Are schools preparing Black boys…for prison?
(FinalCall.com) - A Chicago mother recently filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Board of Education alleging a Chicago Public School security guard handcuffed her young son while he was a student at George Washington Carver Primary School on the city's far south side. In the lawsuit, filed Aug. 29 LaShanda Smith says the guard handcuffed her son March...
A Bad Sign: Mortgage Delinquencies Continue to Rise
-Staff Writer- WASHINGTON, D.C. (FinalCall.com) - News that families are still struggling to pay their mortgages was no surprise to the Richardsons. They and many of their friends are one, two, three and sometimes four or more months behind on their mortgage. “It's hard out here. With layoffs, unemployment, reduced hours and prices going up each month it's a toss...
The Divine Value of the Female
Time for women to take divine place as mothers of new civilization CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The enemy's aim has been to devalue the woman transforming her into a sexual plaything instead of treating her with the reverence and honor she deserves as a serious co-creator with God, said The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan in an important and sobering message...
Three Secrets to Weight Loss
Three secrets to weight loss boils down to five words: “How To Eat To Live.” Eating to live is a way of life, a way of eating. This brings us to secret number one: Eating the best of foods and eating between meals, just eat to live. Calories add up when we are cooking and constantly snacking...
Documentary ‘Loose Change’ challenges 9/11 narrative
From the opening shots of the Statue of Liberty to the closing frame of the flapping U.S. flag, the documentary Loose Change presents a compilation of facts, quotes, media interviews, diagrams, animated simulations and photographs that challenge the official and accepted versions of the truth of 9/11. The film goes as far as to charge the U.S. Government...
Paying a high price for 9-11 paranoia
ASKIAM and Saeed Shabazz Final Call Staffers Despite wars and curtailing civil liberties, U.S. doesn't feel secure on September 11 anniversary WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Cold War paranoia which has led to the rollback of many civil liberties, and three wars in Muslim countries, but there's hardly a greater sense of safety among many Americans, 10 years after the September 11,...
King Memorial: Honor or hypocrisy, symbol without substance?
“When we view the negative experiences of life, the Negro has a double share. There are twice as many unemployed. The rate of infant mortality among Negroes is double that of Whites and there are twice as many Negroes dying in Vietnam as Whites in proportion to their size in the population.” (FinalCall.com) - The above words by the...
‘Pain Index’ logs post-Katrina misery
(FinalCall.com) - When analyzing the six year impact of Hurricane Katrina, some researchers believe it is impossible to understand what happened and what still lingers without considering race, gender, and poverty. “It will probably take a decade or two for the city to fully recover. A lot of people who have returned are interested in putting the lessons of...
New venture plans to invest in bathroom tissue to create jobs
The National Ministry of Trade and Commerce was born out of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan's call to form nine ministries at the Millions More Movement gathering in Washington in 2005. Members of this particular ministry are refusing to let the idea die and are working to make the platform reality. They pooled their resources to launch “Project Freedom,”...
Supreme Kutz: A triumph in Katrina’s aftermath
HOUSTON (FinalCall.com) - It is a hot Sunday afternoon and Supreme Kutz Barbershop is extremely crowded on a day that it is normally closed. The new school year is starting and master barber William Muhammad is giving away free haircuts to the children in the community. “It's always a good feeling to do something for the community. They have shown...