Georgia Senate elections could impact effectiveness of Biden presidency
Even though President-Elect Joe Biden earned a convincing victory over President Donald J. Trump in November, control of the U.S. Senate appears to very much be up in the air. On January 5, 2021, two runoffs in Georgia will determine who has control of the upper chamber. Wins by Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff would give Democrats the...
When cops fear cops: Black female officers sue the Baltimore City police department
Four Baltimore City police officers are accusing their department of creating a culture so full of racial discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation that they are often afraid to go to work. The Black female officers have individual pending lawsuits against their department. They often fear for their safety while at work. They are afraid of fellow officers. “I’m concerned for...
America’s law enforcement double standards, hypocrisy on full display
Less than a week into 2021, supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, leaving five people dead, over 50 police officers injured and over 90 people arrested. As the country and world watched the mayhem taking place, many took to social media to question the way White insurrectionists were treated by law enforcement versus how Black protesters...
The Vision for a Nation
Farrakhan tells NLC Summit: America no example for a new Black nation With the theme “Let Us End the Stagnation by Building Our Own Black Nation,” the fourth summit of the Nubian Leadership Circle (NLC) was held virtually in early December. A capacity of 1,000 participants viewed via Zoom and tens of thousands more viewed via Facebook and other live...
‘These racist, illegal home invasions on Black people must stop!’
CHICAGO—Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) hosted an online virtual forum with the Leaders Network and others concerning wrongful police raids in Chicago. Participants included members of the Leaders Network; Illinois State Representative 9th District Nicole “Nikki” Harvey; Senior Pastor Marshall Hatch; Betty Magness of Rainbow PUSH; Thomas L. E. Stovall of Urban Reformers and many other community leaders. Participants want...
Excitement grows with NOI in-person meetings
by Charlene Muhammad and Anisah Muhammad Excitement continues to grow as Nation of Islam mosques and study groups across the country reopen their doors to believers, guests, friends and family. Brothers and sisters of the Nation express their joy at being in each other’s presence during the spiritually enlightening Sunday meetings, Wednesday night study groups, the more intimate Friday study...
Hip Hop Summit convenes in New York
By Richard Muhammadand Saeed Shabazz NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Facing potential congressional oversight, constant criticism from the mainstream press, and with many rap legends and artists concerned about its future, hip hop returned to its birthplace June 12-13 and plotted a new course. That future will likely include greater self-regulation, increased political activism, more enlightened expressions and a deeper understanding of...
Disasters, Destruction and Divine Judgment
The latest winter storms slamming the Mid-Atlantic, East Coast and parts of the South had local and state officials and residents in various parts of the country once again scrambling amid ongoing destructive weather patterns and natural disasters. Cancelled airline flights, traffic pileups and accidents, school cancellations and power outages followed these latest rounds of early January 2022 storms...
Prized library bequeathed to the Nation
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com)–Dr. Yosef A.A. ben-Jochannan, 83, noted Black historian, scholar and Egyptologist, stunned the audience at the Salem United Methodist Church in Harlem Oct. 16, when he told the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan that he wanted to donate his private library of more than 35,000 books to the Nation of Islam. The leader of the Nation of Islam...
‘Trauma in the highest form’ The suffering, the culture of abuse and still harrowing plight of women in prison
Daily life at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti, Michigan, includes overcrowding, mold, improper airflow due to a clogged ventilation system, broken hot water tanks, water shortages, and mistreatment, harassment and degradation, according to activists and advocates. Michigan’s only prison for women is just one out of countless prisons in the United States where Black women suffer rape and...