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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...

War protesters recall original purpose of Mother’s Day

Bush defends war, thousands protest (FCN, 03-31-2006) THE WHITE HOUSE (FinalCall.com) - A cadre of hundreds of mothers and their families, led by actress...