Farrakhan’s message resonates across religious, racial lines
CHARLENEM CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Muslims, Christians, Jews and believers in various faith traditions from around the globe converged on the Nation of Islam’s National Center to hear the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan launch a New Beginning. Between the renovated mosque, Muhammad University of Islam, a huge white tent on the grounds of the National Center Oct. 19 and overflow seats...
Problems with voters purged from election rolls
(FinalCall.com) - With significant increases in voter registrations around the country came startling news from the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law that election officials across the country are routinely updating voter registrations rolls and removing millions of names through a process called purging that is shrouded in secrecy, prone to error...
Anti-Obama campaign gets nasty as election nears
ASKIAMSenior Correspondent WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - As Election Day drew closer and Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama was ahead in many opinion polls, more and more incidents of veiled as well as not-so-hidden efforts to stoke religious fear and racial hatred popped up in and around the campaign of Republican nominee Sen. John McCain and among White voters. The attacks...
Million Man March mission, spirit live in D.C.
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - For the third year in a row the Peaceoholics organized a month of atonement activities in celebration of the Million Man March with a March for Unity through the main street of the poorest community in the nation’s capital. It was a gathering with a message for youth, many of whom were only toddlers or preschoolers...
Can global cooperation offset global recession?
By Richard MuhammadContributing Editor West hopes unity will defuse financial crisis tied to America's economic troubles The world’s leading economic nations declared a shared commitment to resolve a financial crisis that has sparked fears of a global economic collapse and Wall Street responded positively to the news. Still questions remain about how successful the efforts will be and how the recent...
Renewed demands to revamp youth justice system
CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - Youth organizations, lawyers, justice advocates and parents of incarcerated children increased demand for the permanent closure of the California Division of Juvenile Justice during a recent hearing that probed ways to revamp the system and reasons why the groups believe it is broken. The State Commission on Juvenile Justice intends to use the testimony gathered Sept....
Farrakhan announces a new beginning for the Nation of Islam
By Richard MuhammadContributing Editor (CHICAGO - FinalCall.com) - The history of the Nation of Islam in America is the history of a movement that has been unswerving in its defense of Blacks in America, challenging injustice and confronting the forces of White supremacy in the country. The Nation's strident defense of Blacks and unapologetic language employed to break up the mindset...
Farrakhan To Announce ‘A New Beginning’ Oct. 19th
FCNNEWSSOURCE Nation of Islam leader to make major statement at mosque dedication Event to be webcast live (Finalcall.com) CHICAGO (Finalcall.com) - The leader of the Nation of Islam has invited an array of religious, political, social, business leaders and international guests from Africa, the Middle East and beyond to attend the October 19th dedication of the movement’s flagship Mosque...
World rooting for an Obama presidency
and Saeed ShabazzStaff Writers WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Sen. Barack Obama is the preferred U.S. presidential candidate in all 22 nations polled for the BBC World Service by the University of Maryland and Globescan. “We did this same poll in 2004 and most of the countries went for Sen. Kerry. We felt there would be a more even split this time....
White women speak up for Obama
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - White women voters have become the talk of the election and the prize for candidates trying to win their vote. Leaders of several national women’s organizations primarily composed of White women recently came together to say Sen. Barack Obama is their candidate. Representing “millions and millions of women,” the National Organization of Women (NOW) Political Action...