Miracles can happen
By the time Derrick Black and Sonya Muhammad learned that there was a freezing rain advisory in Dover, Ohio and people were warned not be out, they had already slid on a patch of black ice, crashed into the mountains that lined I-77 North and flipped over several times. “The time was 1:48 a.m. I clearly remember it. I...
FBI violates Constitution with Patriot Act
Analysis Of The Provisions Of The USA PATRIOT Act (EFF)The FBI's History of Terrorism Against Black Organizations and Leaders (NOI.org)FBI silent on reports that it watches the Web (FCN, 02-17-2005)Bush policies encourage racial profiling, U.S. panel says (FCN, 12-01-2004)Anti terror laws produce new crisis for Black leadership (FCN, 12-25-2001) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - After Congress granted the Bush administration unprecedented new powers...
Deplorable conditions plague military hospital
Death raises questions about treatment of veterans (LA Times, 03-22-2007)Third Army head rolls in Walter Reed fallout (York Dispatch, 03-13-2007) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - As they had done after they were shamed when conditions at Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq were exposed, the U.S. Army’s top commanders apologized publicly March 5 for deplorable conditions at their own flagship military hospital,...
Calls for president’s impeachment grow louder
Is lying about the reason for a war an impeachable offense? (CNN/FindLaw)The Origins and Scope of Presidential Impeachment (Hinkley Journal of Politics)Former attorney general says Bush should be impeached (FCN, 05-28-2003) (FinalCall.com) - The roar to impeach President George Bush on the grounds of “high crimes and misdemeanors” in relation to his handling of the Iraq war is growing...
Racist column spawns dialogue, not division
LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - A column titled, “Why I Hate Blacks,” advocating discrimination and hatred, was published in the San Francisco-based AsianWeek newspaper Feb. 23, near the close of Black History Month. The piece sparked the usual outrage, apologies, terminations, dialogues and press conferences that routinely follow outbursts of bigotry. But beyond the question of accountability, time,...
What is fit for you?
The above title was inspired by a dynamic lecture Minister Christopher Muhammad of San Francisco, Calif., recently gave at Muhammad’s Mosque No. 26B. He incorporated modern information with the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, as we recently saw at Saviours’ Day in Detroit, is a master of explaining things “right...
The terror of America’s weather
Extreme weather leaves path of destruction (FinalCall.com) - A powerful storm carrying with it several killer tornadoes marched from Minnesota to the Florida panhandle on March 1, leaving dozens of people dead throughout the Deep South, on what was the very first day of the official 2007 tornado season. Enterprise, Alabama Mayor Kenneth Boswell, whose area was devastated, said parts...
Few Latinos offered HIV tests study says
LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - A recent study found that primary health care providers in predominantly Latino communities offer little counseling, safe-sex advice and HIV testing for their patients. In its introduction, the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) AIDS Institute’s probe indicated that sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are increasing among the U.S....
Bridging the Families Indigenous Nations Alliance
DETROIT (FinalCall.com) - The approximately 400 people who saturated the Cobo Convention Center’s “Bridging the Families–Indigenous Nations Alliance” Saviours' Day 2007 workshop February 24 were rapt by the history, culture and presentations of panelists, who hailed from Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Big Mountain, Ariz. and other various stations within the United States and abroad. Yo’Nas Da LoneWolf McCall-Muhammad,...
The life and legacy of Stanley Tookie Williams
By Richard Muhammad Prison Reform Ministry focuses on need to end death penalty Saviours' Day 2007 Website DETROIT (FinalCall.com) - The Nation of Islam Prison Reform Ministry’s workshop held at the Cobo Convention Center on Feb. 24 focused on the life and legacy of Stanley Tookie Williams, his life journey from co-founder of the Crips gang to a redeemed man dedicated to...