Life expectancy declines, hitting Blacks, Latinos most
The Covid-19 pandemic and an increase in drug overdoses has led to an overall decline in American life expectancy in 2020, according to a new report from the National Center for Health Statistics, a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The overall life expectancy at birth for the total U.S. population was 77.8 years—a decline of one...
Despite some relief for Black farmers, USDA discrimination still a problem
WASHINGTON—Celebrations have begun over a provision in President Joe Biden’s recently enacted $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill which aims to address decades of discrimination against Black farmers who have historically been victims of unfair treatment in government agricultural programs. The American Rescue Plan sets aside $10.4 billion for agriculture support, with about half of that amount set aside for non-White...
The Controversy with the Jews: What is the Truth?
Attack on Farrakhan: The Beginning The most recent Jewish attacks on Black people and their leaders started in 1983 during the presidential campaign of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. The following is a chronology of those events: In 1983, some Jews organized a group calling themselves “Jews Against Jackson” (JAJ) to oppose the presidential candidacy of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson,...
‘How many more losses must we mourn?’
Tension is high in Brooklyn Center, Minn., with the death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, a Black man was shot to death by a police officer in the Minneapolis suburb during a traffic stop. His death sparked protests over two days with officers in riot gear clashing with demonstrators, sometimes outside the Brooklyn Police Department headquarters. Protestors faced off with police in...
The president’s man and an attorney general ‘unfit’ for office?
WASHINGTON—There is now widespread consensus in the legal community here, that in his more than 500 days in office, William Barr has conducted himself like a “family lawyer” working for President Donald J. Trump, and nothing like the attorney general of the people of the United States. In testimony before Congress July 21, he confessed that he substitutes his instincts...
Remembering Black, Indigenous descendants of Thoroughfare, Va.
Virginia community activists are challenging the destruction of Black and Native American cemeteries in Throughfare, Va., by developers. The cemeteries are the final resting place for over 100 freed slaves, freedmen/freedwomen and Native Americans. “One cemetery has already been bulldozed and its under investigation to find out how it happened,” Prince William County resident and community organizer Frank Washington of...
A country headed toward implosion?
by Starla Muhammad and Nisa Islam Muhammad The shooting of Jacob Blake causes nationwide explosion The U.S. is once again reeling in the aftermath of a police shooting of a Black man. The result? A resurgence of conscious Black athletes standing strong; the emergence of unapologetic gun-toting White militias willing to shoot to kill and armed to the teeth to protect their...
RAMADAN 2021: 30 days of reflection, challenge, prayer, and creativity
For 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide, the sighting of the “Shawwal Moon” on May 12 brought on the end of the Ramadan fast and the beginning of Eid al-Fitr celebrations. For the second year Muslims fasted under the stress and strain of the Covid-19 pandemic. For many, the prayers and fasting completed represented a significant tradeoff; Muslims from around the...
Mosque No. 4 feeds hundreds of needy families during Covid-19
WASHINGTON—The word of Muhammad Mosque No. 4 hosting a fresh Free Food Giveaway during Covid-19 spread like wildfire throughout the District of Maryland and Virginia. “Someone told me in passing that the Mosque was giving away free food,” said 84-year-old great-grandmother Juanita White. “So, I decided that I would be first in line,” she added. Residents were asked to...
Men on a mission
The Fruit of Islam (FOI) around the country continue their work and labor of love in the mission of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. The brothers propagate the faith of Islam and share the teachings of Mr. Muhammad in cities large and small through distribution of The Final Call newspaper. In several communities...