Broken, injured, abused: Rough rides and intentional cop torture
Police reform, an issue that helped catapult Joe Biden into the presidency, has been reduced to salt without savor as Black people continue to suffer under oppressive policing policies. There is no doubt that the deaths of Jayland Walker in Akron, Ohio, George Floyd in Minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in Louisville and years ago, young Tamir Rice in Cleveland, and others...
Black wealth inequality 10-to-One
BOSTON (FinalCall.com) - In the wake of President George Bush's stunning electoral sweep Nov. 2, Democrats, liberals and Blacks are engaged in the wholesale re-examination of their core political beliefs and goals. Progressive, mostly Christian, religious leaders are attempting to broaden the debate about American religious “values” beyond abortion and homosexuality. And economists are adding up the cost...
A Nation Divided: U.S. Government Causing Confusion Over COVID-19
NEWS ANALYSIS “The nations of the Earth are in distress—with perplexity, which means confusion. Are the heads of our government confused? You mean you can’t sit down in a room and agree on a way forward to solve the problems of the American people? ... The confusion that you wanted to produce and have produced among us: Now God is...
George W. Bush; A dangerous president
Venezuelan President: Bush conducts foreign policy with bombs (Taiwan News, 02-01-2005)President George Walker Bush: Greatest Threat to World Peace (FCN, 10-07-2002)Bush threatens world peace, says Mandela (BBC, 09-11-2002) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Flag-draped coffins and anti-war chants competed with pomp and circumstance along the snow-dusted, barricaded streets of central Washington Jan. 20 at President George Bush's inauguration. More than 10,000...
U.S.-China powerplays for global influence increase hostilities
The manifest loss of America as a dominant global power was apparent during a visit to Africa by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that ended a multicontinental tour where he also went to Southeast Asia. The Africa portion was seen as another strategic move in the China-U.S. competition for inroads and dominance on the continent and the vying...
Pentagon workers challenge new personnel system
Steady Drop in Black Army Recruits (Washington Post, 03-09-2005) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Even as the Pentagon watches Black recruitment into the uniform services decline, morale among civilian employees has been strained by a controversial new personnel system. A coalition of 10 Department of Defense unions even filed suit in federal court in late February to stop the new “National Security...
Health fair offers helpful information, guidance
“Get Your Health Back!” was the theme of a summertime health fair held in Chicago at Muhammad University of Islam. Spearheaded by Student National Auditing Supervisor A’ishah Muhammad with the assistance from the Ministry of Health and Human Services, along with many others, the health fair was a success. “The purpose of this health seminar is to inform, to educate, to...
Millions More Movement moves the crowd
Official Site of The Millions More Movement (MillionsMoreMovement.com) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Calling some of the movers and shakers in the hip hop industry here on May 9, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan convened a provocative and enlightening meeting to explain the Millions More Movement and how it has evolved from his 1995 call and vision for the Million Man...
A demonstration of sincere love and the power of friendship
Nisa Islam Muhammad and Brenda D. Muhammad The Final Call @TheFinalCall WASHINGTON—The power and importance of sincere love was on display when the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan recently visited and laid wreathes at the graves of his longtime friends, civil rights pioneer Dr. Dorothy Height; activist, humanitarian and comedian Dick Gregory and former D.C. Mayor Marion S. Barry Sr. He...
Kanye West lends support to Millions More Movement
Chicago (FinalCall.com) - Before an audience of excited supporters and local Chicago news media, multi-platinum recording artist Kanye West stopped by the Nation of Islam's headquarters July 24 to show support for the Millons More Movement, 10th Anniversary Commemoration of the Million Man March. Kanye West, a three-time Grammy Award winner and owner of the G.O.O.D. (Getting Out Our Dreams) record label with such notables...