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Ndaba III: Taking reparations to the streets—and Congress

Houston (FinalCall.com) - Moving beyond talk of reparations and taking the movement to the streets and in Congressional hallways–this is the challenge of...

The State of Black America

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Despite 40 years of steady progress for the Black middle class in the U.S., persistent and stark inequality remains a...

Gov’t takes quiet steps toward special skills draft

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - There is a "cloak of secrecy" surrounding U.S. war casualties that denies those who have fallen in the war in...

National Black Agenda Convention explores needs of Black people

FCNNEWSSOURCE BOSTON (FinalCall.com) - "We need an agenda that energizes and guides our movement for self-determination, self-reliance and self-respect. We need an agenda that...

CBC discusses Black agenda issues with Senator Kerry

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Despite combat-veteran and presumed-Democratic Presidential nominee, Sen. John Kerry's (D-Mass.) potential appeal to White males, he cannot win the presidency...

Military families protest the toll on troops in Iraq

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - What started for many military families as support for President George Bush and the Iraqi war, one year later has...

Chicago mayor Daley tells fire department racists to step forward

(FinalCall.com) - Mayor Richard Daley continues to call on firefighters to break their silence and identify those responsible for the racial slurs that were...

Campaign to free Cuban Five seeks mainstream spotlight

 Free the Cuban Five Website (FinalCall.com) - The Campaign to Free the Cuban Five took their message to the American people March 3 with...

Farrakhan says to European and U.S. gov’ts: Give Blacks justice or face God’s full judgment

ASKIAM CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - "Allah-u-Akbar! Allah-u-Akbar!" (God is Great! God is Great!) chanted thousands of Muslims here and in more than 110 other satellite venues...

Angry members of CBC meet at the UN on Haiti

Aristide: I did not leave Haiti of my own free will (Nation Barbados, 03/06/2004) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Eight angry members of the Congressional Black...