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Black America Hardest Hit By Coronavirus
NNPA/FCN)—Early data and deaths are showing Blacks are disproportionate victims of the Covid-19 pandemic based on health and other problems rooted in historical oppression and inequity. Congressional leaders have called for more data collection and release of data based on race as the pandemic enters what the White House called a crucial phase in early April. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.,...
Minister Farrakhan announces major July 4 worldwide address
CHICAGO—The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam recently delivered a poignant, spiritually insightful message at the close of the Holy Month of Ramadan, the annual Islamic period of daylight fasting, special prayers, acts of kindness and reading of the Qur’an—the book of scripture of Muslims. The Minister’s message was also full of warning and guidance for all...
Pan-African solidarity in the midst of a crisis Final Call Covid-19, Africa forum unites experts across continent with audience in U.S.
WASHINGTON—According to recent figures published by Johns Hopkins University, over 2.7 million cases of Covid-19 have been detected worldwide, with 192,019 deaths and 752,148 people now recovered. In Africa, Nigeria has logged about 981 cases and 31 deaths; South Africa about 3,953 cases and 75 deaths; Ghana about 1,279 cases and 10 deaths and Kenya about 336 cases and 14 deaths. Those numbers may seem...
$349 billion Covid-19 small business program short-changes businesses of color
A $349 billion program created to assist America’s small businesses was launched on April 3 to provide payroll, utilities, rent and more for eligible applicants screened by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). On April 16—less than two weeks later—this national stimulus enacted in the throes of the Covid-19 pandemic, ran out of funds. In separate but related legal...
Consumer, civil rights groups condemn ‘Pay Day Rule’ delay
WASHINGTON—Several national consumer and civil rights groups, including organizations like the Consumer Federation of America, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), NAACP, and the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders, joined the growing voices of dissent against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed delay of a 2017 rule the agency...
Truth telling and Supreme Wisdom
Jay Electronica’s ‘A Written Testimony’ a spiritually loaded lyrical, musical masterpiece Jay Electronica’s long-awaited debut album, “A Written Testimony,” has been praised by fans and long-time admirers grateful for the offering from one of hip hop’s lyrical geniuses. Jay Elec’s lyrics, and the inclusion of JAY-Z in what many were expecting to be a solo project from one of the premier...
Muslims volunteer at Black-owned food bank
by Kaliyah Muhammad “They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun smite them; He that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall He guide them.” —Isaiah 49:10 ATLANTA—The Jr. M.G.T. (Muslim Girls’ Training) and M.G.T. Vanguard of Muhammad Mosque No. 15 in Atlanta gathered in mid-December, to volunteer for...
Saving Chicago’s Provident Hospital
The connection between wealth and health (FCN, 06-06-2006) (FinalCall.com) - Community protests and upset doctors at Chicago’s Provident Hospital have persuaded Illinois’ Cook County Board President Todd Stroger to back away from a rumored 50 percent cut in the hospital’s budget. The budget instead will be reduced by 17 percent, which is consistent with other budget reductions in the County...
Service and duty in our communities
The men of the Nation of Islam (known as the Fruit of Islam) are present in cities and towns around the country carrying the print edition of The Final Call newspaper. The Fruit of Islam (F.O.I.) are “little saviours,” bringing a word from the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad as taught by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan that can rebuild...
Prison Reform Ministry attends special Saviours’ Day celebrations
By Michael 2Xand Victor Muhammad In conjunction with Saviours' Day 2007 in Detroit, a visit was scheduled for Minister Abdullah Muhammad, National Prison Reform Minister, at Ryan Correctional Facility and Mound Correctional Facility. The turnout for the visitation was the largest that either facility has ever had for any religious programming. At Ryan Correctional Facility, over 550 inmates had signed up...