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Urban League: State of Black America strong

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The State of Black America is "strong" thanks to improvements in the status of Black families, but significant challenges remain, according...

With body counts climbing, military families vent frustration over unproven Iraqi claims

(FinalCall.com)-With his dreams of climbing skies and racing through clouds since the age of eight, the family of United States Army Captain Konata Ato...

Sharpton returns from Africa

Fighting in Liberia continues Presidential hopeful urges U.S. involvement in Liberian crisisACCRA (FinalCall.com)-“We came on a humanitarian gesture. We ended up in the...

Fight for Head Start continues

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)-Head Start children from D.C.’s Rosemont Center joined the Congressional Black Caucus Chair Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) on Capitol Hill in...

WMD intelligence: “gross exaggerations”

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)-As the Bush administration tries to lay to rest questions about bad intelligence reaching all the way up to the President’s State...

Arsonist terrorizes D.C. area

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)-Last fall, the "sniper" had the D.C. metropolitan area gripped in fear. Now, with six of 24 unsolved arsons since March recently...

Connecticut mother fights racist police abuse

By law, East Haven owes Emma Jones. But why? (New Haven Advocate) EAST HAVEN, Conn. (FinalCall.com)-Emma Jones, like many Black mothers in America, buried a...

Anti-Muslim incidents increase

Daniel Pipes compares Islamic People to Nazis (CAIR) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)-Unrelenting antagonism following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks resulted in an increase in anti-Muslim violence,...

Black farmers connect with food chains

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)--Several years of work in negotiating with major food distribution chains in the Washington area to carry the produce of Black farmers...

Journalists: U.S. media censorship is rampant

/GIN Iraq & the Media (FAIR, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) OSLO, Norway (IPS/GIN)–If the reality in Iraq is one thing and the reporting...