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Bush bows to right on affirmative action

FCN Editorial: America refuses to repair the damage  WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–With the issue of racial diversity in higher education heading to the Supreme Court in...

DC-area sniper victims file suit against gun shop, gun maker

FCNNEWSSOURCE The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence announced Jan. 16 that its Legal Action Project was filing a civil lawsuit, on behalf of...

Farrakhan: Saviours Day speech may be last before U.S. goes to war

FCNNEWSSOURCE New Year Interview with Minister Louis Farrakhan CHICAGO (FinalCall.com)–With signs of an imminent U.S. attack on Iraq looming, the Honorable Minister Louis...

Will draft assure that rich, poor fight U.S. wars?

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–In times of war, all Americans–not just those who volunteer–should share equally the burden of military service. Legislation has been introduced in...

‘The system has failed’

CHICAGO–Recognizing that the Illinois death penalty system is "haunted by the demon of error," Gov. George Ryan Jan. 11 commuted the sentences of...

Sins of the parents

When parents are jailed,children must suffer through often trying times (FinalCall.com) - She has never committed a crime, nor physically spent one day in...

Study finds few options for ex-offenders

(FinalCall.com) - A two-year study conducted by the Chicago Urban League determined that Black incarceration rates in Illinois will remain high because released...

Activists begin year with plans for peace protests

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–Even as Bush administration officials lament their lack of success in approving legislation to enact their domestic agenda intended to help working-class...

Farrakhan’s message to the President: America is headed for chastisement

(FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan made public last week his most recent letter to United States President George Bush. Once again, the...

Strange fruit

Activists outraged at Missouri hanging (FinalCall.com) - A Kenyan-born Black man found dangling from an "almost too-perfect noose" 30-feet above ground and eerily close...