‘Medical apartheid’ – Religious, community leaders accuse healthcare giant of discrimination
By Richard MuhammadStraightWords e-zine CHICAGO - The Windy City has a long history of housing and lending discrimination alongside unspoken geographic boundaries carved out along...
Congress rebuffs Bush on ‘bunker buster’ nukes
JIM.LOBE Guidance to America and the World in a Time of Trouble (FCN, 05-03-2004) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Congress has denied funding to the Bush administration...
No Second Chance: New report condemns policy denying public housing to ex-felons
No second chances? Legal barriers frustrate ex-cons (FCN, 02-11-2004) (FinalCall.com) - Hundreds of thousands of poor people across the United States are denied public housing...
Activist urges reparations buying blackout, not boycott
CHARLENEM Should America Pay? (FCN, 03-03-2004) LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - The near $7 billion buying power of Blacks has been duly noted, not only by companies...
Black wealth inequality 10-to-One
BOSTON (FinalCall.com) - In the wake of President George Bush's stunning electoral sweep Nov. 2, Democrats, liberals and Blacks are engaged in the...
Reaching out to our community
FCNNEWSSOURCE CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - As the first winter storm of the season brought high winds, occasional heavy rains and a nasty mix of sleet...
Black Men Taking Responsibility
DETROIT (FinalCall.com) - Braving the brisk Saturday morning chill Nov. 13, nearly 2,000 Black men made a quiet statement of unity and commitment...
Lessons from the gym
My former karate instructor used to say that one way to help you get what you want is to help others get...
Thousands protest: Hands off King/Drew Trauma Unit!
CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - The county's plan to shut down South L.A.'s Martin Luther King, Jr./Charles R. Drew Medical Center's Trauma Unit was rejected...
Bush policies encourage racial profiling, U.S. panel says
Amnesty International condemns racial profiling (FCN, 09-30-2004) NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - Bush administration policies have “facilitated” racial profiling, despite the president's vow to eliminate...