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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...

Grassroots coalition holds immigration town hall meeting

LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Although the U.S. Senate killed reform legislation that would have granted legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants,...

Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin transferred to feds

ASKIAMSenior Correspondent End the persecution of Imam Jamil Al-Amin (FCN, 08-14-2007)Fight to free Jamil Al-Amin (FCN/Mumia Abu-Jamal, 11-20-2001) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - With legal charges still pending...

Tragedy strikes Oakland Black press and bakery

Askia Muhammad: A Recipe for Mayhem (Washington Post, 08-10-2007) OAKLAND, Calif. (FinalCall.com) - The fatal shooting of a well known Black journalist Aug. 2...

Slave burial held at historic Philadephia site

‘The nine are free, and so are we’ Philadelphia's dirty secret to be told (FCN, 02-16-2003)NY councilman: Burial ground highlights reparations battle (FCN, 04-12-2004) PHILADELPHIA (FinalCall.com) -...

Delaware Valley MMM on the move

Millions More Movement (FinalCall.com) - The Delaware Valley region of the Nation of Islam, which covers cities in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey, have been working...

Gang wars report proves racial targeting of Black males

ASKIAMSenior Correspondent WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Police crackdowns, aggressive gang enforcement, and legislation targeting gangs are failing so badly that they are actually making U.S. cities...

U.S. Blacks ill-prepared for disaster

A community prepares through disaster workshop (FCN, 06-11-2007)Black organizations must lead disaster management training (FCN, 11-24-2006)Disaster management and the Black Church (FCN,...

‘Overcoming difficulty’

When I cut my workout short one particular day in which I didn’t feel like increasing my workout intensity, I reflected on...