‘Black is King’: a call for Black people to return to their own
Expressions of Black culture have long dominated the art and entertainment scene for decades. Fierce, bold proclamations of Black power overtook the ’60s, and...
Remembering Elijah Muhammad, Jr.
Elijah Muhammad Jr., served in many different capacities and impacted many, many lives. He was the Assistant Supreme Captain of the Fruit of Islam,...
NFAC militia claims the right to self-defense
While some march and others kneel, a growing number of Blacks are embracing the Second Amendment Right to bear arms as part of public...
Woker, Blacker, and more progressive politics?
St. Louis mother and activist Cori Bush succeeded the second time around. She climbed a political mountain and unseated the scion of a St. Louis...
Help strengthen Black businesses!
CHICAGO—August is National Black Business Month. In Chicago, The Black Mall is supporting Black-owned businesses with its “Black Business Crawls” initiative every Saturday in...
Second Choice Matters: Biden’s VP pick and Election 2020
by Barrington M. Salmon WASHINGTON—With news that Joe Biden is days away from choosing a vice presidential candidate, talk has centered on whether he should...
Black volunteers, Black fears and the Covid-19 vaccine trials
The question of the summer raging through Black American communities is whether it is wiser to use social distancing and other measures and wait...
Cities brace for more federal agent deployments
Cities across the country including Cleveland, Detroit, Baltimore, and Oakland are targets for President Donald Trump’s round two deployment of federal agents under the...
‘We survived, now it’s time to thrive’ Perseverance and passion to become doctors in Cuba
Surviving the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Havana, Cuba, has been a seven year-long process for Maryam and Ruqayyah Farrakhan. Maryam, 29,...
‘The Math Doctor’ offering online math classes for students!
CHICAGO—Shahid Muhammad, affectionately called “The Math Doctor,” has taught math on all grade levels including the college level, for the past 39 years, via...