Mosque No. 12 holds ‘stop the killing’ forum

PHILADELPHIA (FinalCall.com) - Muhammad’s Mosque No. 12 held a “Stop the Killing” forum on Aug. 1 in preparation for the national protest against gun...

Women Working Together

CHARLENEM Women Working Together hosts 2nd annual women's interfaith conference LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Women and girls of various faith traditions assembled the Women Working Together...

Blacks in foster care system need stable homes

-Staff Writer- Save the children (FinalCall.com) - Almost twelve years ago at the Million Man March, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan asked Black men to...

Susan L. Taylor Calls for a ‘Day of Presence’ in New Orleans

FCNNEWSSOURCE We Matter. We Care. We Act. The Louisiana Justice InstituteThe hidden story in New Orleans (FCN, 01-25-2006)Reconstructing Our Selves Our Lives and Our Communities...

New York City gets wake-up calls with tornado, flooding

NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Traveling at 111 miles per hour, a twister tornado reportedly hit the borough of Brooklyn on Aug. 8, crushing cars...

Introducing ‘a torchlight’ at annual Harlem Book Fair

NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - On July 21, participants of the 9th Annual Harlem Book Fair filled the area of West 135th Street (between Fifth...

The fabric of faith and determination

Sisters gather for the First Annual ‘From Headpiece to Hem' Sewing Conference MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FinalCall.com) - “Sewing is not just sewing,” explained the Honorable...

Alberto Gonzalez, scandals a headache for Bush

ASKIAMSenior Correspondent UPDATE: Gonzales resigns as US attorney-general (Financial Times, 08-27-2007)Criminal cronies in high places (FCN, 07-18-2007) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Going into mid-summer, U.S. Attorney General...