Perspectives America’s mindset and questions of justice
The recent verdict in the Sean Bell shooting case in New York would be shocking, if American history wasn’t drenched in the blood of murdered innocents and legal verdicts that sanctioned such killings.
Updated May 6, 2008, 02:33 pm
Perspectives Rising food costs hit most vulnerable in U.S.
With the ravages of rising oil prices, coupled with genetic bio-markets and a food subsidy system not prepared to feed all the world’s people, Americans may just be seeing the first wave of concern. We now live within a world economic system of our own making—a system Americans may not be able to navigate.
Updated May 5, 2008, 01:29 pm
Perspectives America’s Dropout Crisis by Marc Morial I participated in a conference organized by General Colin Powell in Washington, D.C., in April and learned that every 26 seconds one American high school student drops out of school—that’s over 3,000 youth per day; nearly 10,000 youth each month; or 1.1 million young people a year.
Updated May 4, 2008, 03:09 pm
Perspectives FCN Editorial - The price of food and rebellion
The United States has long been the envy of the world with its amber waves of grain, low cost of food and store shelves stocked with every imaginable product. Good times, however, may be coming to an end.
Updated Apr 30, 2008, 01:23 pm
Perspectives Is Alicia Keys In Tune With The Conspiracy?
Alicia Keys recently alluded to the government’s involvement in “Gangster Rap” and the deaths of Biggie and Tupac. Some so-called Black people started talking about how ridiculous it was for Alicia Keys to be thinking. “She needs to shut up and just sing and play the piano.” No, what needs to happen is you need to “open up” your mind and start to think.
Updated Apr 30, 2008, 11:32 am
Perspectives International policies continue to cripple Haiti
Tensions and violence have mounted in recent weeks in Haiti. The poor poured out of Haiti’s slums into the streets of the country’s major cities in a desperate political act to exclaim to the world the misery that has befallen our hemisphere’s most impoverished nation.
Updated Apr 29, 2008, 05:30 pm
Perspectives Painting terrorists: More news from Somalia
Bush’s so-called war against terrorism entered a further, cynical stage with the recent classification of a Somali group as alleged “terrorists.” Al Shabab, the military wing of the Union of Islamic Courts, was declared by the State Department to be a terrorist organization. The Bush administration claims that some members of Al Shabab are affiliated with al-Qaeda.
Updated Apr 29, 2008, 09:33 am
Perspectives FCN Editorial - Our children deserve a future
The stories are terrible and the statistics are horrifying when the media portrays life for Black America’s youth. A distorted picture of a disrespectful generation addicted to gangsterism, violence, drugs and sex emerges. Never mind the children that do the right things on a regular basis and never get noticed, or the youth working to solve problems in their own neighborhoods.
Updated Apr 23, 2008, 02:37 pm
Perspectives Latinos are a part of the Original Family
Due to the lack of knowledge of who we truly are, we have accepted and associated ourselves to many “labels” that have generally served to divide the Original family. “Latino” and “Hispanic” are labels commonly used though not always understood. As Latinos, we are the children of Indigenous and African ancestry.
Updated Apr 23, 2008, 10:36 am
Perspectives Zimbabwe Ambassador: Self-determination is at root of conflict
With controversy in the western media about Zimbabwe, disputes about the outcome of recent elections, charges of against President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party and calls from opposition leaders for western intervention, Final Call staff writers Nisa Islam Muhammad and Saeed Shabazz went one on one with Ambassador Machinvenyika Tobia Mapuranga to discuss the political situation in Zimbabwe and issues facing the southern African nation.
Updated Apr 22, 2008, 03:49 pm
Perspectives Tragedy Confronts America’s Big Dreamers
I have given lip service to the unprecedented saga of Sen. Barack Obama to become president of the United States, but not my heart-felt support. I wonder if it is because I have seen so much tragedy confront our big dreamers, especially Black Americans, that like a mother to a son I have to curb my enthusiasm.
Updated Apr 22, 2008, 11:12 am
Perspectives What Rev. Jeremiah Wright Really Said by George E. Curry The Chicago Tribune recently transcribed some controversial sermons of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s former pastor. As can be seen below, many of his remarks were taken out of context.
Updated Apr 20, 2008, 07:57 pm
Perspectives The Attack on Black Theology
It began last year with Fox TV commentators Hannity and Combs calling the theology followed by Dr. Jeremiah Wright’s church a “cult.” But it continues with recent news articles calling Black Theology a “strange religion” and a “separatist” concept. All of these characterizations are distorted in that they emanate from a perspective outside of the Black community attempting to perceive the fundamentals of a culture that honors the dignity of Black people in its religious practice.
Updated Apr 20, 2008, 07:51 pm
