Rehabilitation or restoration for juvenile parolees?
LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Youth advocates are calling for an overhaul of the state's youth corrections system, particularly its rehabilitation component, in...
What can you do with a high school diploma?
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The high school class of 2006 will soon be history. Sons and daughters everywhere will either be going to college,...
Cosby calls Black community out
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Entertainer Bill Cosby encouraged “older” Blacks to more effectively empower themselves in order to show the larger Black community how...
A beautiful journey of Black life in movement
I used to want the words “She tried.” on my tombstone. Now I want “She did it.” If you dance, you dance because you...
People protest: The price of gas is too high
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Offers Cheap Gas to Poor in U.S. (Reuters, 08-24-2005)High Gas Prices Result of Industry Profits, Watchdogs Say (New Standard, 08-22-2005) NEWARK...
Artists, activists speak out for a national health plan
The United States National Health Insurance Act (U.S. Congress/John Conyers)Community solutions for improving child health (FCN, 06-16-2005) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Michigan Congressman John Conyers...
U.S. fights legal redress for CIA kidnapping mistake
U.S. Court Rules Wrongfully-Held Detainee Khaled El-Masri Can't Sue CIA For Kidnapping Him (Democracy Now, 05-25-2006) NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - The U.S. government has...
Mother Tynnetta Muhammad: Guest speaker at Denise Roberts Breast Cancer Foundation celebration
HOLLYWOOD (FinalCall.com) - The 7th Annual Founder's Day Celebration is a concert benefiting the Denise Roberts Breast Cancer Foundation (DRBCF). This year's...
Change begins in the heart
How many times have you heard relatives, friends or co-workers lament, “I wanna …” They will get involved with a “quick fix” program...
Celebrities join Katrina Child Watch in New Orleans
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - A national delegation of prominent women traveled to New Orleans with Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s...