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Tennis star Naomi Osaka wears masks in memory of Black lives at US Open

NEW YORK—Tennis star Naomi Osaka captured the 2020 US Open Women’s championship, defeating Victoria Azarenka, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Sept. 12.  And while the...

The FOI hit the streets with a divine message

The Fruit of Islam (FOI), the men who belong to the Nation of Islam returned to the streets with high spirits, good news and...

Remembering D.J. Rogers, an artist whose songs embodied love

D.J. Rogers, born DeWayne Julius Rogers in Los Angeles was a singer and songwriter who moved people of all ages with his lyrics.  He...

Saviours’, Soldiers and Redeemers Back on the Block!

“Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until...

Rochester reels as videotape of a police death is released

For almost six months, the Rochester Police Department and the authorities in Rochester, New York, chose not to release a videotape showing the circumstances...

Activists condemn ‘false’ FBI claim Chicago gangs are targeting cops

By Tariqah Shakir-Muhammad and Michael Z. Muhammad CHICAGO—As if tensions couldn’t get any worse between the public and police, the FBI recently issued a warning...

A man of the people Reflecting on the life of Rev. Leon Finney Jr.

CHICAGO—Black Chicago is mourning the loss of Reverend Leon Finney Jr., a longtime pastor and community activist who passed away September 4 at the...

Armed Whites targeted Blacks in Kenosha

By Patrice Nkrumah, Special to The Final Call KENOSHA, Wisc.—Authorities in Kenosha County released the names and booking photos of some of the people arrested...

Trump survives failures that doomed others and keeps pushing fear, chaos in appeals to White voters

WASHINGTON—Hardly a day goes by, now, in the view of many, when President Donald J. Trump does not commit an act which would eliminate...

‘Why would we send our people to the slaughterhouse?’

Amid tens of thousands of new Covid-19 cases reported daily in the United States, the fever pitch to get a vaccine on the market...