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The Covid-19 Vaccine and the U.S. policy of depopulation

Part I of a series on the Covid-19 vaccine  “We will not accept your vaccine so you can slow down, because whenever you bring it out, it’s for your people.  You give it to them because we are not accepting death. You are the very representative of death itself: the pale horse.  Everywhere you have gone in the world, hell...

Poll: Blacks wary of Covid-19 vaccines and distrustful of government

Despite added pressure, including an appeal by some Black medical professionals, universities, and organizations, Black people don’t trust the fast-approaching Covid-19 vaccines nor claims by vaccine makers and the U.S. government that they are safe. A recent poll indicates “fewer than half of Black adults, 48 percent, say they probably or definitely would get a coronavirus vaccine if it were...

Is Trump seeking war with Iran in his final days?

An unholy alliance of the United States, Israel, and Saudi Arabia is helping to stoke fears that President Donald Trump may well be planning a war—or military strike—against Iran in his last and futile days in office. While these fears have been covered in some alternative and international media, the New York Times reported on a recent meeting with generals...

The Lull Before the Storm

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. (Editor’s Note: This week we are presenting excerpts from an important Nov. 8 message by Student Minister Ishmael R. Muhammad, National Assistant to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. Once again he shares timely, spiritual lessons and guidance from Minister Farrakhan and in this message focuses on the 2020 National Election. This...

Fractured America: Distrust and an increasing racial divide

The tight presidential election revealed that America is divided against herself, and it further exposed racial tensions that have been growing over the course of 2020. While Joe Biden won the popular vote and electorial college, a blue wave did not sweep the nation as predicted, and instead, states became battlegrounds. “The outcome of the election and the predicted blue...

Political promises,realistic expectations and Black self-determination

The decision about who will next occupy the White House is underway. The national election showed the United States is a highly polarized nation where Blacks are still left to figure out, where do we go from here?  As America nears a quarter of the 21st century, the condition and requirements of Black life is relatively the same as...

Election 2020: What’s at stake for Black folks and what will we demand?

by Brian Muhammad and Nisa Islam Muhammad The country is just days away from what some argue is the most divisive presidential election in history. With the U.S. national election underway on November 3 to choose who will lead America the next four years, no matter which way the pendulum swings, the question looms, if Black people will be in...

‘Living the Pledge’ and looking ahead

The National African American Leadership Summit celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the Million Man March with three days of events that highlighted “Why We Marched,” “Organizing the March” and “Living the Pledge.” “We did this March ourselves and what happened has never been documented properly,” said Rev. Mark Thompson who moderated each evening. The sessions were live-streamed on millionmanmarch25.com.  For viewers,...

Twenty-Five Years Later: REFLECTIONS ON THE MILLION MAN MARCH

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.As-Salaam Alaikum. (Peace Be Unto You) This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Million Man March and I recently re-read the words that Allah (God) gave me on October 16, 1995. As a student of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, I marveled at what God gave me to give to the nearly...

Presidential Crisis, American Chaos?

President's COVID-19 Diagnosis Raises Questions, Sparks Skepticism, Anger WASHINGTON—Donald J. Trump never fails to excite the world of politics. Mr. Trump, still likely carrying the deadly Covid-19 virus, triumphantly returned to the White House, discarded his mask and declared over Twitter he was doing well and possibly immune to the deadly virus. After three days at Walter Reed military hospital, the president...