HBCU president outraged by traffic stop, search of students
RALEIGH, N.C.—The president of a historically Black university accused South Carolina law enforcement officers of racially profiling a busload of students from her school by stopping the vehicle for a minor traffic violation and using drug-sniffing dogs to search their luggage. Noting that nothing illegal was found in the search, Shaw University President Paulette Dillard said she was outraged by...
The Unraveling of a Great Nation: President Trump blasts FBI over 2020 election
President Trump lambasted the FBI in a Fox News Channel interview, expressing his outrage at his FBI and Justice Department’s failures to probe his unproven claims of election fraud. The president took the top level policing agency in the U.S. government to task in the Nov. 29 edition of “Sunday Morning Futures.” The president has been fuming since losing the Nov....
Mixed review for L.A. gang tours
CHARLENEM -Western Reg. Correspondent- LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Former gang-members have teamed up with a non-profit outreach organization to offer a look at the inner city by conducting gang tours in South Central Los Angeles. L.A. Gang Tours are designed to raise awareness about the lifestyle of inner city gangs and address the urgent public safety issue presented by gang violence, according...
Feds take aim at overtime pay
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - A federal Department of Labor (DOL) proposal, which does not need Congressional approval, would deny a wide array of workers overtime pay, activists and labor unions complain. Analysts say the new proposals could affect some 500,000 workers in New York, and one million to eight million American workers across the nation. "What angers us even further is...
To proclaim liberty to the captives, Part 1
by Dr. Abdul Haleem Muhammad The Student National Prison Reform Minister of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, Brother Abdullah Muhammad, arrived in Houston from Chicago on June 16 to begin a historical visit to the state that’s number one in the nation in incarceration and prisoners released. The state ranks number two among ex-offenders returning to prison with new charges....
Treating Covid-19 patients with Ivermectin: An interview with Safiyya S. Shabazz, M.D.
Dr. Safiyya S. Shabazz is the owner and Medical Director of Fountain Medical Associates in Philadelphia. In May, 2020, during an online group chat for physicians, she learned that the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin was demonstrating effectiveness in treating Covid-19. She began using it at times in her treatment of patients. Initially, Dr. Shabazz noted, since most people recovered from...
More Than A Dreamer; A look at the real life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM Many across the U.S. and the world celebrated slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday in January, remembering a hero who advocated for equal and social justice for Blacks through non-violence. Elementary school renditions during this time about his historic “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered during the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs...
Short-term memory aids Schwarzenegger victory
LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - When California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger refused clemency last December to Stanley “Tookie” Williams, death penalty opponents and grassroots activists vowed to remember this and repay him at the polls. But both Mr. Williams and the death penalty hovered under the radar as Gov. Schwarzenegger took California for a second term. But his seemingly...
Building bridges of unity with Akilah Temple and Mosque No. 46
by Byron Muhammad NEW ORLEANS—In a display of unity and fellowship, members of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles Mystic Shrine Akilah Temple, specifically Akilah Temple #283 and Akilah Court #255, recently joined hands with brothers and sisters of Muhammad Mosque No. 46 in a cultural exchange that left a lasting impression on those involved. The day began with a presentation...
Hold On, DeSean: Jews Owned & Sold Black Slaves in Philadelphia!
The Jewish football player Julian Edelman wants to bring superstar DeSean Jackson to the Jewish Holocaust Museum, the one just across from the Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C., where America’s money is printed. Jackson enraged the Jews, who are forever trying to avoid standing up for racial justice in America. They have become seasoned experts at inventing...