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Protestors rally for 911 health protection

NEW YORK (FinalCall.com)–Simultaneous protests Oct. 30 at Gov. George Pataki’s mansion in Albany and at his Manhattan office called for a massive expansion of...

Changing the face of hip hop

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–From music to fashion to voter registration, hip hop has become the major means for influencing youth worldwide. Community organizers now want...

Haiti crisis erupts on U.S. shores

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–Racial discrimination against Haitian refugees who reach this country and political resentment of that country’s president may be the reason 200 Haitians,...

D.C. seeks to slam door on prison recidivism

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–For most of the more than 600,000 men and women who were released from prison last year, transitioning back into the community...

Activist Sonny Carson celebrated

NEW YORK (FinalCall.com)–Hundreds of friends and associates gathered Oct. 24 in the basement of the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration business complex to celebrate the life...

Business of war benefits private firms

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)– "Amid the global military downsizing and increasing number of small conflicts that followed the end of the Cold War, governments have turned...

Michelle Y. Muhammad, Final Call entertainment writer

CHICAGO–Final Call entertainment writer Michelle Y. Muhammad returned to Allah Oct. 31 after a bout of pneumonia. She was 33. Sis. Michelle was blossoming as...

Pregnant moms alcohol use impacts children into teens

(FinalCall.com) -- Drinking and pregnancy has been a concern for babies born with fetal alcohol syndrome. That concern has been heightened with findings...

A Holy Day at Cook County Jail

By Lisa R. Muhammad CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - It was a day established in God’s name, Min. Abdullah Muhammad told several hundred male detainees gathered in...

Give peace a chance!

Amid global protests, thousands of anti-war activists march to White House International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) WASHINGTON–More than 150,000 anti-war...