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Over-medicated and underserved
(FinalCall.com) - The Rev. Fred Shaw, Jr., of the Basic Life Institute in Compton, Calif., has been working with troubled youth and gang-bangers for over a decade. But as he tries to help them turn their lives around, the specter of drugs has surfaced. Not illegal drugs, like crack cocaine or meth, but legal drugs that the activist is concerned with.
Obama still standing after attacks by opponents
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Despite combined attempts by the presidential campaigns of both Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.), and Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), and political pundits in the corporate-owned media concerning the National Press Club appearance of his former pastor, Sen. Barack Obama headed into the May 6 Indiana and North Carolina primary balloting shaken, but still on his feet.
Why Blue Collar Whites Vote Against Themselves
Election pundits have repeatedly asked why Barack Obama has trouble attracting blue collar Whites as if he created the problem and could solve it. Hillary is seldom asked why Blacks don’t vote for her, a problem she could solve. But it is interesting why blue collar Whites consistently vote against themselves, supporting Republicans who care little about their problems.
Killer storms strike Oklahoma, Georgia
PICHER, Okla. - Crews and search dogs hunted for survivors or bodies in piles of debris May 11 after tornadoes and storms rumbled across the region a day earlier, killing at least 22 people in three states. Six people died in Picher, once a bustling mining center of 20,000 that dwindled to about 800 people as families fled lead pollution.
Center demands halt to marketing beer to young girls
Teenage girls hardly need further inducements to drink,” says George A. Hacker, of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The non-profit center is calling on Miller Brewing Co., Foster’s, and Diageo, the parent company of Guinness, to halt the use of logos for those beers on tee shirts sold at a popular retailer amongst teenage girls.
Fear, raids don’t deter May Day marchers
If it achieved nothing else, march organizers say, the May Day mobilizations gave the 12 million undocumented immigrants and their families living in United States, a dose of hope in the face of an escalating war on the undocumented.
Wrongfully convicted call for justice for the innocent
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - One victim appealed for DNA testing. Another vowed to help others. Both called for justice. Johnnie Lee Savory and Joyce Ann Brown were among a dozen wrongfully convicted former prisoners calling for justice in their cases and diligence in releasing others railroaded into prison sentences they did not deserve.
Cynthia McKinney urges voters to look Green
ATLANTA - “Politics in the U.S. is at a crisis level,” Green Party presidential hopeful Cynthia McKinney said during a recent interview. “Disillusionment, lack of participation and establishment of false choice—what is one to do?”  Ms. McKinney announced her resignation from the Democratic Party on March 17, 2007, at an anti-war rally in front of the Pentagon.
Louisiana activists demand closure of youth facility
(FinalCall.com) - With allegations of abuse arising and a cracking infrastructure at the Jetson Center for Youth, a Louisiana state senator plans to move forward with a legislation proposal demanding the closure of the correctional facility by June 2009.
Can crime be blamed on lead in soil?
(FinalCall.com) - An investigation led by the National Center for Healthy Housing pinpoints the link between lead exposure and crime in the United States and in eight European countries.
On a mission to save Black boys
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Phillip Jackson was blunt: The first-class prisons are there, the juvenile offender lock-ups are there, but first-class education and opportunity are not available for young Black males. The executive director of the Black Star Project said the Black community needs to come together and demand much more for its male children than what is being delivered.
Food crisis may worsen before it gets better, UN says
UNITED NATIONS (IPS/GIN) - The spreading food crisis—triggered primarily by rising prices, declining outputs and growing scarcities worldwide—is threatening to impact heavily on the most vulnerable in society: women and children. The United Nations and international humanitarian organizations fear the crisis may get worse before its gets better.
The Psychology of Propaganda and Elite Control
(FinalCall.com) - The use of propaganda was historically associated with communist regimes. Today, the attack on Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Senator Obama and the Black Church demonstrates that America’s propaganda machine is working to manipulate the masses into accepting the rule of the elitists.
CIA refuses to release info on secret detentions
NEW YORK(IPS/GIN) - The Central Intelligence Agency has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit demanding the disclosure of more than 7,000 documents related to the agency’s programs of secret detentions, renditions and torture.
Attacks from Israel strengthen Hamas
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (IPS/GIN) - The leaders of Hamas and particularly Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh have emerged greatly strengthened due to Israel’s attacks and sanctions on Gaza. Over three months, support for Prime Minister Haniyeh has overtaken that for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of the Fatah party. Fatah rules the West Bank, and Hamas rules Gaza.
Nigeria moves to tackle food crisis
ABUJA, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has announced plans to import 500,000 metric tons of rice and release an additional 11,000 metric tons of grains from its strategic reserve to cushion the effect of the global food crisis.
Hawaiian sovereignty group takes over palace
HONOLULU - Native Hawaiian sovereignty advocates briefly chained shut the gates of a historic palace, saying they were reclaiming land of the Hawaiian monarchy that was stolen during the overthrow of the kingdom more than 100 years ago.
Praising Jimmy Carter’s Middle East Efforts
One does not have to agree with former President Jimmy Carter on everything in order to appreciate the wisdom and courage of his stand on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. His most recent efforts to reach out to the Palestinian Islamist resistance movement Hamas are a case in point.
America Hastens Her Own Doom
by the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad
The strongest and most powerful weapon the arch-deceivers have at their disposal is to deceive the world of righteousness (the Nation of Islam). They do not stop at the common, ignorant Muslims, but reach also for the scholars and scientists of Islam, who should be aware of their trickery and deceit.
Hiding The Light
by Minister Louis Farrakhan
Unfortunately, the truth of the real condition of America is kept hidden from the people until conditions become so intolerable that the most uninformed of the people readily sees that something is wrong. Then, scapegoating becomes a necessary tool used by wickedly wise policy-makers and business leadership to re-direct and focus attention away from their own misdeeds.
Allah in Person: How He Helps His Servants
by Jabril Muhammad
So much is happening, so fast, throughout America and the world that quickly brings to mind this, that or the other prophesy, written of these days, that has either been fulfilled, is being fulfilled, or about to be fulfilled, that its hard to comment comprehensively, within the space of a short article.
A Study in Black and White brings understanding
by Mother Tynnetta Muhammad
The history of Moses and his people taking deliverance and liberation from Pharaoh plays such a prominent role in both Bible and Holy Qur’an and various aspects of Moses’ history and that of his brother Aaron is repeated more often in the Holy Qur’an than that of any of the other Prophets’ histories.
Cyclone kills over 22,000 people in Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar - Hungry crowds of survivors stormed the few shops that opened in Myanmar's stricken Irrawaddy delta, where food and international aid has been scarce since a devastating cyclone killed more than 22,000 people, the U.N. said Wednesday.
Arkansas cleanup in aftermath of deadly tornados
DAMASCUS, Ark.  - Smoke rose from burning heaps of wreckage as residents of rural Arkansas cleaned up what was left of their homes after deadly tornadoes scoured a state that has been plagued by severe weather this year.
 


  
 

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National News
Over-medicated and underserved
Obama still standing after attacks by opponents
Killer storms strike Oklahoma, Georgia
World News
CIA refuses to release info on secret detentions
Attacks from Israel strengthen Hamas
Nigeria moves to tackle food crisis
Perspectives
Why Blue Collar Whites Vote Against Themselves
The Psychology of Propaganda and Elite Control
Praising Jimmy Carter’s Middle East Efforts
Columns
America Hastens Her Own Doom
Allah in Person: How He Helps His Servants
A Study in Black and White brings understanding
Business & Money
Supreme Planning In Business (Part III)
Supreme Planning, In Business (Part II)
Subprime lending scandal; Largest hate crime in history
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L.A. Times apologizes for Diddy-Tupac story
Health & Fitness
Abundancy of Life: How To Eat To Live
Meat is Against Life
Medical students rally for health care
Modern Technology
Tips for healthy computing
Web connects Black college students, alumni
Reforming universities is key to technology transfer
Features
FCN Special - New Orleans: a city still in need of repair, a people still in great despair
The hidden story in New Orleans
The Peace Mission to Africa & The Middle East
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