DOJ ends environmental justice agreement in Alabama county
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—The U.S. Department of Justice announced April 11 that it is ending a settlement agreement regarding wastewater problems in a rural Alabama county where most...
Black Youth Marked For Death By U.S. Government, Pt. 2
The Holy Qur’an teaches us that we are social beings. So there comes a time in your development, at age 8, 9, 10, when...
mRNA vaccines linked to genetic changes that can cause cancer, autoimmune disorders
A peer-reviewed study by 19 German researchers links the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines to long-term changes in genetic structures that can provoke an inflammatory response,...
Lawmakers greenlight reparations study for descendants of enslaved Marylanders
Maryland lawmakers have approved Senate Bill 587, authorizing the creation of the Maryland Reparations Commission. The body will study and make recommendations for reparations to...
Lawsuit alleging environmental racism in Louisiana parish allowed to proceed, federal court says
NEW ORLEANS—A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black communities can move forward, a federal appellate...
Final Call exclusive interview with family members of Qaadir and Naazir Lewis
The Final Call is still following and will continue to follow the story of Qaadir and Naazir Lewis, twin brothers who were found shot...
The trial of an ex-deputy who shot an unarmed Black woman in her home is moved to another city
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—The murder trial of a former Illinois sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman, in her Springfield home last summer...
Rising rivers threaten U.S. South and Midwest after dayslong torrent of rain
FRANKFORT, Kentucky—Rivers rose and flooding worsened April 6 across the sodden U.S. South and Midwest, threatening communities already badly damaged by days of heavy rain and wind that...
Stabbing fatality highlights media bias, double standards and unequal justice in America
The investigation of a fatal stabbing during a track and field event at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco, Texas, is ongoing. The tragedy is also...
Palestine is a killing field for ‘Greater Israel’ Israeli government continues its nonstop slaughter in the West Bank and Gaza
Israeli slaughter of Palestinians, backed by money, and armaments of destruction stamped from the United States, continues unabated. In what is widely recognized as...