Trump, America: Where do things go from here?
ASKIAM and Nisa Islam Muhammad, Final Call Staffers WASHINGTON–If President Donald J. Trump–who has averaged 4.6 fabrications, misrepresentations, and lies each day since taking office–is...
Foundation awards low income scholarships
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES–Jashell Timmons has always loved children, so she beamed with joy after receiving a $1,000 college scholarship from the Los...
Federal oversight of police reform: functional or futile?
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM Controversial police officer-involved-shootings and other abuses across the country has spurred activists, grieving families and concerned citizens to continue the push...
Five decades after the ‘long hot summer,’ America still simmers
ASKIAM and Brian Muhammad, The Final Call The year 1967 was known as the “long hot summer,” in the United States. It was a span...
Jay Z, 4:44 and lessons for life
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM Hip-hop legend and business mogul Jay Z delivered powerful elements on “4:44,” his latest album, and it was void of praise...
Exploitation of Innocence – Report: Perceptions, policies hurting Black girls
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM She could have a baby doll in one hand and crayons in the other, but a Black girl as young as...
Fight Continues For Justice For Mumia Abu-Jamal
By Gregory Muhammad -Guest Columnist- Mumia Abu-Jamal's 63rd birth anniversary included a hearing on his Post Conviction Relief Act Petition in a Philadelphia courtroom. The...
Housing Out Of Reach For Many In The U.S.
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM Sheronna Ragin-Winters knows first hand what researchers found during a new study: housing in America is out of reach due...
A setback in fight for fair prison phone rates
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision that regulations that capped...
Blood & Politics: Incivility, vitriol, violence and American politics
ASKIAM, Starla Muhammad and Tariqah Shakir-Muhammad WASHINGTON - The blood sport of political rhetoric–which has led to wanton violence visited upon innocent Black people and...