Russell Simmons leads rally against harsh drug law
Activists demand repeal of N.Y. drug law (FCN)Q & A With Russell Simmons, Pt I (BlackElectorate.com)Q & A With Russell Simmons, Pt II (BlackElectorate.com)Rap, responsibility...
Heroism or hype? – Rescue of Pvt. Lynch eerily parallels Spanish War-era rescue
/GIN WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN)–An attractive and spirited young woman, held captive by sadistic foreigners and saved by coolly efficient, red-blooded, all-American males–it is a...
Jewish lobby woos Congressional Black Caucus
Pro-Israel PAC Contributions to 2002 Congressional Candidates (WRMEA)A new threat to Black politics? (FinalCall.com 08/2002) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–Reports are true that the American Israel Public...
NAACP leader found not guilty
By NNPA SEATTLE (NNPA)–After five hours of deliberation, a jury found Seattle NAACP President Carl Mack not guilty of pedestrian interference when he led a...
FCC votes to relax media ownership rules
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–In the midst of overwhelming opposition, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2 for "radical deregulation" of media ownership rules that previously...
Danny Glover: Still standing
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)--He was the tallest tree in our forest: An enormously popular Black actor who stood firm in behalf of justice for those...
All the president’s ‘corporate’ men
/GIN Wall between Wall Street, Pentagon blurred by Iraq war profiteers SAN FRANCISCO (IPS/GIN)–Engineers and executives from San Francisco-based Bechtel, one of the world’s...
Saving Black girls
CHARLENEM Victimization of girls seen as national crisis (FCN)Black Girls On Lockdown (NCCD) Rising signs of trouble among girls spark alarmsLOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com)--Federal researchers indicate that...
Former attorney general says Bush should be impeached
The Origins and Scope of Presidential Impeachment(Hinkley Journal ofPolitics)Impeachment Documents (Ralph Brown DraughonLibrary)Vote toImpeach President George Bush website Impeach Bush Editorials andInformation (Phil Burk)Is lying...
Activists demand repeal of N.Y. drug law
U.S. Criminal Sentencing and Drug Laws (Human Rights Watch)Feds Promote Prison Racial Disparities (Earl Ofari Hutchinson)Women big losers in drug war, report finds (FinalCall.com) NEW YORK...