'World's leading democracy' isn't human rights leader, Amnesty says
(FinalCall.com)�Amnesty International�s condemnation of rights abuses abroad is well documented, but its annual report for 2001 put the spotlight on a new violator of rights: The United States of America.  The �world�s greatest democracy� and self-appointed guardian of human rights �has abdicated its duty to lead,� declared William Schultz, the executive director of Amnesty International USA, during the May 30 release of the group�s yearly catalog of rights heroes, villains and violations.

The Mummy Returns-and so does white supremacy
An interesting thing occurred in May. When the original story regarding how the movie "The Mummy Returns" was extremely demeaning to the great ancient African multi-genius Imhotep, most of the papers owned by Black people published the story. What makes this unique is not one white-owned paper would touch the story or even respond to e-mails, which includes the editor of the Los Angeles Times.