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Rich-poor gap in medical care stirs alarm

JIM.LOBE WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - More than one billion people worldwide are not getting essential health care, according to a report by the Population Reference...

Bi-partisan Congressional leaders agree to accelerate African trade

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Black African countries have made substantial economic progress during the past four years, thanks to expanded trade with the United...

Minister Farrakhan to hold May 3rd Press Conference

FCNNEWSSOURCE Will Speak on the War on Terror; Iraq; the Middle East and the Peace Process; Homeland Security; the Patriot Act; the upcoming U.S....

‘Now we can build!’

CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - As the flames flickered inside a gold bowl during a momentous mortgage burning ceremony April 11 Easter Sunday at Mosque...

Spelman students cancel rapper’s charity event

(FinalCall.com) - At Spelman College in Atlanta, Ga., where being Black and female is something to celebrate, the students said "no" to rap...

Michael Jackson: Friend of Africa

International artist visits D.C., plans tour of Africa to focus on HIV-AIDS epidemic WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The African continent has a true friend in...

Landmark reparations lawsuit filed based on DNA evidence

FCNNEWSSOURCE Taking reparations to the streets–and Congress (FCN, 04-06-2004)Understanding the complexity of the Reparations Movement (FCN, 03-03-2004) (FinalCall.com) - The first reparations case to bring...

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...