Black health challenges and changes
Health concerns for the Black community in 2021 saw more of the same challenges with diseases like diabetes and hypertension complicated by delayed care. The year also saw an increase in depression and more drug overdose deaths than ever before. “In my primary care practice, I saw a lot of depression, including amongst adolescents,” Dr. Safiyya Shabazz, founder of Fountain...
‘EXECUTED!’: Police killing in Grand Rapids, Mich., sparks protests, outrage
‘I thought I came to a safe land’Killing of Patrick Lyoya destroys family, outrages many who condemn police shooting as execution by Naba’a Muhammad and William P. Muhammad The Final Call @TheFinalCall GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—An immigrant family from Central Africa is in mourning after the killing of their unarmed son by police during a “routine” traffic stop on the city’s Southeast side. Activists...
Black-owned TV stations nearly extinct
FCC decision to expand media ownership will curb dissent (FCN, 06-22-2003) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Over the last year Black TV station ownership dropped by 60 percent with the total number falling from 19 to eight and making Black ownership almost non-existent, according to a recent report. The dwindling numbers of Black-owned broadcast outlets was also discussed during a Dec. 5...
Interview featuring the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan
FCNNEWSSOURCE (FinalCall.com) - Author, scholar and national news/talk radio show host, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson hosted the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan in an in depth and powerful interview which touched on his decision to release Volume 2 of The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews as well as other topics. Click here to listen to the DysonShow.org interview with the Honorable Minister...
Many unmoved by talk of ‘police reform’ as deaths, abuses of Blacks don’t stop
‘The whole system can burn to the ground’ What was supposed to be a normal visit to the drive-through pharmacy at Giant Eagle turned into a police encounter that left Kamahlai Muhammad, an eight-month pregnant Black woman, fearing for her life. Ms. Muhammad’s five-year-old son had an ear infection, prompting the doctor to prescribe him some medicine. When she went to...
Child abuse report: Deaths of Black children up in pandemic
The latest national child welfare report shows an increase in the number of Black children who died, even though fewer abuse-related fatalities were investigated in the yearlong period that included the first several months of the pandemic. The findings were released in the 2020 Child Maltreatment Report, issued Jan. 21 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The...
Soldiering, Working in Allah’s (God’s) Cause
The Fruit of Islam (FOI), the men who belong to the Nation of Islam, continue their nonstop work in soldiering in Allah’s (God’s) cause by spreading the Divine Message and Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad as taught by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. The Brothers spread this message by sharing and distributing The Final Call newspaper, a...
Farrakhan speaks live via webcast commemorating Million Man March
FCNNEWSSOURCE MEMPHIS, TN (FinalCall.com) - Culminating a weekend of events, The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan will deliver the keynote address commemorating the 14th anniversary of the Million Man March on Sunday, October 18th at 2pm Central Time. The address is to be webcast live @ http://www.noi.org/webcast/. “Minister Farrakhan's visit to Memphis and his message of responsibility comes at a critical time in...
With 38 million facing food insecurity, hunger in U.S. soared by nearly 9% in 2020
‘The nation avoided mass starvation mostly because the federal government stepped in to dramatically increase food and cash aid.’ by Kenny Stancil, CommonDreams.org More than 38.2 million Americans struggled with food insecurity at some point last year, a roughly nine percent surge in hunger compared with the 2019 level of 35.2 million, according to data released Sept. 8 by the U.S. Department...
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...