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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...

Bush’s tax cuts cripple the poor

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–The dividend portion of President George W. Bush’s massive $726 billion proposed tax cut will provide windfall benefits for top admin-istration officials...

Black children in an extreme state of poverty hits record high

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–At age seven, Jason Tyler knew something was different about his life. His friends wore new tennis shoes and clothes to school....

Hundreds of men answer Farrakhans call for cancer test

By Cinque L. Muhammad CHICAGO (FinalCall.com)–An aura of urgency and gaiety was present on the grounds of Muhammad University of Islam May 10, as hundreds...