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Activists charge pharmaceutical cartel with being a tool for genocide

NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - "There is an entire industry with an innate economic interest to obstruct, suppress and discredit any information about the eradication...

The ‘Rock of the South’

ATLANTA (FinalCall.com) - The life and times of Minister Abdul Rahman Muhammad will be celebrated with a weekend of events featuring a special...

Cop kills another Black man in Louisville

New Jersey activists want killer cops jailed (FCN, 12/30/2003)Minneapolis rallies against police brutality (FCN, 12/14/2003)Black Capitol police suit back in court (FCN, 12/09/2003)Abusive cops cleared...

Calories count: Are you counting?

Q: If you are trying to lose weight and follow one meal a day, do the number of calories you eat count? AM:...

Chicago alderwomen fight for construction funds

CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Alderwoman Arenda Troutman (20th Ward) and Alderwoman Shirley Coleman (16th Ward) used a parliamentary procedure known as "defer and publish" to...

Utility cut-offs leave 22,000 low-income residents without heat

Cold weather puts Midwest in deep freeze, headed east (WIS, 01/06/2003)Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The Chicago Association of...

Courts rule against Bush over ‘enemy combatants’

JIM.LOBE Political fallout, economic drain and public criticism deepen over U.S. security policies (FCN, 10/16/2003) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Two federal appeals courts have ruled that...

Letters from Leonard Peltier on the genocide of Native Americans (Part II)

Letters from Leonard Peltier - Part I (12/22/2003)The Case of Leonard Peltier; Native American Political Prisoner (FinalCall.com) - In the last issue (Volume 23, Number...

Michael Jackson: In his own defense

Nation of Islam issues statement on Michael Jackson (NOI.org, 12/29/2003)L.A.'s DCFS concluded sex abuse charges "unfounded" (TheSmokinggun)Michael Jackson continues to fight invasion of...

Activists say protests against war continues

2003: A year of US and Israeli defiance of International Law (Electronic Intifada) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Anti-war activists held a press conference on December...